Speakerplans.com Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > General > Advanced Discussion
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - aftermarket recone kit
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

aftermarket recone kit

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>
Author
Message
hindukush View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 21 March 2011
Location: torino
Status: Offline
Points: 12
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hindukush Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: aftermarket recone kit
    Posted: 08 July 2011 at 3:52pm
hi all,
i'm going to recone my first speaker.
i just want to know wich are the differences between the aftermarket kit and the original one.
the price difference is alot..like 35 euros..
the speaker is a 18sound 10m600.

thanks all

Carlo

aftermarket kit:  http://www.reconingspeakers.com/products-page/diy-parts/18--10m600-diy-aftermarket-recone-kit/ - http://www.reconingspeakers.com/products-page/diy-parts/18-sound-10m600-diy-aftermarket-recone-kit/

original kit:  http://www.1111.sk/18--recone-kit-10m600-8ohm-%5B0271087210-1-508%5D.?ItemIdx=10 - http://www.1111.sk/18-sound-recone-kit-10m600-8ohm-%5B0271087210-1-508%5D.html?ItemIdx=10
Back to Top
Beatdaddy View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 28 November 2010
Location: California
Status: Offline
Points: 340
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Beatdaddy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 July 2011 at 5:00pm
I've used aftermarket kits before to recone b&c 18tbx's , half the price of the factory parts!
Sound the same from what I can hear!
Back to Top
hindukush View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 21 March 2011
Location: torino
Status: Offline
Points: 12
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hindukush Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 July 2011 at 5:16pm
there is some suggestion that u can give me about reconing?
Back to Top
Grumpy View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 16 January 2007
Location: Lichfield Staff
Status: Offline
Points: 405
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Grumpy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 July 2011 at 5:29pm
Originally posted by hindukush hindukush wrote:

hi all,
i'm going to recone my first speaker.
i just want to know wich are the differences between the aftermarket kit and the original one.
the price difference is alot..like 35 euros..
There are some good re-cone kits out there and some really crap ones. Problem is you don't know till you have fitted it.
 
Bit of an old saying - "if you want it to sound like a JBL fit a JBL kit - if you want it to sound like something else fit something else"
 
While talking about old sayings my all time speaker one is "pressed steel chassis for added suspension"
Back to Top
hindukush View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 21 March 2011
Location: torino
Status: Offline
Points: 12
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hindukush Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 July 2011 at 1:35pm
hi all,
since i'm not trusting the site where i found those reconekit...u know some place where i can find some?
ty

Carlo
Back to Top
tv00 View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 10 August 2009
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 1886
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tv00 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 March 2013 at 10:05am
I'm thinking about the same!
I have a pile of about 10 18sound 18lw1400 drivers that needs recones.
Perhaps the best is to try a single one first?
Wonder what the best way is to test it?
Probably to put an original in one box and the copy in another and listen carefully, then try to blow them:-)
Back to Top
Oscar View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 22 April 2010
Location: Laredo, Tx
Status: Offline
Points: 100
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Oscar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 July 2013 at 8:54pm
Originally posted by hindukush hindukush wrote:

hi all,
i'm going to recone my first speaker.
i just want to know wich are the differences between the aftermarket kit and the original one.
the price difference is alot..like 35 euros..
the speaker is a 18sound 10m600.

thanks all

Carlo

aftermarket kit:  http://www.reconingspeakers.com/products-page/diy-parts/18--10m600-diy-aftermarket-recone-kit/ - http://www.reconingspeakers.com/products-page/diy-parts/18-sound-10m600-diy-aftermarket-recone-kit/

original kit:  http://www.1111.sk/18--recone-kit-10m600-8ohm-%5B0271087210-1-508%5D.?ItemIdx=10 - http://www.1111.sk/18-sound-recone-kit-10m600-8ohm-%5B0271087210-1-508%5D.html?ItemIdx=10


I've bought many recone kits from Speaker Exchange, where they offer the aftermarket recone kit.

Overall, I am pleased with their kits.  To keep costs down, they source their own parts to assemble kits to make them suitable for the speakers to be reconed.  The do not manufacturer any of the parts, so they are limited to what is available to them from the various U.S.A. cone suppliers/voice coil suppliers/spider suppliers/etc. 

I highly highly highly doubt you will run into any installation issues with their recone kit, seeing as how it is a "standard" speaker with no funky parts---just a basic cone/coil/spider/dustcap.  The coils I have received from them are dimensionally correct and perfectly concentric, and the spider has always been the correct diameter and stiffness. 

The one and only thing that (IMO) may vary is the cone.  Sometimes they just cannot get a 100% replica of the original cone for whatever reason, so they substitute a cone that they feel would be best for that speaker.  The cone may have a different thickness (and thus stiffness), it may have a different surround profile, it may have a different curvature, etc, but it will fit the speaker.  Obviously this may affect the T/S parameters, but then again, they do state specifically that it is an aftermarket, not original, recone kit so they're not hiding anything.


Back to Top
thepersonunknown View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc
Avatar

Joined: 25 November 2009
Location: Madrid
Status: Offline
Points: 1628
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote thepersonunknown Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 July 2013 at 8:45pm
Originally posted by Grumpy Grumpy wrote:

Originally posted by hindukush hindukush wrote:

hi all,
i'm going to recone my first speaker.
i just want to know wich are the differences between the aftermarket kit and the original one.
the price difference is alot..like 35 euros..
There are some good re-cone kits out there and some really crap ones. Problem is you don't know till you have fitted it.
 
Bit of an old saying - "if you want it to sound like a JBL fit a JBL kit - if you want it to sound like something else fit something else"
 
While talking about old sayings my all time speaker one is "pressed steel chassis for added suspension"


LOLLOL

speaking about jbl kits though, i recently reconed with an aftermarket kit with good results. luck of the draw i guess...

They keep telling me life is short, but its the longest thing ive ever done!!!
Back to Top
mrdata View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 10 January 2017
Location: Blackpool
Status: Offline
Points: 27
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mrdata Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 January 2017 at 9:28pm
Getting one of these kits Speaker Exchange.

It says its Brand New Genuine Electro-Voice EVM-12L Series II Recone Kit.

http://reconingspeakers.com/product/electro-voice-12-evm12l-diy-recone-kit/
Back to Top
Earplug View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 03 January 2012
Location: Europe
Status: Offline
Points: 7199
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Earplug Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 January 2017 at 2:54pm
I wouldn´t buy that. You want a kit with the coil/spider already glued to the cone, otherwise it´s a huge PITA to get everything right.  

Here:

http://www.soundspeakerrepair.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SSR&Product_Code=Electro-Voice-12L-Kit&Category_Code=12-Inch-Kits



Earplugs Are For Wimps!
Back to Top
mrdata View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 10 January 2017
Location: Blackpool
Status: Offline
Points: 27
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mrdata Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 January 2017 at 4:58pm
Earplug is that kit you posted genuine or an aftermarket kit and what is the difference between both?

My kit is getting pre-assembled so I can drop it in.

Chris





Edited by mrdata - 16 January 2017 at 5:03pm
Back to Top
Earplug View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 03 January 2012
Location: Europe
Status: Offline
Points: 7199
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Earplug Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 January 2017 at 5:43pm
From the price, I´d say aftermarket, but who knows. Maybe check with them.

I have bought bits from both companies before and both are reliable. In any case, if the kit is being pre-assembled then you should be ok. In the past, I have tried to recone with the kits in bits and it´s rarely worked. I now only use the assembled kits. A lot easier, really.


Earplugs Are For Wimps!
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.06
Copyright ©2001-2023 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 0.078 seconds.