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I seem to recall the name "Minimus-7"


They are great, I use them on 3 of my receivers with RS DSP 40's (5 watts
out) to drive them. RM~

Michael Lawson wrote:
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What speakers are available in durable die-cast housings these days?

You can find minimus-7's and 77's on eBay.

I did, they arrived, I hooked them up and after a couple of hours they
were just like my other 15-year old Minimus-7's - the foam surround
crumbled and fell off the driver.

Well, now I have 6 Minimus-7's, 5 with basically zero foam surround
left and one that's just on the verge of falling into pieces.

I gotta learn how to fix these foam surrounds! Either that or buy some
brand new drivers.

Tim.

On 3 Feb 2006 18:00:41 -0800, wrote:

Michael Lawson wrote:
wrote in message
What speakers are available in durable die-cast housings these days?

You can find minimus-7's and 77's on eBay.

I did, they arrived, I hooked them up and after a couple of hours they
were just like my other 15-year old Minimus-7's - the foam surround
crumbled and fell off the driver.

Well, now I have 6 Minimus-7's, 5 with basically zero foam surround
left and one that's just on the verge of falling into pieces.

I gotta learn how to fix these foam surrounds! Either that or buy some
brand new drivers.

Tim.

Refoam Kits from Burbank:

http://www.speakercity.com/Merchant2...e=refoamkitstd

wrote:

[...] the foam surround
crumbled and fell off the driver.

Well, now I have 6 Minimus-7's, 5 with basically zero foam surround
left and one that's just on the verge of falling into pieces.

I gotta learn how to fix these foam surrounds! Either that or buy some
brand new drivers.

Tim.

Look in your phone book for "speaker repair." The foam disintegrating
happens a lot in dry climates, and if the voice coils aren't too
abraded, they can be replaced by a speaker repair tech.

The voice coils get abraded by using the speaker as the foam is
disintegrating, and they wear against the surrounding magnet and
frame.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:09:28 -0700, Eric F. Richards
wrote:

wrote:

[...] the foam surround
crumbled and fell off the driver.

Well, now I have 6 Minimus-7's, 5 with basically zero foam surround
left and one that's just on the verge of falling into pieces.

I gotta learn how to fix these foam surrounds! Either that or buy some
brand new drivers.

Tim.

Look in your phone book for "speaker repair." The foam disintegrating
happens a lot in dry climates, and if the voice coils aren't too
abraded, they can be replaced by a speaker repair tech.

The voice coils get abraded by using the speaker as the foam is
disintegrating, and they wear against the surrounding magnet and
frame.
It's ozone. The surrounds go to Hell in Houston as well.

[...] the foam surround
crumbled and fell off the driver.

There are now DIY foam-surround replacement kits
available. Apparently easy enough to market to the
more competent of the general public.