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Sad to say my L5's are out of commission due to the 708G-1 surrounds splitting/tearing right where the inner edge of the roll meets the cone.

The same thing happened a while back. I have...

I saw many posts about high volume in this thread but not about low volume. My L5s are getting lots of listening time lately and I am really pleased with the performance at low volume. And low...

+1 on thanks for the refinishing recipe.

I appreciate all the input. I got a chuckle from Grumpy's comment about "hell-bent on doing this..." Maybe there is some hell-bentness, I don't know. It just feels good to try to fix it, and it...

Thanks for the link but I'm crazy enough to want to try to fix the broken VC wire first. Can't make things worse than they are!

I actually got the whole cone and coil assembly of my open circuit 708G-1 removed in tact. I very carefully inserted the small blade of a small screwdriver just underneath the outer edge of the...

Thanks for the info, Rusty. Is it a complete replacement driver or just a recone kit? Did they give any data on it, like weight, freq. response, or where else it is used?

Well, after getting more info, it looks to me like the aftermarket recone kit from Keith at [email protected] is not an exact replacement. Keith said the ID is 5.438" and OD is 7.688". ...

Gee, thanks for volunteering me Dome!;)

The aftermarket 708G-1 recone kit is $25 each plus $10 shipping, glue is extra. I'm getting more info about the kit - like what is the voice coil...

Yeah, point taken, Rob. Just looking at my options. I'm thinking that if I do a recone I won't have to worry about surrounds for a good long time, which probably isn't the case with a used driver...

I just got an e-mail from http://crawdaddysspeakers.webs.com/reconekitsgk.htm saying his supplier now has a 708G-1 recone kit. $25 each plus $10 shipping. Glue is extra. Here's the scoop: "The...

Rats. Well, maybe someone will be selling parts on Boston's craiglist soon so I won't have to take my chances with e-bay and with shipping.

Just following up on my earlier post (#532 in this thread) about the bad 708G. I started a thread about it (http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?28456-708G-voice-coil-repair) in...

I recently got a really nice pair of L-5's except that one of the 708G's may be a goner - the meter shows it to be an open circuit. I have removed the dust cap and carefully scraped a bit of the...

Hey, I just noticed that the 6 1/2" mid-bass driver in the L-5's seems to be sealed (acoustic suspension) not ported. The woofer is ported but the mid-bass has a box around it inside the cabinet and...

Here are pics from one of the 708G woofers. (Still can't quite bring myself to use the term "low frequency driver" instead of woofer ;)) They look the same as the original surrounds on the L-3's I...

The new layout wouldn't be my first choice, but I gladly yield my choice with a big "thanks" to the folks doing all the work on this site. This forum is so great.

In a day or so I'll take off the dust cap and hopefully find a disconnected coil wire that I can reattach, but if not, any other ideas?

I just picked up a pair of L5's for cheap because they need surrounds and one 708G wasn't making any noise. I didn't have time to take it out and check it with a meter so I took a chance and got...

Well, this was my first ever re-edge goof. Did it have to be on someone else's speaker? Ugh. :help: I'm guessing I should have used thicker shims. This morning the final glue was dry and as I...

I've got the first surround trimmed down to size and as I'm doing a dry fit something occurs to me. Since the outer lip of the surround is so narrow and butts up against a vertical portion of the...

Like Chris said, I ordered some surrounds that aren't the exact size but are very close. I'll only have to trim the OD down to size.

Chris, I'm not sure I follow your suggestion about the...

Hey, that method for removing the old surround definitely sounds worth a try, but I already got mine off. With the driver magnet side up, I managed to use a small screwdriver to pry one spot of the...

I agree, it is a wierd surround material. The front side sure looks and feels like butyl, but the backside looks and feels like foam (see pics). Given the short lifespan, I don't see how it could...

Yeah, I'm planning on doing the other L3 right after this one. One at a time so the studio still has music.

I re-edged my 4411's which are glued on the back of the cone. It went fine, but those...