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I have emailed both Parts Express and Madisound detailing my situation and asking about replacement drivers. PE said they probably have midranges and tweeters that could replace mine, but no subwoofers that would work in the current setup. At the very least I would need to modify the cabinet...

Righto guys well now I know. Cheers for the advice.

OK here are pics and dimensions of the speakers. I've included all information I can see. I opened the back last night and the first thing I see is a CROSSOVER. The repair shop just blatantly lied to us on that one?? Here is a picture of them both and the stands on the right...

Perhaps the builder wasn't a 'massive audiophile', I'm just going off what my Dad tells me. I was too young at the time to know the guy let alone his audio qualifications. Again thanks for the replies. The consensus seems to be this repair job isn't worth doing. Either buy a new set of...

OK here is the quote almost word for word: Condition: First Speaker: Woofer has burnt out voice coil mid and high frequency seem OK, but mid needs foam surround replaced Second: Woofer is distorted Mid seems ok but again needs re foaming HF is 'open circuit' Proposed work and Costs: -Can...

Thanks guys this has been helpful so far. I'll post back tomorrow with an itemised quote including what drivers are currently in there, what they intend to replace them with (if necessary), and any extra work they are going to do eg replace/rewiring the crossover. I'll open them up and take...

Probably. Does this justify the quote? I'm away from home this week, will post pics when I go back on the weekend. Good idea, I'll get another quote. He said right away the tweeters aren't made anymore and would have to be replaced by different ones. I'll ask further about the rest of the parts.

My Dad has a pair of big free standing speakers from the 80s which were hand made by his neighbour back then. The neighbour was a massive audiophile and part of some audio association. He sold the speakers to my dad since he was making new ones for himself. At the time, he said the speakers were...