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WTB: Turntable motor for Rowe R81
On Jun 21, 7:54*pm, Tony Miklos wrote:
On 6/17/2011 1:20 PM, Klickit wrote: Well, i hooked the amp to a regular turntable to see if the sound went away and it was still there. *I pulled the front from the bottom of the machine and found that both sub-woofers had the outer foam ring disintegrated. *Now I need a set of speakers. *They are 25 ohm 10" so may be a little hard to find. *Found lots of 12" on Ebay but no 10's. I'm beginning to wonder if this thing is worth it. Bob You don't need new speakers, lot's of places will repair yours for a lot less than new ones, and you don't know the frequency response of the old ones so you won't know what new ones to buy. *It makes a huge difference, always stick to the original speakers when possible. *Even if the cones are all torn apart they still rebuild them. I just replaced the foam surrounds on a set, my first attempt myself, and they turned out great. *Lots of DIY foam kits on ebay. Tony Tony, I did not know that you could buy a kit to do that. You are right there are plenty of kits on Ebay. There is also a guy that will refoam a set for $65. I found a set from an R82 model at jukeboxparts.com for $65 plus shipping so I'm going that way. All of his speakers from R81 models had the same problem as mine. I think what I might do is buy the kit and refoam the set I have just to see how hard it is. This group seems to be the place to go for Jukebox info. I'm learning some things I needed to know. My main passion is Pinball machines so I spend a lot of time on RGP which is a fantastic Google group. Thanks, Bob |
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WTB: Turntable motor for Rowe R81
On 6/22/2011 2:14 PM, Klickit wrote:
On Jun 21, 7:54 pm, Tony wrote: On 6/17/2011 1:20 PM, Klickit wrote: Well, i hooked the amp to a regular turntable to see if the sound went away and it was still there. I pulled the front from the bottom of the machine and found that both sub-woofers had the outer foam ring disintegrated. Now I need a set of speakers. They are 25 ohm 10" so may be a little hard to find. Found lots of 12" on Ebay but no 10's. I'm beginning to wonder if this thing is worth it. Bob You don't need new speakers, lot's of places will repair yours for a lot less than new ones, and you don't know the frequency response of the old ones so you won't know what new ones to buy. It makes a huge difference, always stick to the original speakers when possible. Even if the cones are all torn apart they still rebuild them. I just replaced the foam surrounds on a set, my first attempt myself, and they turned out great. Lots of DIY foam kits on ebay. Tony Tony, I did not know that you could buy a kit to do that. You are right there are plenty of kits on Ebay. There is also a guy that will refoam a set for $65. I found a set from an R82 model at jukeboxparts.com for $65 plus shipping so I'm going that way. All of his speakers from R81 models had the same problem as mine. I think what I might do is buy the kit and refoam the set I have just to see how hard it is. This group seems to be the place to go for Jukebox info. I'm learning some things I needed to know. My main passion is Pinball machines so I spend a lot of time on RGP which is a fantastic Google group. Thanks, Bob All the speakers with a foam surround have the same problem, some just faster than others. Personally, I'd go with new surrounds so I know they will last a while. No way of knowing how long the used ones will last. Tony |
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WTB: Turntable motor for Rowe R81
On Jun 23, 4:14*am, Klickit wrote:
On Jun 21, 7:54*pm, Tony Miklos wrote: On 6/17/2011 1:20 PM, Klickit wrote: Well, i hooked the amp to a regular turntable to see if the sound went away and it was still there. *I pulled the front from the bottom of the machine and found that both sub-woofers had the outer foam ring disintegrated. *Now I need a set of speakers. *They are 25 ohm 10" so may be a little hard to find. *Found lots of 12" on Ebay but no 10's. I'm beginning to wonder if this thing is worth it. Bob You don't need new speakers, lot's of places will repair yours for a lot less than new ones, and you don't know the frequency response of the old ones so you won't know what new ones to buy. *It makes a huge difference, always stick to the original speakers when possible. *Even if the cones are all torn apart they still rebuild them. I just replaced the foam surrounds on a set, my first attempt myself, and they turned out great. *Lots of DIY foam kits on ebay. Tony Tony, I did not know that you could buy a kit to do that. *You are right there are plenty of kits on Ebay. *There is also a guy that will refoam a set for $65. *I found a set from an R82 model at jukeboxparts.com for $65 plus shipping so I'm going that way. *All of his speakers from R81 models had the same problem as mine. *I think what I might do is buy the kit and refoam the set I have just to see how hard it is. This group seems to be the place to go for Jukebox info. *I'm learning some things I needed to know. My main passion is Pinball machines so I spend a lot of time on RGP which is a fantastic Google group. Thanks, Bob They all fail, with the foam surrounds, even faster in a tropical climate. In some Rowe machines, (R-84 from memory) they had a paper surround rather than foam, these don't come apart like the foam, but the cone does sag with time, and can make scratching or scraping noises due to the voice coil being out of alignment with the magnet, and scraping on it as the coil moves in and out, due to the sagging. This is a simple fix though, you just turn the speaker upside down (180 degrees) and let it sag "back" to where it was before. Usually due to the length of the wires and position of the terminals, it is necessary to swap the left and right speakers over before rotating them or the wires won't reach. |
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