they said it couldn't be done...

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

well after the long debate of what to do with this extra speaker '99 Diamond audio Hex s600 mid, i decided to dive into it. What i hypothesized was one of the internal leads to the coil broke, and i that is why it stopped working.

I tore off the dust cap, thinking the leads may have been through there, no dice.

Well to my luck, the 13 year old glue was withered badly. I easily removed the surround, and gently pulled out the coil for the triple joint was weak.

Here is the coil, it is in Pristine condition.

of course the leads have seen better days...

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i couldnt throw it away, for this mid just has me tied up so greatly. monster magnet, could take all the power i could give it.. and exception mid bass.

Well, i started thinking, and stripped some 20 gauge OFC wire i had, took three strands, braided them, and soldered them to the coil hoping it would hold up,

It took a long time, the solder didnt like to stick on such a few strands of wires..

here's D-day.. hopefully it made a good contact.

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[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

I threw it on my DDM

4.0! no issues so far.

my next issues was the terminal leads. The leads prior to are sewn into the spider, i made leads to flow over them with a decent amount of slack to help with travel. I do know adding these will change the T/S parameters, but how much, and will it be audible, i will find out.

I took the terminal off, removed solder with my iron, and drilled the holes again. From there i reconnected the terminal to the basket along with the leads to the terminal.

All i have to do is redo the triple-joint and re glue the surround on, I will be getting glue tommorow.

 

[whitemax 10+ year member]

Good right up.... Interested in the rest.

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

wow nice job

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

thanks guys. NO place would repair it, and all said just buy a new one. well i decided to try a different angle.

Tommorow will see if all the work was worth it.

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

Well I continued progress, bought some amazing goop and have the surround re glued, and will be doing the spider triple joint, and terminal now. Pics will be on soon