Someday I will document all these tips and processes into a book and sell it. For now donations are gratefully accepted.
I just cleaned a pair of 044's for install in a pair of 18ti's so it was fresh. I also overhauled a pair of 035Ti's and whattabitch it was. That foam under the dome stuck like a mother and just would NOT let go. No wonder they didn't sound "right"...
WHY JBL used that kind of foam INSIDE of components is a mystery. Back in the PA days that foam would go to goo and drop in the gap on the E140 woofs and cause problems.
rant, rant...
There are JBL's all over this house...sooner or later the magnets are gonna suck a cessna out of the sky and there will be some explaining...
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