Surround replace seems bit more tricky than most

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Posted by Edp (A) on April 22, 2025 at 10:04:31

In Reply to: RE: replacement midrange/woofer for Fried Betas? posted by hahax@verizon.net on April 21, 2025 at 20:49:37:

The original surround is not on top of outer ring of basket but under, possibly just a trim ring.

If you put new surround on top of ring there is a edge ridge that surround would go over and would soon break during usage

You can find images for those drivers "for sale" that clearly show a new surround on top with the edge pushing through on the foam.

So if trim ring is there then process should be straight forward, but if the manufacturing process of the driver sandwiched the surround between metal ring, I'm not certain it can be put back to new with generic surround kit

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