Allison two help need woofer and tweeter cant find

[moediggz]

Hello I have a friend I promised to help fix his Allison two speakers. Ive been having a very hard time tracking down the right parts not in the same or worse condition. One of the woofers appears to have a blown voicecoil and his young son pushed in one of the tweeters. I was wondering if anyone out there was parting out a pair or had any good advice for me other than just waiting and hoping something will eventually pop up on ebay.

 

[dc270]

Hello I have a friend I promised to help fix his Allison two speakers. Ive been having a very hard time tracking down the right parts not in the same or worse condition. One of the woofers appears to have a blown voicecoil and his young son pushed in one of the tweeters. I was wondering if anyone out there was parting out a pair or had any good advice for me other than just waiting and hoping something will eventually pop up on ebay.

Good luck with this. I think your best bet is to find an un-dented "nipple" twtr on the auction sites, then I would have a decent speaker re-cone out fit rebuild the woofers, Mid West Speakers are my go to folks for this! Good luck friend!
DC

 

[moediggz]

Great thanks for the info. Another problem I am having is figuring out what nipple tweeters will work. I feel like I'm inevitably going to end up getting a wrong one.

 

[litefootdan]

Do the tweeters have free leads that are "pinched" to the front of the cabinet with a spring loaded brass terminal? If so I might be able to source one of them.

 

[dc270]

I was not aware that there were different nipple twtrs for this model?
DC

 

[Jayrosc]

be careful. the allison tweeters for the Allison One and Two's are different than the tweeters in the allison fours. Both look the same.

 

[dc270]

be careful. the allison tweeters for the Allison One and Two's are different than the tweeters in the allison fours. Both look the same.

what is the difference?

 

[Jayrosc]

I just found this out...I've been looking for a tweeter for an Allison four: a two way speaker. Thought I had a line on one that came from an Allison Two. Turns out that the two's have a different frequency response because they are meant to be used with a mid range driver that picks up those mid tones. The fours tweeter produces frequencies much lower because there is no mid. Now that I think about it, I guess a tweeter from a four could be used in a two because it would cover all the tones the two's tweeter is expected to, but not vice versa. Better check.