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restoring a pair of Altec 755a
I recently was given a very battered pair of Acoustic Research AR-1 speakers containing the Altec 755a drivers. These have been in a Mississippi Gulf-Coast basement for several years, if not decades. One cone (installed in the cabinet in the picture) has two radial splits of about 1.5'' each. The other cone also has two such tears as well as a puncture. The interesting bits of debris around the coated edge of the cone are some kind of insectoid chrysalis or egg pod...
I would like to recone at least the one punctured driver, possibly doing an adhesive repair on the other. My question is: where can I source a cone and voice coil, spider, etc, that retain, in your experience, the original character of the driver?
Thanks in advance.
--Birkin