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Hello: I am looking to rewire my AN-K speakers. When I try to remove the drivers from the cabinets, they seem to be glued in place. Is there any way to get the drivers out of the cabinets without messing up the cabinets too badly? And when I reinstall the cabinets, will I need to set them iback into the same gluey substance? Thanks for any help.

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Re: AN-K rewiring question - Bambadoo 23:16:30 01/23/06 (5)
I have done the excact same, but that was in a pair of AN-J with great success.
In short you need to heat up the "surroundings" of the drivers and use a wine cork screw to pull the drivers (very carefully) up
I have some documention of it, but the language is in Norwegian.
Three of the pictures provided from the link below are of interest for you.
As you can see I warmed up the speakes in front of the fireplace.
But beware. Be very careful when you do this procedure. You do not want to damage anything.
Best Regards
- http://www.hifisentralen.no/cgi/yabb/YaBB.cgi/YaBB.cgi?board=diy2;action=display;num=1102423388;start= (Open in New Window)
- Re: AN-K rewiring question - RGA 16:46:31 01/24/06 (4)
  Okay so what's with the red center? Is that a Norwegian thing?
  Out of curiosity where is the wadding located -- on the side panels?
  - Re: AN-K rewiring question - Bambadoo 00:07:01 01/25/06 (3)
    I really don't know about the red center. They have always been like this. They look more red on the pictures than in real life. The drivers are in fact from Seas of Norway :-) , but made specific for Audio Note. I actually spoke once to a guy modifying Seas woofers for Audio Note, and he had one he... of a jobb doing it.
    The wadding is located on the side walls, and curved under the bassreflex port. Not much wadding though.
    Best Regards
    - Re: AN-K rewiring question - RGA 22:20:53 01/25/06 (0)
      I have a set of J/Spe's but they are black in the center (dust cap) -- I realy oughta pay attention more to driver materials but I don;t care too much just wondered why your version was red and mine is black -- both are SEAS. The Tweeter is Foster (Tonnegan).
      Thanks for info on the wadding.
    - Re: AN-K rewiring question - Will shade 21:46:01 01/25/06 (1)
      Funny, the original Snell II series used SEAS drivers before switching to Vifas... the SEAS drivers seem to have stronger magnets.
      Bambado, would you mind dropping me an email at dake13(at)yahoo.com? I sent one to you but it was bounced back.
      Thx,
      ws
      - Re: AN-K rewiring question - Bambadoo 02:22:22 01/26/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: AN-K rewiring question posted by Will shade on January 25, 2006 at 21:46:01:
        
        Email sent.
Re: AN-K rewiring question - ClausMolgaard 07:52:50 01/23/06 (0)
That "gluey substance" you're refering to is PQ's "man goo". He uses it to enhance the performance of the driver in the K series speaker. In order to get the voicing right after the wire change, you will need to procure more of the "PQ secret sauce" as it is known here at the AN UK factory.
Vials are available for $4,000 US per 10cc.

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