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Scratched woofer surround rubber

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Hi I just got these elac vela bookshelves and just noticed that the woofer surround rubbers have some light scruff marks noticeable up close. Would they have any impact on sound? It’s small but when you are optimizing minute details like swapping out power cables I just want to make sure. Separately I read some people recommending applying sonax on the surround rubbers. Good idea?
plaser
plaser OP
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erik_squires
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No.  Most of the suspension is in the spider, not the surround anyway.
oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
I looked at the pics, purely superficial. You can get a good product to take care of them. But as far as performance, no issue. Like Eric said the rear spider(s) are the primary suspension. Surrounds hold the center and are actually a part of the port on the driver. With no port (s), on an enclosure, how would air exchange? The surround, center cap, or phase plug clearance, that's it on IB setups..

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