If the speakers used foam surrounds, they deteriorate and dry out. Rubber surrounds do last much longer. 25 years IS a long time in any case, and the X-1's are an older design as well. I am not defending Wilson, but if you were listening to them on a regular basis all these years, you got a decent return on your investment. Either upgrade, or find someone that can refoam the drivers for you. Unfortunately the speakers are very heavy so you would have to remove the cones, snip the wires, and send them off. re-installing them the same way with some silver solder.
speaker repair
I have 25 year old Wilson X-1 Series 1 speakers. The speakers still are great but the rubber on all the speakers are degrading. Does anyone know of a speaker repair facility in the metro NYC area. It would have to be a facility that would either repair the speakers at my house or that would remove all the woofers to be repaired at their facility then returned and remounted. Each Series 1 is about 600 ibs which is why the whole speaker cannot be removed.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Any help is greatly appreciated.