Ok, so I picked these boxes up last year and finally got around to working on them in December.
Since they're 3 pieces, I decided to start with the speakers which I thought would be fairly quick and easy, my mistake.
I had already taken one of them apart right after receiving it because it was making noise.
I found the woofer had broken its bottom plastic mount, slipped out of the metal retainers and was hanging by it's capacitor and other wires.
Luckily it didn't damage the cone or surround but it did pull the piezo speaker apart so I figured I swap those out with some 5/8" soft domes.
Unfortunately the place I was ordering from didn't have the 5/8" in stock.
At that time, I figured I might as well replace all four piezo speakers so I ordered four 3/4".
Upon taking another speaker apart, I found the midrange speaker slipped out of its retainers and the cone was wrinkled beyond repair.
In no way was I expecting to replace any of the eight white speakers but ended up ordering two 2" replacements (cha-ching $$$).
Turning to the enclosures, I found all four of the pressed board stiffening pieces had cracked glue joints where they were supposed to be adhered to the plastic sides.
I planned on removing them anyway so that wasn't a big deal.
The grilles were all pretty beat up with dents and chipped/missing paint.
I removed them, hammered out the dents, scuffed them up and painted all four satin black.
One set of speakers had wires that were pretty tattered and missing their plugs so I replaced both wires.
Back to the white speakers.
The four Onkyo woofers and two of the original midranges were fairly yellowed which I'm not a fan of.
Since I couldn't find any white 2" midrange speakers, I figured I'd have to color those some how anyway so I wanted to brighten the old white ones up.
Instead of using paint, I thought I'd try ink since I could thin it out and there wouldn't be a thick layer on the cones that might flake off at some point.
After some researching, I ended up buying white India ink at a craft store.
I applied it very thinly with a brush on all of the speakers.
The white speakers took two coats while the new 2" black speakers only took a couple more to cover.
The two new midranges I painted up to the edge of the cone so they'd look similar to the woofers.
The old midranges don't have cloth, rubber or foam surrounds so they're white to the very edges.
I knew I didn't have to be perfect since looking through the mesh grilles made it difficult to see any small variations in color.
The new midranges came with shiny black dust covers so I used a silver metallic sharpie to color them.
I was going to use aluminum paint but the marker gave me a lot more control, was cleaner and all around easier to use.
Again, behind the grille, it's very hard to see and I doubt most people would ever notice a difference from the others.
After all of the parts were washed and cleaned, I installed the pressed boards back into position and glued them in with clear Gorilla glue (very similar to E6000 but less smelly).
This stuff is excellent and I suggest anyone refurbishing boxes to have a tube on hand, it's extremely strong but usually can be removed if needed.
A white piece of fiber insulation sits behind the board.
After installing the grilles, I installed the speakers back gluing the new ones in where I needed to.
I wired everything in using new film capacitors.
All four of these speakers sound great.
Unfortunately I didn't take pictures as I was doing the speakers so I took one apart and snapped a few.
This is the one where the woofer broke through the bottom, has the new 2" midrange and the original wire.
You can see the new glue wherever the board contacts the plastic.
Here's a closeup of the glue joint.
I've never used the Audyn caps before but I was short two 4.7s so I ordered them with all of the speakers.
This woofer won't be dropping out of place again and there are definitely no vibrations.
Here's a pic showing the finished speakers.
The new midrange is on top.
(The speakers look a little odd because of the camera angle)
Since they're 3 pieces, I decided to start with the speakers which I thought would be fairly quick and easy, my mistake.
I had already taken one of them apart right after receiving it because it was making noise.
I found the woofer had broken its bottom plastic mount, slipped out of the metal retainers and was hanging by it's capacitor and other wires.
Luckily it didn't damage the cone or surround but it did pull the piezo speaker apart so I figured I swap those out with some 5/8" soft domes.
Unfortunately the place I was ordering from didn't have the 5/8" in stock.
At that time, I figured I might as well replace all four piezo speakers so I ordered four 3/4".
Upon taking another speaker apart, I found the midrange speaker slipped out of its retainers and the cone was wrinkled beyond repair.
In no way was I expecting to replace any of the eight white speakers but ended up ordering two 2" replacements (cha-ching $$$).
Turning to the enclosures, I found all four of the pressed board stiffening pieces had cracked glue joints where they were supposed to be adhered to the plastic sides.
I planned on removing them anyway so that wasn't a big deal.
The grilles were all pretty beat up with dents and chipped/missing paint.
I removed them, hammered out the dents, scuffed them up and painted all four satin black.
One set of speakers had wires that were pretty tattered and missing their plugs so I replaced both wires.
Back to the white speakers.
The four Onkyo woofers and two of the original midranges were fairly yellowed which I'm not a fan of.
Since I couldn't find any white 2" midrange speakers, I figured I'd have to color those some how anyway so I wanted to brighten the old white ones up.
Instead of using paint, I thought I'd try ink since I could thin it out and there wouldn't be a thick layer on the cones that might flake off at some point.
After some researching, I ended up buying white India ink at a craft store.
I applied it very thinly with a brush on all of the speakers.
The white speakers took two coats while the new 2" black speakers only took a couple more to cover.
The two new midranges I painted up to the edge of the cone so they'd look similar to the woofers.
The old midranges don't have cloth, rubber or foam surrounds so they're white to the very edges.
I knew I didn't have to be perfect since looking through the mesh grilles made it difficult to see any small variations in color.
The new midranges came with shiny black dust covers so I used a silver metallic sharpie to color them.
I was going to use aluminum paint but the marker gave me a lot more control, was cleaner and all around easier to use.
Again, behind the grille, it's very hard to see and I doubt most people would ever notice a difference from the others.
After all of the parts were washed and cleaned, I installed the pressed boards back into position and glued them in with clear Gorilla glue (very similar to E6000 but less smelly).
This stuff is excellent and I suggest anyone refurbishing boxes to have a tube on hand, it's extremely strong but usually can be removed if needed.
A white piece of fiber insulation sits behind the board.
After installing the grilles, I installed the speakers back gluing the new ones in where I needed to.
I wired everything in using new film capacitors.
All four of these speakers sound great.
Unfortunately I didn't take pictures as I was doing the speakers so I took one apart and snapped a few.
This is the one where the woofer broke through the bottom, has the new 2" midrange and the original wire.
You can see the new glue wherever the board contacts the plastic.
Here's a closeup of the glue joint.
I've never used the Audyn caps before but I was short two 4.7s so I ordered them with all of the speakers.
This woofer won't be dropping out of place again and there are definitely no vibrations.
Here's a pic showing the finished speakers.
The new midrange is on top.
(The speakers look a little odd because of the camera angle)
