HK-20 Advice Needed.

[RedbowTies88]

So in a not so local thrift shop some time ago I picked up a set of cherry HK-20's for $20. Tested them in the store and they worked great.

Got them home and discovered an intermittent connection issue where the tinsel wire connects to the voice coil. I tried my best to fix it but no dice, and in my attempts I damaged the driver beyond repair. :tears:

My question is this, on ebay there's a gentlemen selling a kit with the original woofer and tweeter as well as the crossover for $30 with $20 shipping.

Do you think I should cut my losses and part them out? Order the original driver and enjoy them? or replace the originals with something else?

I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do. And I'm not sure if hk-20's are really worthy of that kind of coin or if the cabs and tweeters are worth a woofer upgrade. I was hoping to power them with my 330b and have a dedicated little Harman Kardon setup..

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[RedbowTies88]

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[stickman]

So you still have one speaker that works as it should, correct? Whether the sound quality of that one good speaker justifies the expense of repairing the other is purely a judgement call on your part. I never encountered any Harmon Kardon speakers that I particularly liked but it's your money! (lol)

 

[rogerfederer]

i have the HK20 drivers and would send them to you for my shipping cost

AKer jameswei gifted me the speakers and i gutted them to make bass reflex cabinets for fostex FE167E drivers--so the HK drivers are left over.

 

[rogerfederer]

the "crossover" is 1 cap that limits the tweeter; think i threw those out...

 

[RedbowTies88]

I really appreciate the help man, I'm looking forward to hearing these.... specially powered by the 330b

I'll report back with my findings when I get them up and running.

 

[RedbowTies88]

Well I have them all fixed up and now working in a modest system in my office. They sound really nice and in my opinion were well worth replacing the original drivers.