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Tweeter Replacement for Advent Speakers
Scooter123:
My vintage audio guy says my tweeters are shot. Further complicating this problem is that parts are not available, and good guarantied used parts are challenging.
Can I just cut a hole in the speaker and slap on a new dome style tweeter? You know a good one from Parts Express?
These were free, and other than nostalgia, I have no emotional investment in the speakers.
The second question is this--I need a good set of bookshelf speakers, preferably a set of four, mid sized, you know perhaps an 8 inch woofer, unported cabinet, preferably reasonable to cheap. Got any suggestions for brands to shop, new or used.
buckster:
No recommendation for a replacement tweeter, but ideally you would want to swap out the existing tweeter rather than cut a new hole in the cabinet.
What's your budget for the bookshelf speakers??
There's a regular poster over on ASR that maintains a list of "recommended" speakers, that may be helpful. Here's the post for passive speakers:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/passive-speaker-recommendations-for-usa-by-sweetchaos.28296/
He also maintains a Google Doc listing of bookshelf speakers less than $300 regardless of whether they are "recommended" or not, but may help you peruse what's out there:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSmJ4_mrI6qlyD112KwadpXWZolFvGBcepj_OFvwWUvcF08Ah8k2UTduzPVtclrwhAWv90eFSyDk8x9/pub
dyneq:
For the tweeters, you'll want to select ones that match up with the crossovers. Maybe call a place like https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/ and tell them what Advent model you have. They should be able to help you select something compatible.
For the bookshelves, 8" woofers & un-ported? Ported is typically the norm for the smaller woofers used in what would be considered bookshelf speakers. Will you be using sub(s) with them?
kindms:
--- Quote from: Scooter123 on October 04, 2022, 12:07:05 AM ---My vintage audio guy says my tweeters are shot. Further complicating this problem is that parts are not available, and good guarantied used parts are challenging.
Can I just cut a hole in the speaker and slap on a new dome style tweeter? You know a good one from Parts Express?
These were free, and other than nostalgia, I have no emotional investment in the speakers.
The second question is this--I need a good set of bookshelf speakers, preferably a set of four, mid sized, you know perhaps an 8 inch woofer, unported cabinet, preferably reasonable to cheap. Got any suggestions for brands to shop, new or used.
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how are you at building things ? parts express bookshelf kit is like 100$
i built a pair and think they sound great. does have an adjustable port though
Scooter123:
We are trying to find a replacement tweeter, but it is a bit of a fool's errand. My vintage audio guy that repairs my gear, is an absolute perfectionist and does not want to throw Chinese crap (Parts Express) at these speakers. I try to tell him that even in the day, these were very much pedestrian speakers, like a "B" or "B+" quality, but he has read about Henry Kloss and wants to do it right. He has a supply of US made tweeters, $20-$200 and will pick one to match the crossover which is at approximately 1800Hz.
I have a second pair and presumably the tweeters are shot on those as well.
The tweeters were the weak point of the speaker.
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