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Mirage m3si tweeter diaphragm replacement and refoaming midranges

Alangon61769

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I’m a youngin (21) who doesn’t know much about soldering or anything hands on really with speakers, I’ve had a pair of working mirage m3sis for a while and recently the midranges and tweeters were blown so I bought replacement diaphragms for them and replacement foams for the midranges, I was told by my father and brother who are more knowledgeable with the mechanical electrical side of things that all I need to replace is the dome/coil/wires diaphragm on the tweeters and the foams for the midranges so I have two pairs of the items attached in this post, the issue at hand though is that my brother is busy with work and my dad has multiple myeloma and is generally unable or unwilling to help with these sorts of things so i bought a pinecil and i kind of just want to do the job myself. Obviously im aware they’re incredibly nice speakers which I don’t want to mess up but I feel if I read up enough I can get it done, it’s a seemingly simple job that could easily be failed so I would be careful. Any help with this? Refoaming I think I can just find guides but I really can’t find a guide for replacing the diaphragm on the m series tweeters. I was told by my brother that I would basically need someone helping me to hold the tweeter diaphragm as I desolder the old ones and put the replacements but I feel there must be a way to get it done by myself. Apologies if I sound like a fish out of water but I just work best with step by step direct instructions im unsure about cross referencing with guides replacing tweeter diaphragm on other speakers
 

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Props to you for attempting to repair your speaker drivers! There are videos detailing replacement of driver surrounds and tweeter diaphragms. You might not find them for your exact tweeter but they should be helpful nonetheless. Just do a search for replacing tweeter diaphragms or woofer surrounds.
 
Props to you for attempting to repair your speaker drivers! There are videos detailing replacement of driver surrounds and tweeter diaphragms. You might not find them for your exact tweeter but they should be helpful nonetheless. Just do a search for replacing tweeter diaphragms or woofer surrounds.
sorry for the late response, but i would like to ask, so my main dilemma is im told by my brother i need someone there holding the wire im soldering so it doesnt fall or yank anything or what not, im wondering if thats true, can i not do the job myself with the speakers by just making some kind of platform to work with the speakers standing? if not then Im assuming i wouldnt run into any roadblocks by just carefully laying the speakers on the floor and working there right? still have to get a little soldering practice before i go ahead and mess something up but my biggest roadblock right now is my brother basically saying i cant do it alone, but also saying he will help me when he has time and its already been over a month at this point. Help would be appreciated. I have a pinecil, soldering wire, good power delivery that my brother uses to solder, some prototype boards to begin practicing, and even a little fm radio kit for beginners from temu, i just wish there was a video or detailed process or guide of anybody refoaming on a M(1,3,5,7) series speaker or replacing tweeter diaphragms. since that doesnt exist i would love a general overview of what im going to be doing, something small but i just dont know where to start, if i unscrew the tweeter hes right i cant desolder the wire while holding the tweeter, i wont have free hands but i feel like plenty of people have easy workarounds for that, but beside that lets say if i lay the speakers down and work i feel its simple, right? dont i just get the pinecil hot (325-375celsius?) and carefully melt a little solder onto the terminals the tweeters are soldered to, remove them, unscrew or remove the diaphragm however necessary (idk how the diaphragm is even attached to the full assembly but i imagine ill figure it out upon removal). All in all i feel like im being intimidated into not doing it for some reason, i have an inkling that its because he doesnt want me playing music in the living room because he watches anime and plays games in it but of course the truth wont come out on that
 
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