Dried up Ferrofluid?

@jetter

I answered you. Go back and look.

But truth is I have never built cabinets. The cabinet for the SNR-1 was custom built by Lee Taylor of Taylor Acoustics.

The other 2 models used kit boxes. In all cases the part selection and schematics were my own.

Sorry erik, I must have missed your answer.  I wouldn't have expected you to build the cabinets, a whole other deal requiring the woodworking tools.  Just buying a kit with all the parts preselected by someone else seems adventurous to me.  As I mentioned, I am not handy in this way.

I have read several articles by people who have built speakers (not the cabinets) and the tuning via crossover part selection seems not for the faint of heart.

Dried up Ferrofluid?

I posted this up 6 months ago, why some were complaining about harsh Thiel tweeters that get non-linear distortions with sticky old Ferro Fluid that’s gone like tar, it has to be cleaned out, just don't add new fluid to a gummed up voice coil gap, you'll be wasting time and effort  

A lot cheaper than buying new diaphragms. $10 for new fluid vs up to $200 each for new diaphragms, and they could be clones/fakes.
Still have to clean out the old fluid doing either.

Tweeter Ferro Fluid and how to change it.
https://www.parts-express.com/ferrofluid-100ul-general-purpose-for-1-diameter-vc--340-540

https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1843203

https://www.speakerrepairshop.nl/en/instructions/replace-ferrofluid-in-tweeter/c-36

Cheers George

@jetter

If you can drill a pilot hole straight, and add glue you can build a kit.

Here's one of the simplest kits out there, get your hands dirty and then after you may not think it was all that difficult. :-)

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2-way-speaker-kits/seas-a26-10-2-way-kit-pair-based-on-the-cla...

Fun to do with your kids.

Hey there b-limo,
I went thru this with my Kef Reference 104/2's recently, so I thought I'd add my two cents' worth. First, kudos to you brave diy'ers, I hope you all succeed. I took my Kefs to a trusted repair guy and he told me the ferrofluid had dried up - then led me to Midwest Speaker Repair for a pair of new tweeters, which supposedly have specs close to the original, and some say sound better. They were $60 each, I had them installed and the sound is really good. (Had to also rebuild the woofers, common with this mid-80s model).