best speakerfabric/cloth to match Bang & Olufsen quality

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Michel Gallus
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 10:06 GMT
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Hi all,

Have somebody over here ever tested some resource for speaker fabric. A website to order it would be great. I'm very critical when it comes to quality, so only reply if you're sure that it matches the original as closely as possible.

Thanks for helping me out.

Michel

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dmacri (archived2)
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 18:11 GMT
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I actually found a perfect match to my S45 (70s) fret material using 28 count black linen that is used for cross stitch. It's a perfect match to my eye. Standard speaker fabric is too thin and lacks the body of the linen. I have not found a match for my C & CX speakers yet.
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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 18:22 GMT
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B&O original speaker fabric/cloth quality? Are you serious? One sneeze and you have a hole in your cloth!

The looks are great though!

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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 18:28 GMT
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michgal wrote:

Hi all,

Have somebody over here ever tested some resource for speaker fabric. A website to order it would be great. I'm very critical when it comes to quality, so only reply if you're sure that it matches the original as closely as possible.

Thanks for helping me out.

Michel

What type of speaker you wanna recloth Michel?

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dmacri (archived2)
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 18:31 GMT
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Leslie wrote:

B&O original speaker fabric/cloth quality? Are you serious? One sneeze and you have a hole in your cloth!

The looks are great though!

Not sure what you mean. The fabric I've seen always seemed sturdy and thicker than the usual fabric on many other brand speakers. Now the fabric on the 80s S45 was much more flimsy.
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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 19:50 GMT
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I was more talking about the fabrics like Penta's, RL series, Beolab 6000's, very thin...

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mickhoog (archived2)
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 21:52 GMT
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I'm sure many companies such as romo may be able to recommend as they are in the fabric business. I'm a bit of a fabric fan. What I think would look great is the fabric that Mercedes use as the fabric for the sun blind under the panoramic roofs.
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Steffen
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 23:53 GMT
#1982125

Leslie wrote:

I was more talking about the fabrics like Penta's, RL series, Beolab 6000's, very thin...

 

Yes - but remember that many Penta's and RL's are 20+ years now - so no wonder if the fabric is not at it's best anymore...😕

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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted November 4, 2012 at 23:59 GMT
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Like the Beolab 6000's 👍? I'm talking about fragility of the fabric used. Beauty has to suffer....

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Steffen
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Posted November 5, 2012 at 00:01 GMT
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Michel - try

My B&O Icons:

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Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beovision-10.png Beovision-10.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beosound-4.png Beosound-4.png
Beoplay-S3.png Beoplay-S3.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
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