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    2245H recone or refoam?

    I have a 2245H which is a recone (I think) because of it's accordian type surround. The surround has a split about 2" long around the perimeter, and I tried a temporary fix of gluing it to stop the noise and keep it from ripping. Rick cobb can no longer furnish surrounds for this model, but I see kits for fixing two of them on Ebay. At 50 bucks, it is almost as much as an entire aftermarket recone. Anyone know of a source for a single refoam kit available? I would REALLY like to get a complete JBL recone kit......
    Anyone know where I can get one of those?
    I think that it would really be great if this group could get an account with JBL to purchase JBL stuff directly - not so much for the price, but the availability. Profits could go to the maintenance of the forum and other projects like Project May..........

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    Quote Originally Posted by R Beardsley
    Rick cobb can no longer furnish surrounds for this model
    Why not? What's his problem man!?

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    Anyone know where I can get one of those?
    Your favorite Authorized JBL Service Center can help you, and now it appears eBay can as well.

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    Rick says his supplier is no longer furnishing surrounds for that model.....
    too bad, cause I was really happy with what he furnished for my 128H-1's
    As to what I said before, I'm pretty picky about workmanship, and would probably do a better job and not worry how much time I am spending on it. I used to work for a company that made cones for Jensen and Lansing in the '60's where I had a lot of experience reconing for the engineering depertment.
    If I knew how to go about getting an account, I would do it, and start making custom home theater systems too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R Beardsley
    As to what I said before, I'm pretty picky about workmanship, and would probably do a better job and not worry how much time I am spending on it.
    That's a very good point. I will conceed that I've been less than thrilled with some recones I've seen both from JBL proper and their Service Centers. Obviously there are people on this planet who don't see the beauty in a JBL transducer that I see. Why they are reconing transducers is beyond me.

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    Such Problems.

    I'm just happy to take my 2245 to my Authorized Repair Center every ten years or so and have it done right.

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    I'm just happy to take my 2245 to my Authorized Repair Center every ten years or so a

    LOL You are easy to please! I was sent to a house about 250 miles away to "take care" of a customer who threw 3 sets of service people out within 10 minutes. At my arrival, he said "God Damnit, I want a good job done!" I told him "I'll tell you what, I'll do my best and chances are that it will be a hell of a lot better than you expected in the first place!" ....We're friends now.
    There is a moral to this somewhere............I want to look at this speaker for the next ten years without being annoyed......damnit, I want a good job done!

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    As I wrote in an earlier thread:

    If I do a recone I do it for myself.
    If somebody else do a recone for me he does it just for the money...
    ......except is help from a forumite ...........

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    [QUOTE=R Beardsley]LOL You are easy to please!

    Ya, that's what the wife says.

    Emphasis on "Done Right"

    But, I hear ya - and Giskard too. It would drive me nuts to pay for a recone and get a crappy job. I got LUCKY and met the right guy 20 years ago and we've been friends ever since. He's fussy as me and takes pride in his work. I don't forget about him at Christmas time, put it that way.

    chuck

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    I Just don't have much luck when I pay for things. Today's "cheap labor" equates to poor quality and service at the same price. Pride in one's work is hard to find these days.
    HAHA I'm bitching a lot today!

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    Are you looking to refoam a cone that had a pleated surround??? Post a picture of the cone if you can???

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    yes......Pleated cone! The diameter of the cone proper is 15 1/4" You have a source?
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    Ah! That's no 2245H cone.

    Here's a picture of Bo's 2245H.
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    I'm sure it's an aftermarket recone, but it says 2245H on the back!

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    its probably a 2242 kit in it.... check the cone for a number.


    mmmmm 2245...... it makes me drool thinking about it

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    Hell, At my age you drool just thinking!!!!!!!

    The 2245 has changed my life. There is a six foot sink hole just outside the house, and the plaster is off the ceiling in a 20 foot radius around the woof.

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