Yesterday the slant plate on the left speaker fell off. While I didn't see any damage to the plate, of course the vanes had to puncture the foam surround, (and scratch the black paint)! So now I need to assess my options and looking for suggestions. (Worst nightmare would be that it takes out the cone rather than the foam and breaks the plate.)
The L/C/R woofers are all AlNiCo 2205s reconed as 2235s, maybe about 6 years ago. At that time the three magnets were also recharged.
The damaged foam still feels supple and doesn't deteriorate when lightly rubbed. At ~6 years, I guess they would be about 1/3 of their usable life.
The options I've come up with are:
1) Have the damaged woofer refoamed and replace it back into the left cabinet.
2) Have the damaged woofer refoamed and replace it into the center cabinet taking that speaker and putting it in the left cabinet.
3) Have the damaged woofer AND the right woofer refoamed and replace the pair,
4) Have all three woofers refoamed.
5) Try to find another original 2235 recone kit and have the damaged woofer reconed, changing it into the center speaker and worry about the redoing the foams down the road.
Has anyone had a 2235 refoamed and done comparison tests with a stock cone to see if there is a difference?
Speaker Repair Pros (formally Orange County Speaker) would do the work ($55 each P/L) and install the foams to the rear of the cones.
Thanks guys