Who said anything about you wanting to run reconers out of business? Some are perfectly capable of doing that on their own. Three or four others in my area have done just that.
Please just keep in mind that the scope of this here particular forum is restoring and maintaining Lansing manufactured products....we're not here to redesign or reinvent them.
You had a previous comment about how JBL changes driver characteristics when updating models. Well...those are
factory improvements that come about in the evolution of of a particular model...very common in every industry...done with extensive and published testing on how to make it better.
When it comes to restoration and maintenance, your quote above says it all.