If they have the plastic cones (which I think these have) then you can sometimes carefully remove the dustcaps without damaging them & reuse them. Simply loosen an edge to give you a start & you can often gently peel them off working your way round (with a small blade to assist if neccessary). You just need to be extra careful where the coil wires run through. I've done it several times with these types of cone.

If that fails then there are other ebay sellers

I would stay with the foam surrounds, and dust caps

These cones seem to be paper with a coating.  One dust cap had been majorly dented and won't return to it's shape very well with the vacuum treatment.  Thanks for the link to the dust caps.

Steve

Thanks for the link.  I'm having success with lacqeur thinner.  I'll see if acetone is speedier. The wipe-on poly is probably similar to what you describe for a finish.  

The rear aluminum trim is perfectly flush with the cabinet, so re-veneering might not look so good.

Steve

stevepe wrote:

Thanks for the link.  I'm having success with lacqeur thinner.  I'll see if acetone is speedier. The wipe-on poly is probably similar to what you describe for a finish.  

I dont use Poly for my Beo woodworks, but sand down with 200 grain and 400 grain, and then seal with boiled linseed oil (Danish oil), and once every 2 years I clean with thinner and sand if necessary, then linseed oil, this way you will always have the nice fresh wood look.

The poly and laquer will darken with the years

Søren Mexico wrote:

stevepe wrote:

Thanks for the link.  I'm having success with lacqeur thinner.  I'll see if acetone is speedier. The wipe-on poly is probably similar to what you describe for a finish.  

I dont use Poly for my Beo woodworks, but sand down with 200 grain and 400 grain, and then seal with boiled linseed oil (Danish oil), and once every 2 years I clean with thinner and sand if necessary, then linseed oil, this way you will always have the nice fresh wood look.

The poly and laquer will darken with the years

I like a simple renewable oil finish as much as anyone.  I'm a decent amatuer woodworker, myself, and I don't doubt your cabinets look as good as they can.

However– I'm stuck with the raw particle board left under the shinking pealing vinyl I've removed.  I think the poly will impregnate the raw particle board and toughen it up some.  

I may be in untraveled territory here, as I think the white cabinets are somewhat rare, the same as with the white beocenters.  Has anyone ever removed the white vinyl and applied wood veneer?  The aluminum trim on the back is flush, and might make a veneer look awkward, IMO.

I'm waiting to see if they are keepers for the living room, (after surround repair, and then recapping) before I get too involved with thae cabinets.   My C75's sound very nice and produce sound I'm impressed with powered by my Yamaha receiver, a CR-840, and a couple of 8" subwoofers. But sometimes I want to blast more than these little guys are capable of in a medium sized room.

Steve

Whoops. Still getting accustomed to postin on this site.

stevepe wrote:

I may be in untraveled territory here, as I think the white cabinets are somewhat rare, the same as with the white beocenters.  Has anyone ever removed the white vinyl and applied wood veneer?  The aluminum trim on the back is flush, and might make a veneer look awkward, IMO.

I have never heard of vinyl coating on B&O speakers. I have a pair of original white S80.2s myself, and for all that I can tell, they are painted.

An extra veneer coating on top of that would certainly ruin the rear edge as the aluminum is beautifully flush, as you say.

Are you sure somebody hasn't already tried to fix them with adhesive plastic sheet? Doing that again might be the easiest way to save them and you could choose any wood imitation you like.

Hi Mika,

I now have this nice lady's whole B&O system she puchased new in Copenhagen in '83. She had these speakers buried in storage before and has now given them to me simply because I bought the beocenter and C75's and she like's me, I guess.  So I'm acquainted with her enough to know they had to have come this way.  It comes off nicely with a heat gun, like I said above.  The vinyl has shrunk and could never be repaired.

I'm curious to know if yours are definitley painted.  Maybe yours are in perfect shape, and still and haven't peeled apart and revealed that they are vinyl.  Or– B&O did it both ways- vinyl and white paint.

A vinyl wood veneer is very thin, and would be the most practical way to go in terms of making them look decent, particularly for resale.  I hadn't even thought of this.  But a real rosewood veneer is what one expects to find on these, correct? (I have never laid eyes on any of this series before having these)   

Vinyl wood grain wouldn't keep me from owning a good sounding set of speakers.  I don't think I would want to do this for my own use, though.  My home's decor would actually harmonize with plain partical board better than vinyl "wood".  I've fallen somewhat under the spell of  the "industrial" look, I confess, and in my region it's still the cool thing, (until it won't be)!

Why don't I say that these are "authentic" audiophile cabinets without the incosistent, inappropriate density, sound-muffling rosewood veneer!  

Maybe I'll have the only pair in the whole world!

I think before during and after photos are in order when the time comes.

Steve