Hi All,
I have spent a lot of time trying to find a site that talks solely about speaker repairs and spares. Unilike with pre-amps, amps and EQs etc. many of us lesser-mortals can undertake speaker repairs as these range from "carpentry" to relatively simple soldiering. There is of course the upper-end of work such as the re-winding of driver coils - but many people have at least tried to do this - and succeeded!
The other issue is the sourcing of spare parts, as many of the problems we face with older speakers is to do with finding the bits and pieces. And where we cannot get the exact replacement part, we then have to work out what might act as a suitable substitute, whilst understanding the knock-on effects of such a course of action. For example, me might not be able to get an original tweeter, but a modern version might be a better solution as long as we then adjust the cross-over accordingly.
As an additonal thought, there have been many advances in material technology since the '70s and '80s, and people might have all sorts of useful tricks up their sleeves as to how to solve problems with hardening cone material, cabinet damping etc.
With all the above in mind, (and assuming that such a thread does not already exist), I am looking for advice anyone can give about replacing the mid-drivers on Celstion Ditton 662s. Does anyone have any experience they would llike to share - and can anyone tell me of a source of T3040 mid-drivers that might be lurking in a garage or on a shelf somewhere?
I have spent a lot of time trying to find a site that talks solely about speaker repairs and spares. Unilike with pre-amps, amps and EQs etc. many of us lesser-mortals can undertake speaker repairs as these range from "carpentry" to relatively simple soldiering. There is of course the upper-end of work such as the re-winding of driver coils - but many people have at least tried to do this - and succeeded!
The other issue is the sourcing of spare parts, as many of the problems we face with older speakers is to do with finding the bits and pieces. And where we cannot get the exact replacement part, we then have to work out what might act as a suitable substitute, whilst understanding the knock-on effects of such a course of action. For example, me might not be able to get an original tweeter, but a modern version might be a better solution as long as we then adjust the cross-over accordingly.
As an additonal thought, there have been many advances in material technology since the '70s and '80s, and people might have all sorts of useful tricks up their sleeves as to how to solve problems with hardening cone material, cabinet damping etc.
With all the above in mind, (and assuming that such a thread does not already exist), I am looking for advice anyone can give about replacing the mid-drivers on Celstion Ditton 662s. Does anyone have any experience they would llike to share - and can anyone tell me of a source of T3040 mid-drivers that might be lurking in a garage or on a shelf somewhere?
