Updating everyone, and hopefully getting your thoughts or possible assistance on somehow finally completing my very long and difficult journey to getting my IMF PSPM MKIV's working. Over a year ago, I found a pair of original speakers a couple states away, and went and bought them, as I had been looking foe a pair to buy for many years. Then, replaced all the caps and drivers with ones purchased from Jerry at Falcon England and saving the almost impossible to get tweeters per what I was told. . However, there was a terrible mixup, and the tweeters were thrown out by my friends wife who thought they were parts of the trash. Since then I've been desperately trying to find a pair of Celestion HF1300 tweeters to replace them. The next step was a very kind offer from Yvan, who I purchased a pair of tweeters from (though they were not the "correct" 8 ohms" I then followed his instructions:
Hi Slapshot, the seller on ebay ninomusic sell these, you can order two at the same time.He sell two type of coil ,one is just the coil (arround 18$)so you have to remove the old coil from the original cone and install this new coil, you probably have to made a template to center the new coil. The other seems like complete with the coil but different cone material and have a dome shape, I don't no if the sound will be altered compare to original price arround 35-40$.Myself I will take just the coil to keep the same voicing.Yvan.
For nearly a year,. ninomusic's listing on EBAY showed that he only had one voice coil left. Eventually that listing too, disappeared. When I finally wrote to him about a month ago, asking if it was possible he had any more, he directed me to a listing on EBAY France, where he had more available. Something I was very thankful for. However, the picture and caption showed and indicated an actual HF1300 tweeter. That was what I though I was purchasing, especially given the $90.00 price. Yesterday, I received a tiny package, and in it, were only replacement diaphragms and a pair of paper washers/templates? Are diaphragms the same as voice coils? I've also not been able to find any technician/shop locally who wants to swap out voice coils?
I'm at an absolute loss as to what to do now, and horribly frustrated in trying to get these speakers working. Between the original purchase and the cost of the replacement caps and parts kit, and the replacement drivers from England, I've got over $2k invested, with no return as of yet, and I'm unsure if any solution is in sight. Any assistance, recommendations or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have not been able to locate any HF1300 8 ohm tweeters in a year of looking. I know a couple people here in the forum, as well as Jerry at falcon, said they would also keep their eyes open, and check all their sources in hopes they might come across a pair for me to purchase. That would be like a miracle, at this point.
