Platinum woofers, new or recone?

I just picked up a pair of Plats that need new woofers. I called a local speaker repair guy to pick his brain about the situation and he told me that his new cones and surrounds have synthetic material in them and that they will never "rot" out. He quoted me $60 each but that he might be able to give a little discount depending on his actual cost, which he wouldn't know until he sees the drivers, if I have all 8 done at once. This guy has re-coned many Klipsch woofers for me in the past and he does great work, been in the business for over 30 years. New seems better but I don't want to have to modify the cabinets if the new ones won't fit and if the new ones are oem replacements, won't the foam rot again or are they improved?

Repairing Plat surrounds requires the proper materials - - long throw and low damping.
If your guy has 'generic' materials - no go.
I have heard the results of improper repairs to Amazings - UGLY!!!
Due diligence is the key!

as low as $51 for each shipped to your door.otherwise $59 new. then when the correct surrounds become available, refurb time and real easy sale if that is what you wish.

Did you have to modify your speaker cabinets to get the new drivers to fit?

yes. after i completely took everything off, i used a router with a bit that is common for formica. ballbearing with a 15 degree angle cut. barely a fraction of an inch. or you could order a thick foam gasket to space it out, or even a file/sandpaper and some elbow grease.the router took all but 60 seconds to do all four hole. it took longer to tape the front of the black finish on the cabinets as to not scratch them up.

I just have to chime in here. The replacements I got from Dynovox a couple of years ago were (read this carefully) EXACTLY the same as the originals. They fit PERFECTLY.

I'm just sayin' they had them at one time. I believe they were # 1220 or something like that.

I would email or even better call if you can get a number.


Going new is better in the long run.

Just my .02

If they're at least a close enough fit that a little extra gasket material would make them work I'd do it. Obviously I'd prefer a straight, drop in replacement and really want to steer away from any cabinet modifying.

the model is the 1220. the screws will not line up either though on this batch. new is 6 screw, old is up to 8.

Why would they do that? I'm going to give them a call in the morning and see whats up, hopefully they've got it worked out already.

i think there are two versions or a mistake/oversight happened. if your intension is to have nice woofers, then order,check fit, then and only then contact dynavox and they will will offer you a discount/rebate of 64 in my case which made the final price 51 each shipped. she also offered me a return and replacement with the new batch coming. i suspect that those will be correct and full price. just my experience with this. and after i recovered the grills which was by far the most work, pulling staples out, you see nothing anyway as it is all covered. so who cares.

I called a local speaker repair guy to pick his brain about the situation and he told me that his new cones and surrounds have synthetic material in them and that they will never "rot" out.

The long time problem has been that no one has the proper surrounds. I can't see how your guy would either.

He didn't actually look at them yet and wasn't familiar with the model. I told him a brief description, small 1" voice coil and long throw design and he acted like he could come up with something. I think at this point I'm just going to go with drivers anyway.

Dynavox will rebuild your current drivers if the only issue is the surrounds. New surround, cone, spider.
Mine sound good, no cab mods.

[quote="jimw"]Dynavox will rebuild your current drivers if the only issue is the surrounds. New surround, cone, spider.
Mine sound good, no cab mods




There you go.

What more can you ask for?

Talk to Lolita. http://www.dynavox.com/dynavox/Carver.htm

When I ordered replacements last year she gave me a discount for signing up for Twitter and following her account.