jt480401@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (joe turk) (04/11/91)
Since there are many of us that still use and enjoy the sound of the original New Advent Loudspeakers, the problem of replacing bad/worn woofers or blown tweeters is common. If anyone has experimented with replacement drivers for either, could you email this back to me or post. I'm thinking of trying the Audax HD134 dome midrange/tweeter with the original crossover of 1.5 kHz. However, the Advent woofers are very rugged, with a very stiff cone, and long-throw voice coil, and finding a decent replacement for this particular acoustic-suspension speaker box is tricky. --joe jt480401@longs.lance.colostate.edu
jhess@orion.oac.uci.edu (James Hess) (04/12/91)
In article <10947@uwm.edu> jt480401@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (joe turk) writes: > > > Since there are many of us that still use and enjoy the sound of the >original New Advent Loudspeakers, the problem of replacing bad/worn >woofers or blown tweeters is common. If anyone has experimented with >replacement drivers for either, could you email this back to me or >post. > Have you considered going to the manufacturer, Jensen? They bought out Advent some years ago, and were even supplying replacement parts for the Original Advent, albeit for a rather stiff price. As the most frequent problem was decomposition of the foam surround, I had an arrangement with a local speaker reconer who would replace the surround only, leaving the voice coil, spider, and cone alone. I was able to repair them for my customers for about 60% of the replacement cost. -Jim Hess-