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Ohm F remodel options

So, someone has offered me their Ohm F’s- all original parts with no modifications. The cabinets are rosewood, and really look like they’re about 34 years old.

The drivers are in horrible condition. The Right speaker has the surround disintegrated and is virtually un-playable. The Left is in slightly better shape, but reveals its age.

I have no idea what kind of room they will be in a year from now. The current room is too small, and in a 900-sq ft house it is a non-starter. We have no room to even store them at the moment. I would take possession of them the day that we move to Virginia, probably in April.

There seem to be quite a few options.

1) Send them to Ohm for an upgrade. But, an upgrade to what? The 2000 driver seems to be a safe bet, assuming they will be in a medium-to-small room next year. Sending them in for a full 5000 upgrade is possible, but the expense will delay the project for about a year.

2) Have Ohm send the drivers of choice and do it myself. Good option unless I go up to the 4000 or 5000 driver. I’m not that good with woodworking, and would be concerned about screwing them up.

3) Go for the gusto and send to Dale Harder and crew to be updated with their modern Walsh driver. But that expense will really delay the project.

What would you do if given Ohm F’s?
parasound63
parasound63 OP
162 posts
 
Bump-

I FINALLY hooked up the F's tonight, and they work and sound fine. Down the road I may have some work done, especially re-foaming at the very least. The dust covers are horrible looking, and the cabinets could use refinishing.

In the meantime, I have a working pair of F's in pretty good condition...
mapman's avatar
mapman
22,179 posts
 
Lucky guy!

Those things are the easiest to fix, though my understanding is the refoam needs to be done by someone familair with the Fs.

IS the foam getting brittle or damaged or just not clean? There may be ways to clean and perhaps even lubricate it without replacing if not, depending.
ohm_om
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As the original owner of a pair of Fs, The foam surrounds in mine have finally given up the ghost.   They have started to crack and separate.  The foam lining of the speaker cones remains supple and intact. 

I found this thread and wanted to ask if Parasound63 (or anyone else) has more recent info on successfully repairing  Fs, and keeping them original, and/or getting them upgraded (and feedback from doing so).
unsound
7,329 posts
 
@mapman, I know this response is quite late 😄, 
but I think part of the reason GP chooses a top down approach is to keep the cross-over out of the more critical higher listening frequencies, Which might be even more noticeable with their time accurate true bending wave drivers. Also bass frequencies tend to be more sympathetic to both DSP and swarm sub-woofer approaches for the more sensitive to room variance bass frequencies.
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