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Just read a thread about speaker coating and bv5000.Can someone explains to me what the purpose is, how you apply it, for which speakers it is suitable for, aso ?
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As far as I understood it, it is used for the tweeters, on the older Beovoxes the tweeter coating turn sticky and attract dirt like a magnet iron, if cleaning with any solvent the coating is gone, causing distortion, LTS50 should restore the coating. I never found out how many coats or how to apply it correctly. Apparently Frede use this for restoring the Beovox 5000.
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Try google it. there is no images avaliable about the result, nothing written about it...it makes me suspecious ....
Christian Christensen: Try google it. there is no images avaliable about the result, nothing written about it...it makes me suspecious ....
If Frede uses it, it's good enough for me. And it is produced by a speaker manufacturer, so it isn't some obscure snake oil.
Jacques
This is the stuff - I've just received some:
http://www.visaton.com/en/chassis_zubehoer/zubehoer/lts50.html
This place sells it for less:
https://www.hifisound.de/en/Do-it-yourself-Products/Loudspeaker-Accessories/Misc/VISATON-LTS-50-COUTING-LIQUID-FOR-SPEAKER-CONES-BLACK.html
If you look on Youtube there are tutorials on appplication of speaker coatings. This is a water/PVA based one from my understanding so won't be sticky or attract dust. It smells of PVA wood glue. I've just been glue sniffing!
Lots of speaker restorers use it as a damping material and as Jacques says, 'if it's good enough for Frede, it's good enough for me' and my Beovox 5000's sound superb. That's why I bought some for some other speakers after refoaming.
Dave.
Sounds like Mod Podge to me.
So it is for just tweeters ?, paper cones ?
Christian Christensen: So it is for just tweeters ?, paper cones ?
Absolutely not. You can use it on any speaker to create the same effect. It is absorbed by the paper and then dries to a permanent finish. On Youtube there is a speaker repair shop using it on a 10" driver.