Yvan_donald
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Yes just unscrew the 4 screws, it's easy, hold the woofer or put the speaker lie down.
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Yvan_donald
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Hi, 8/28BR I have to verify today.I will be back to you later tonight,Yvan.
Yvan_donald
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Hi welcome to Audiokarma forums,nice set-up,big room,I see you have a good collection of records,did you recap the x-over and are you the original owner of these IMF? Yes good soundstage, the bass frequency on transmission line is what is the most distinctive compare to others speakers. Price range on IMF is very hard to match or beat for what these speakers offer you
Hi everyone,
This past weekend I was gifted a pair of Super Compacts. They look like they're in pretty decent shape. Here they are : (you may also notice a little Quad system in there)
I've ordered the following in order to restore them to their former glory :
IMF Super Compact Monitor Replacement Capacitor Set from Falcon Acoustics
Foam ring (4inch) for ELAC 4EM/101 midtoner from Speaker Repair Shop
^^ I'm not 100% this is the right foam ring. My mids only say MID 8 OHMS so I'm not sure this was the right purchase. Does anyone know?
Can you guys think of anything else that should be done? They've been unused for the past 20 years.
This past weekend I was gifted a pair of Super Compacts. They look like they're in pretty decent shape. Here they are : (you may also notice a little Quad system in there)
I've ordered the following in order to restore them to their former glory :
IMF Super Compact Monitor Replacement Capacitor Set from Falcon Acoustics
Foam ring (4inch) for ELAC 4EM/101 midtoner from Speaker Repair Shop
^^ I'm not 100% this is the right foam ring. My mids only say MID 8 OHMS so I'm not sure this was the right purchase. Does anyone know?
Can you guys think of anything else that should be done? They've been unused for the past 20 years.
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IMF_Pioneer
Super Member
As you are in Melbourne, just take the driver to Boyd at Total Recoil, located at 804 High St, Thornbury Victoria. He did one of my 8/22's a couple of years ago and its still working perfectly. Much cheaper option opposed to buying and shipping from overseas for a package like that.
IMF_Pioneer
Super Member
Yes it is, so no need to stress.
You have the first issue of the Super Compact there and not the later Mk II which is far more common.
This is the Mk II, note the difference in the Mid range along with the changes within the other two drivers as well ?
1303
New Member
I have a pair of Super Compact 2 but my drivers are ELAC 4/200. The surrounds for these drivers have also deteriorated and require re-foam. I ordered a pair of new surrounds from a company called Good HiFi in Nederland. If you need details to make contact with them, please let me know.
Meantime while I am awaiting the surrounds in the mail, I have cleaned up the debris from the shattered old surrounds.
Meantime while I am awaiting the surrounds in the mail, I have cleaned up the debris from the shattered old surrounds.
1303
New Member
Thanks for the suggestion. What I think I would do is to keep the original driver and find & buy, where possible, another driver to use.
Are you also in Melbourne? FYI, I am not too far from Thornbury.
Yvan_donald
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Hi,I have an 8/30R so is not the same ,anyway better make it fix locally like Pionner said and wait for to come on sale. Will be probably more cheaper, because shipping from like Canada and cost of woofer probably higher.Best regards, Yvan.
Thank you so much for the quick response. Can’t wait to receive everything and get these up to date
Question for Yvan: is there a place in Montreal you’d recommend if I can’t figure out how to replace the capacitors on my Super Compacts? If they could also deal with Quad even better. Some people recommended Layton
IMF_Pioneer
Super Member
No I'm in Adelaide but know my way around Melbourne really well as I used to work over there for 12 weeks of the year and also have one of my sons over there atm.
As Yvan and myself have suggested it will be far more cost effective for Boyd to repair the blown driver in Melbourne than have anything shipped from Canada which incidentally has probably the dearest postage in the world. Believe me I had the same sort of thoughts as yourself when I had to repair the 8/20 driver from a Super Compact Mk II that I was refurbishing a while back. Boyd did a flawless job and you couldn't tell anyone had been inside it. I have full confidence in him. Let us know how you go with him after your current and 3rd Lockdown is over.
Yvan_donald
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Hi qzatti, I know a guy in laval, PLANABOX is the name of is company,he did some work on my preamp Audio Research and I know he do some work for Filtronique on Lajeunesse.He work at home not far from Laurenrides and Concorde ,his phone 450 975 9932. He should be good for anything, x-over and electronics repairs,great guy!
IMF_Pioneer
Super Member
Yes those surrounds from "Good HiFi" are spot on perfect. They used to sell these on eBay at fair rate of knots but they disappeared from eBay quite some time ago. Not sure if they've come back as yet.
1303
New Member
Have you taken out the woofers to see if they are SP1014 drivers?
jeffn
Mid-Fi Crisis
Hi I've got some new-to-me IMF RSPM Mark IV's and would like to understand what amps they would couple best with. Currently I have a primaluna evo 400 tube amp putting out about 90wpc from 8 x KT-150 valves.
I read that tube amps don't have high damping factor and read somewhere else that the IMF's benefit from an amp with high DF.
It's sounds ok to me but are these 2 a bad match? I have solid state options also (pioneer sx 1250 or NAD 2200 power amp) but would prefer the primaluna unless it truly is a technical mismatch.
I read that tube amps don't have high damping factor and read somewhere else that the IMF's benefit from an amp with high DF.
It's sounds ok to me but are these 2 a bad match? I have solid state options also (pioneer sx 1250 or NAD 2200 power amp) but would prefer the primaluna unless it truly is a technical mismatch.