I'm a new member and have just recently discovered Snell speakers.
I've picked up a set of Type E III and Type Ci speakers recently and am learning about those models and Snell in general.
As is obvious, both sets of these speakers are 30+ years old, and debatably might benefit from some maintenance.
I'll say up front that both sets seem to play fine, and have both had their woofer foam surrounds replaced by previous owners, and I understand the potential concerns some might raise there regarding replacing the surrounds versus whole driver replacement from AtomicHiFi.
And I'd be interested in refreshing any electrolytic capacitors in the crossovers, and again I've read a lot about varying opinions on that topic too.
That being said, feel free to offer any experience or advice on those topics.
One additional thing I'm curious about though are the tweeters. Again, by ear all the tweeters seem to be working fine, so maybe the short answer is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" 😉 And I'm generally fully supportive of that position as I don't need to invent new things to do, or break what isn't.
But with age some say that ferrofluid in tweeters dries out and gets sticky, and to maintain/recapture the original performance the ferrofluid should be replaced, or the tweeter entirely replaced. There are kits to refresh the ferrofluid, and new correct tweeters are available for relatively low cost.
So what are others' thoughts on the need to refresh ferrofluid in tweeters of this age, and if anyone has experienced doing so?
Thanks in advance!