B&O Type K woofer surounds?

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Hi all, I just wanted to know if the woofer surounds of this speaker are foam or rubber?

 

Thanx in advance.

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Type K are too old to have foam surrounds.

Martin

Thanx for your reply, Dillen. So are they rubber then?

Actually, I seem to remember that these are pure cardboard, possibly with the outer (flexible) circumference
covered in a rubbery súbstance, latex or so. That was the way most speaker producers did it back then.

Martin

Dillen wrote:

Actually, I seem to remember that these are pure cardboard, possibly with the outer (flexible) circumference
covered in a rubbery súbstance, latex or so. That was the way most speaker producers did it back then.

Martin

My tip, thin cardboard with candle wax

 

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Thanx for the replies. What do you guys think, will these last as long as rubber, or do I need to replace the surrounds with rubber rings to make sure they do not wear as foam eventually does. I hope you don't mind me asking, but this type of surrounds is new to me, and I am restoring a pair of type K's. I have always dreamed of owning a pair of these vintage beauties, so I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. I also have another question, the two resistors in the crossover seems fryed, any thoughts on which type I need to replace them with? I can't read the statistics on these resistors anymore.......

 

Thanx in advance for the help.

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