Sub reconing

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:05 pm

hey guys anyone ever do this? im about to recone my mt's to 18s just wondering if anyone has experiance with this and can give me some tips or tricks

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:10 pm

Im pretty sure Ryan has. Hopefully he will chip in.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:18 pm

what happened to em?

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:20 pm

one is fine the other im pretty sure i clipped to death voltage was to low...

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:16 pm

itll do it every time. its hard to keep voltage up with that much power.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:24 pm

i shouldnt have that issue anymore im putting an nsb90 or a kinetic 2400 monster back there.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:31 pm

or an interstate. JK well make a workaholic would keep up

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:35 pm

I've reconed subs before... and never did that involve changing cone size.

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I'd be concerned about the feasibility of it - usually it's not like the basket is just "screwed on" to the motor... it's usually glued, bonded permanently.

A "recone" usually means you are going to cut out the old cone unit (desolder the leads at the terminals on the basket, cut the surround loose, cut the spider loose, then clean off all remaining surround/spider parts and any glue that may remain on the basket) - and then you install the new cone unit (center the cone unit with a jig, glue down the spider and surround, solder the new tinsel leads to the speaker terminals).

What you are talking about much more qualifies as "major surgury" well beyond a recone.

Additional concerns, of course, would be the feasibility of that smaller-sub motor, in a larger-cone-sub application.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:39 pm

actually the mt has the same motors for all the sizes. you just unsrew the old basket and screw on the new one. then glue the spiders and cone on.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:46 pm

oh that should be a snap!!! lol