toddalin
12-10-2005, 12:55 PM
Last night I picked up a W15GTI for use as a subwoofer to be used in the home system. The sub will share a cabinet with my center channel that uses a 2205 reconed as a 2235 in a separate chamber. As you can see, the speakers show through the grill cloth.
http://www.largescaleonline.com/eimages/lsolpics/Team_Member_Pics/toddalin/speaker3.jpg
The W15GTI's say "!JBL" in orange, and "5000 WATTS," "Differential Drive," etc. in white. I don't know if I can live with all that showing through! (I could have lived with the earlier version that just says "!JBL" in white.)
I would like to cover the lettering in some way. One way would be to apply a second cap over the original, but the cap on the W15 is 5" in diameter and the 4" cap wouldn't cover it completely (but may cover the lettering). Also, I would think that the dome would have a slightly different curvature. This would also add some mass to the cone and could come loose and buzz. I would guess that it could be securred using a contact adhesive.
An alternative method would be to paint it out and I am considereing using my airbrush on it. I would use a laquer paint (used on models) that is almost dry when it hits the surface. This would also add some mass, but far less than a paper cone and this is only to be used in the sub range so a little extra mass may not be a bad thing.
I'm open to other ideas.
(BTW, this will also present an excellent oppurtunity to directly evaluate the 2235 and W15GTI under similar contitions.)
http://www.largescaleonline.com/eimages/lsolpics/Team_Member_Pics/toddalin/speaker3.jpg
The W15GTI's say "!JBL" in orange, and "5000 WATTS," "Differential Drive," etc. in white. I don't know if I can live with all that showing through! (I could have lived with the earlier version that just says "!JBL" in white.)
I would like to cover the lettering in some way. One way would be to apply a second cap over the original, but the cap on the W15 is 5" in diameter and the 4" cap wouldn't cover it completely (but may cover the lettering). Also, I would think that the dome would have a slightly different curvature. This would also add some mass to the cone and could come loose and buzz. I would guess that it could be securred using a contact adhesive.
An alternative method would be to paint it out and I am considereing using my airbrush on it. I would use a laquer paint (used on models) that is almost dry when it hits the surface. This would also add some mass, but far less than a paper cone and this is only to be used in the sub range so a little extra mass may not be a bad thing.
I'm open to other ideas.
(BTW, this will also present an excellent oppurtunity to directly evaluate the 2235 and W15GTI under similar contitions.)