i'm attempting my own midrange repair adventure as well! I don't think my repair was possible without opening up the unit and unwinding some of the voice coil. Has anybody run into an issue where when unwinding the wire, there's a drop of adhesive or lacquer in the way?
I am trying to unwind half a revolution of coil for the + and - side, but for one of these I can only unwind a quarter turn before I hit this drop of adhesive...
I'm thinking about just pulling this wire through the dome where it is now, and then add wire to get to the solder terminal... it will look ugly but better than breaking the voice coil wire!
Where I’m pointing at is where the wire runs into this glob of an anchor.
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