I am restoring a Blast City at the moment, but the foam on the speakers has rotted. The Wiki says they can be re-foamed https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Sega_Blast_City_Speakers
I can't find foam rings to fit? Does anyone repair these speakers or know where to get a repair kit that will fit them? Does anyone have these speakers for sale?
These are the actual speakers http://www.toptone.co.jp/en/products/fu ... U01-1.html
Blast City Speakers
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Re: Blast City Speakers
This is the main problem that has plagued us for a decade or so. The foam rot is real. Getting NOS speakers doesn't help because the foam is so fragile at this point it breaks away in shipping/installation.
Refoaming is the best answer imo. I've tried some of the other replacement speaker options and the tone is not top... I haven't successfully done it myself but I'm willing to try once I get some free time open up in my schedule. Probably going to just use some kind of special glue and a sheet of foam from amazon. I can use a laser cutter to cut out acrylic templates so that the shape of the foam is at least right...
Refoaming is the best answer imo. I've tried some of the other replacement speaker options and the tone is not top... I haven't successfully done it myself but I'm willing to try once I get some free time open up in my schedule. Probably going to just use some kind of special glue and a sheet of foam from amazon. I can use a laser cutter to cut out acrylic templates so that the shape of the foam is at least right...
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If you are able to cut the foam to the right shape I would be interested.
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Re: Blast City Speakers
+1
It would be great to find a way to restore the originals.
I installed the cheapo replacements from Ali and am getting good results wiith a sub and a tweak on the tweeters:
viewtopic.php?t=33425
It would be great to find a way to restore the originals.
I installed the cheapo replacements from Ali and am getting good results wiith a sub and a tweak on the tweeters:
viewtopic.php?t=33425