At 01:58 PM 11/16/2006, Pat Barthelow wrote:
> >From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
>(SNIP)
> >They do make insulated aluminum wire for speaker voice coils.
> >I have been trying to find a vendor for that. It would solve
> >the corrosion problem.
> >
> >Rick N6RK
>
>Waldom, who also makes various small electronic hardware, (screws,
>terminals,etc) was the vendor for speaker parts for Speaker reconing shops.
>I used to have a shop. The Waldom speaker replacement parts Warehouse was
>somewhere in New York.
>
>The trick wire of the time was "ribbon wire" which made for very efficient,
>sensitive speakers. They took the round voice coil wire, say about 26
>guage, and milled flats on top and bottom making an almost thin
>rectangular cross section wire of maybe 1:5 dimension ratio.
These days, they just roll the wire to the required shape. It's an
amazing process in a modern wire factory.
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