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Old 02-08-2021, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TimD View Post
Unless they changed something the woofers use butyl rubber surrounds. Both the L700s and the L1290/2s I have are from the mid-80s and they are fine.

I think prices are what they are because there is demand for them.

Tim
yes, thru my research, most opinions are the foam that was once used back in the 70s and 80s has been improved upon/replaced with diff materials so this kind of degradation in 20 y/o speakers is not so much of a problem now.

Listening to my Pioneers now, with my fav CD to bring with me, and they sound “muddy.” Everything seems to be originating from woofer, little from mid or tweeter (i used an empty cardboard TP roll to listen to the tweeter).
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