I'm surprised no-one on hear heard me... I've not sworn so loud for a LONG time!

Did the same while fitting speakers to my mates mini years ago, he wasn't best pleased

glue / tape it back together

the cone is just pushing the air, the cone is pushed by the coils etc, there is nothing 'important' in the cone, as long as it can push air and create pressure it will work.

Cheers Dan... I thought Baliday was joking with the duct-tape suggestion, but was just ranting to my Dad and he suggested the same!

Try it - it will still work!

I 'was' joking with the duct tape, but as others have said, yes you can repair the cone. But depends on quality of speaker and of the ear of the listener. I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between one with a hole in it or not

Been reading up about it and seems that as the damage is towards the edge of the speaker, then there shouldn't be any 'real-world' loss of quality... fingers crossed!

If it makes you feel any better I made an ali dash on the weekend with a 40mm rad on the bottom and 'ears' mitred and welded to each end to form the lower edge shape.

I was trimming the welds off ready to cover it earlier and managed to go through one and an ear split along the weld and is now hanging off

That was 11am, I just went back in the house and have been ordering stuff instead from CBS/Woolies/Frosts etc to try cheer myself up lol

I would try to repair first.

It will cost you next to nothing, and may work well.

If it doesnt, then buy a new speaker, either way, you have nothing to lose.

Make sure your patch is bonded / glued all the way round. Any flappy bits will give an odd sound effect or two!

Try the Locost method first. If it works, then Job Done, and monay saved.
If not, well it was worth the effort trying.

what make of speaker is it? i know a place that can re-cone most speakers.

All done! Small square of duct tape fixed and some glue run round the edges!

Sounds fine to me!

Thanks guys... I'm a much happier bunny!

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Originally posted by scootz
I'm surprised no-one on hear heard me... I've not sworn so loud for a LONG time!

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If it makes you feel any better, the person who used to install my audio did the same in my car and he was a professional. He even managed to burn the internal amplifier from my brand new cd player. That was ages ago. Since then, i took all the work in my car on my audio.

Now my wife wanted a go at a set of JBL components i have. They were stored in a box and i asked her to find something in it. She put everything back together without the protective cardboard and now both woofers have damaged suspension that i need to glue back together as 1/6 of the suspension is damaged.