Reminds me of Wharfedale E-Series.

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In Reply to: What the? Speaker surrounds have come unglued! posted by sober_n_lucid on September 29, 2004 at 19:43:04:

This is pretty common on the Wharfedale E-Series speakers I have seen. The older style woofer (square magnet) would have the spider come unglued from the basket over time, and occasionally the rubber surround would come unglued. And these were $1,000 speakers in 1978! I use Napa emblem adhesive to repair it. Lots of people assume their Wharfedale E-Series woofers are blown because of this.
On the Wharfedales I think it is caused by the aluminum oxidizing under the adhesive (they use cast aluminum baskets) and rendering the adhesive useless.
/Mike
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Topic - What the? Speaker surrounds have come unglued! - sober_n_lucid 19:43:04 09/29/04 (5)

Update: Speaker surrounds have come unglued! - sober_n_lucid 17:08:21 09/30/04 (0)

Re: What the? Speaker surrounds have come unglued! - caveman 14:39:40 09/30/04 (0)

Re: What the? Speaker surrounds have come unglued! - NoTransistors 08:22:37 09/30/04 (0)

Re: What the? Speaker surrounds have come unglued! - andrew@downloadnet.co.uk 07:25:14 09/30/04 (0)

Reminds me of Wharfedale E-Series. - M Jarve 09/29/0419:49:03 09/29/04 (0)

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