I recently bought a pair of these speakers, a matched set as have same serial number one marked A and the other B.
I found speaker A donuts on both woofers had perished, so decided to disassemble both speakers, replace the donuts, and also remove the crossovers to replace the circa 30 year old capacitors (I have bought replacement sets from Falcon Acoustics).
I discovered that the donuts on speaker B had been replaced at some time and were still intact - which begs the question, why weren’t the donuts in speaker A replaced at the same time?! I’m not going to get an answer from the guy I bought from - he was selling on behalf of his 85 year old father and has no knowledge of any work that may have been done in the past.
The replaced donuts are not made of the usual “foam” material, but are made of rubber.
I have searched extensively online, but can find no reference to replacement donuts being made of rubber. Anyone here heard or know of rubber donuts being used in the past?
Would it make a difference if the new donuts to be installed on speaker A are of a different material?
The donuts on speaker B are still in good condition, but should I replace them to ensure both sets of woofers have donuts made of the same material? My perfectionist self says yes, but would it be necessary?