I just purchased a real nice D130F orange basket on e bay which arrived today. It was packed in a large box filled zealously with lots of soft packing paper--huge amounts to keep the speaker from jostling around.
The box was in first rate condition, but whoever enthusiastically packed it had some of the wads of paper against the cone. Result was some crumpling forward of the paper around the area of the aluminum dust cap. No tears or anthing, just like small folds. Now, I gently massaged the crumples out but there are some small lines/creases where the folds were. I can return the speaker if needed, though that would be very disappointing--it's in spectacular condtion. I guess I might also negotiate something with the seller to have it reconed, but much of the attraction to this speaker is the fact that it's got the original cone, and I'd rather not do that either. Can someone tell me if these slight creases (which may relax overnight) are going to ruin the sound of the speaker or if there's something that can be done about them? Steveokla