Advice from a speaker recone business, one man shop, 30 years experience, in 1974. Speakers with a rolled edge surround should be repositioned every ten years or so. Pull the speaker and rotate it 180 degrees, good for another 10 years or so. Generally speaking the rolled edge speakers never go bad, the rolled edge is part of the speaker material/fabric. Sold me a pair of Bose 10" drivers to replace the ESS AMT 4s cheesy cheap OEM 10". Sounded better also.
35 year old drivers need replaced?
Good evening Ladies and Gents.
I have two Sony SS-m3 bookshelf speakers with original ScanSpeak drivers. Speakers were made in 1986.
Had the four crossovers rebuild two years ago: Mundorf capacitors, silver wires, etc....
Book shelves are in use about 15 hours per week.
question is: do vintage drivers, such as these, wear out after so many years? Should I start looking to replace the drivers?
Thoughts?
Thank you for helping.
I have two Sony SS-m3 bookshelf speakers with original ScanSpeak drivers. Speakers were made in 1986.
Had the four crossovers rebuild two years ago: Mundorf capacitors, silver wires, etc....
Book shelves are in use about 15 hours per week.
question is: do vintage drivers, such as these, wear out after so many years? Should I start looking to replace the drivers?
Thoughts?
Thank you for helping.