Westlake Help

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I have a pair of Westlake BBSM-8's the 3.5" mid driver has a small tear
in the cone that I had repaired with a little rubber glue. Westlake no
longer sells the mids for this model and everyone I have spoken to about
reconing said they can't help with this particular speaker. Does anyone
know of a replacement solution for this situation. Westlake is no help
at all.

Thanks

Dave

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In article <8GYZd.224$Kf4.54085@newshog.newsread.com>,
Noizman <monster@atlantic.net> wrote:

> I have a pair of Westlake BBSM-8's the 3.5" mid driver has a small tear
> in the cone that I had repaired with a little rubber glue. Westlake no
> longer sells the mids for this model and everyone I have spoken to about
> reconing said they can't help with this particular speaker. Does anyone
> know of a replacement solution for this situation. Westlake is no help
> at all.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave

That's odd. I recently got two BBSM-10 mids replaced by Westlake. They had them
fabricated and delivered within a month or so. Maybe the BBSM-8s are different,
but Westlake was able to handle the BBSM-10s. They were actually quite helpful.

-Jay
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Noizman <monster@atlantic.net> wrote:
>
>The speaker works and sounds good but I'm worried that there may be some
>dampimg of frequencies or some other artifact of the glue spot on the
>cone. I used the rubber glue so it would retain flexability but it seems
>logical that it would affect the sound somehow.

If it causes a problem, it would be because it is more or less flexible
than the rest of the surround material, and so the cone does not move
evenly in and out at some frequencies. If you play a sweep tone and look
at the cone and the breakup modes don't look any different than the other
driver, then don't worry about it.

The problem is that since you can't get the original parts, anything you
do to replace the surround is going to change the compliance and therefore
change the resonant frequency of the driver. This is probably going to
be more detrimental than what you've already done.

Will Westlake at least tell you the manufacturer and part number of the
driver? Or is it marked at all?
--scott
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