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So I’m considering rebuilding an old sub that has been blown for some years now. Looks like I "should" be able to squeeze in an 8 layer flat wound aluminum, or I can go with a 4 layer round copper wound. Any opinions on either coil? That's the basic question. Just using it for basic everyday music.
Talking about an old Kove Armageddon 15, uses a 3” coil. After dissection, it appears to have a 4 layer round aluminum wound coil originally.
Have had this sub sitting dead for quite some time, so no real rush to rebuild it, just thought I'd create a thread on the voice coils.
Optional read below this point, has nothing to do with question, but since I don't post much.
My original plan was to find a matching motor / basket to build up a pair of 15's, so been waiting to rebuild this, but these exact Kove’s don’t come up very often, this is the Z series Armageddon, and when I have seen them on ebay, they were insanely priced for what they are, or the font on the motor wasn't exact and didn't pull the trigger thinking the motors may not be exactly the same, and I don't want two mixed matched motors. So, thinking of just rebuilding it as I still have the box I built for it.
It's pretty old now, and has lived a rough life, even before I got it.
A part of me is tempted to just buy a coil for it to be cheap (4 layer copper coil since it is cheaper) and use old soft parts (originally what I was thinking, just revive it on the cheap, and I'm fairly confident I can get the old coil out without trashing the cone / spiders, and put a new one in), didn’t really want to dump a ton of money into this old sub, even though I liked it and it is a decent motor. But should probably do all new soft parts. Either route is still cheaper than a new equivalent sub. Hmm… At any rate, was curious about the two possible coil options.
Don’t really need to add any photos, but will because why not?
After careful dissection. (I grew up taking speakers apart to fix broken voice coil leads, so have experience not totally destroying the soft parts, but the dust cap was e6000 glued on 10 years back and was not letting go, so did rip the paper cone a little)
Talking about an old Kove Armageddon 15, uses a 3” coil. After dissection, it appears to have a 4 layer round aluminum wound coil originally.
Have had this sub sitting dead for quite some time, so no real rush to rebuild it, just thought I'd create a thread on the voice coils.
Optional read below this point, has nothing to do with question, but since I don't post much.
My original plan was to find a matching motor / basket to build up a pair of 15's, so been waiting to rebuild this, but these exact Kove’s don’t come up very often, this is the Z series Armageddon, and when I have seen them on ebay, they were insanely priced for what they are, or the font on the motor wasn't exact and didn't pull the trigger thinking the motors may not be exactly the same, and I don't want two mixed matched motors. So, thinking of just rebuilding it as I still have the box I built for it.
It's pretty old now, and has lived a rough life, even before I got it.
A part of me is tempted to just buy a coil for it to be cheap (4 layer copper coil since it is cheaper) and use old soft parts (originally what I was thinking, just revive it on the cheap, and I'm fairly confident I can get the old coil out without trashing the cone / spiders, and put a new one in), didn’t really want to dump a ton of money into this old sub, even though I liked it and it is a decent motor. But should probably do all new soft parts. Either route is still cheaper than a new equivalent sub. Hmm… At any rate, was curious about the two possible coil options.
Don’t really need to add any photos, but will because why not?
After careful dissection. (I grew up taking speakers apart to fix broken voice coil leads, so have experience not totally destroying the soft parts, but the dust cap was e6000 glued on 10 years back and was not letting go, so did rip the paper cone a little)