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    Need help restoring 515B, 416A and 416-8A Drivers

    Hi all! I'm new to this forum. Need help restoring these dumped (2) 515B, (6) 416A and (2) 416-8A drivers. They are all in horrible condition. just makes some sound. the cone barely moves. its kind of stiff when i tried pressing the cone in and out... i'm trying to make a VOTT(Voice Of The Theater) out of these... i need them to be as perfect as possible. checked online for recone kits and found a few links, but confused which one to choose

    For 515B's:-
    Part# says MRK 0921
    http://reconekits.com/alteclansing515b16ohm.aspx
    Part# says MRK 092
    http://www.bronxspeaker.com/Altec-La...Kit-MRK092.htm
    are these aftermarket or originals?

    For 416A's:-
    http://reconingspeakers.com/products...et-recone-kit/
    http://reconingspeakers.com/products...iy-recone-kit/

    For 416-8A's:-
    http://reconingspeakers.com/products...et-recone-kit/
    http://reconingspeakers.com/products...iy-recone-kit/

    I want these drivers to be up to VOTT standards... help me get the best parts available...

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    Thanks & Regards,
    Lakshmanan. C

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    Send them to GPA, seems to be the consensus:

    http://www.greatplainsaudio.com/service.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by grumpy View Post
    Send them to GPA, seems to be the consensus:

    http://www.greatplainsaudio.com/service.html
    He's in India.

    The solution may be to contact GPA and see about buying kits to be installed by local reconer. One of the 515b's--and maybe the other one too; I can't tell--already has a recone of a nonoriginal type.

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    Good point but 'the best' is not the same as 'sort of the best.'

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    you're right!

    Quote Originally Posted by speakerdave View Post
    He's in India.

    The solution may be to contact GPA and see about buying kits to be installed by local reconer. One of the 515b's--and maybe the other one too; I can't tell--already has a recone of a nonoriginal type.
    you're right. most of them are already reconed in a not very professional way...
    are GPA the best with reconing kits? do they have aftermarket or original kits?

    http://reconingspeakers.com/ have both aftermarket kits and original kits for most of the drivers
    http://reconekits.com/ have 515B Recone Kit, not sure if its original

    Help me choose from where to buy? should i go with GPA for the recone kits? are they good kits?

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    For Altec GPA is the only logical choice, I think, since they are former Altec technicians and were able to buy the Altec tooling when Altec's last owner abandoned the line.

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