Repairing torn speaker

2009-04-23 18:13:02

#1

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

The foam "surround", I guess you would call it, has torn on one of my 12" speakers. The tear is about 4" across. The speaker still works except for the annoying buzzing sound caused by all the passing air. Can it simply be glued back together, or is there a different way of repairing it? I tried tape and it worked for a while but all the passing air rubbed it off.

I'm not looking to replace it quite yet.

2009-04-23 19:46:45

#2

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6840

I believe there are products designed to do this but i've seen many people just use finger nail polish for a cheap fix.

2009-04-23 20:57:28

#3

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

Pic?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-04-24 11:02:15

#4

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

I don't have a picture as they aren't at my house. I found this one on google, the tear isn't this big though.

https://www.htworkshop.com/Images/speaker_foam_torn.jpg

2009-04-24 11:43:01

#5

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

If it's one of those speakers with foam suspension (falls apart as soon as you touch it), you have no chance at fixing it. If it's a rubber one, just put some soft super glue on it, the kind used on leather.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-04-24 11:48:44

#6

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

try the stuff used to do airfix and the like, poly cement i think its called. plastic bonder.

try on a small area first though.

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2009-04-24 13:09:06

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6716|The Twilight Zone

the thing for fixing bicycle tires dunno how its called, looks like a tiny piece of rubber

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2009-04-27 09:40:38

#8

Jean_Peste_tu?: Yes I Do; +44|6883|Auteuil, Laval

The bicycle patch is stiff a bit for an air suspension driver, I'd rather look for a booger glue type (The glue that your credit card come stuck on the paper with.) That thing is always sticky though.

Question, are those speakers old? Like Freezer said before, if they disintegrate as soon as you touch them forget it, buy 2 new 12 inchers. After 12 to 15 years they start wear off and disintegrate.

2009-04-27 11:24:58

#9

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

Yeah the speakers are at least 7-8 years old. Nothing disintegrates though.

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