Advent Loud Speaker

[Cayuga]

I'm going to start a restoration project on my Loudspeakers, I just received two replacement woofers (1975 Advents). I'm looking for products and procedures to seal the woofers. Please give me the what and what not to do. Thanks

[gdb]

There are some serious speaker builders/rebuilders over on the Parts Express forum that've helped me out more than once, you might inquire there also. I love the old "vents", fried eggs anyone?

http://techtalk.parts-express.com/

[Cayuga]

Thanks for the tip gdb, I'll take a look. I know people in this club have changed out drivers, I'm just looking for the correct materials to use for a good seal.

[mhardy6647]

ahh, to seal the cabinet to be airtight?
PartsExpress sells nice stuff for that (they used to provide a hank of it when you bought a speaker from them; dunno if they still do).
http://www.parts-express.com/wizards...TOKEN=19101103
(the 36" length of stuff at the bottom of the short list is what you're most likely looking for).

I initially thought you were asking about sealing/treating the foam surrounds; silly me...

[Cayuga]

Thanks mhardy6647. I'm sorry if my question was confusing, I just want to replace the woofers and make sure they are tight.

[Robint]

I am listening to a pair of OLA in the bedroom system right now. I found this article by Frank van Alstine where recommends coating the inside and the speaker frames with non-hardening plasticlay.

http://www.avahifi.com/images/avahif...pdf/ab1982.pdf

He suggested using plasticlay as a sealant to decouple the speaker from the front baffle. I am going to try this on a pair of Monitor 5's I am about to recap.