Allaes

Posted by: droom on 09 July 2018

Hope someone can help me obtain some acoustic foam for these superb speakers. The black foam inside the woofer section has perished and turned to dust. Spoken with Naim and they haven't got any and aren't sure where I could obtain some. Apparently deterioration of this foam is common so hoping that someone here can point me in the right direction.

Posted on: 24 July 2018 by droom

Tried Acoustafoam already. Can only do 60ppi but will supply a single sheet. If I'm really struggling I will go with them and put an extra piece in to compensate.

Posted on: 24 July 2018 by tonyi

tonyi posted:
If it is the same as the SBL then I could point you in the right direction but I'm not sure I'm allowed to. Paul Stevenson managed to give me the specification and the drawing after a few mistakes for the dimensions to cut them . The specs for the foam is - !2.7mm or 1/2" thick reticulated polyurethane foam of 80ppi. Whether I could send a copy of the drawing to Richard who could put it on faq or send it to you direct and maybe the name of the firm that supplied mine. There must be many pairs of SBL's with crumbled foam behind the bass/mid unit, and it falls into the port between the top and bottom boxes. Hope this helps

Sorry everyone, it was Steven Hopkins who turned up the drawings and not Paul Stephenson.

Posted on: 01 August 2018 by tonyi

droom posted:
Hi
Tried Acoustafoam already. Can only do 60ppi but will supply a single sheet. If I'm really struggling I will go with them and put an extra piece in to compensate.

Hello droom,

How have you got on with your speakers. The SBLs had two pieces behind the bass/mid unit.

Tony

Posted on: 01 August 2018 by droom

After a lot of messing I've eventually found some on Ebay that is almost the same as the stuff Naim use. There are 4 pieces in the Allaes. None of the UK based organisations could supply 80ppi

Thanks for your help.

Posted on: 09 August 2018 by longmanjon

how did you get on with the foam replacements. I think mine is also looking like its at the end of its existence.

Is there anyway we can the purchase information made available to others like myself?

Posted on: 09 August 2018 by Richard Dane

Longmanjon, all the info is here in this thread.

Posted on: 09 August 2018 by Clay Bingham

Good morning Richard

May I horn in on this Allae discussion? I’ve had to put my Allaes in storage while I redo the condo. I thought I had the bases removed and packing foam surrounds in all the right places but I end up with both boxes bulging on top. Is there a packing Naim speakers for dummies section I may have missed. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks!

Posted on: 09 August 2018 by Richard Dane

Clay, there isn't I'm afraid. IIRC, the bases remain on (just remove the spikes) and the concertina foam sections go round the bottom. There's then a central foam section that fits between the lower box and upper box. The upper top foam is obvious. I think the manual gives instructions here, but I guess pictures or video would be far more instructive...

Posted on: 09 August 2018 by Clay Bingham

Thank you Richard. I believe this is very helpful. Have to go to storage and open things up to make sure, but my recollection is that I did things differently. I’ll give it another shot with your information.

Thanks again

Posted on: 10 August 2018 by Richard Dane

Clay, it has been many years since I boxed or unboxed a pair of Allaes, so please take this info with a fair pinch of salt. Having said that I did box and unbox quite a few pairs of them over the years for demos, shows etc..

Posted on: 10 August 2018 by Adam Meredith

I've just dug out the somewhat uninformative "Allae Packaging Details" doc.

However the description of each element should indicate its position in the packing.