Bring your old loudspeakers back to life !!

It is very tempting to throw away your old loudspeakers, just because one or two of the units have stopped workind or the are sounding decidedly off-colour. We are able to resore, renovate and repair your beloved, but perhaps ageing loudspeakers, bringing them back to their former glory. Lots of loudspeaker systems from the 1970's and 1980's still perform better than many of today's speakers, having a more natural, laid-back feel to their sound.

A typical problem on some older drive units is the deterioration of the foam suspension surrounds, these can either be repaired or replaced with new units that have similar sound characteristics. Replacement drive units can often improve the sound quality while retaining the overall tone and genre. Treble units in particular have improved dramatically over the years and by upgrading your old tweeters you will hear better detail and smoothness. If your bass units are an unusual shape or style it is often possible to have these re-coned, bringing them back to the original standard. (this service is normally out-sourced to a small company with a good reputation).

The gradual sound deterioration of your loudspeakers over a period of time may be due to the capacitors drying out, resulting in a lack of detail and definition, particularly in the treble and midrange sections. It is advisable to to replace these with new capacitors of the same value, ensuring that the original crossover frequences are not disturbed. Some manufacturers tend to use fairly basic electrolytic capacitors which sound ok, but can certainly be improved on. Where possible it is always beneficial to upgrade existing electrolytic capacitors with a better quality polyproylene capacitor of the same value. We would recommend our SuperSound Capacitors as these will dramatically improve the clarity, detail and dynamics of your loudspeaker.

If you are unsure or unable to tackle any upgrade yourself the just send the loudspeakers to us and we will undertake the project for you, advising you of the costs prior to starting the work.

We are able to supply alternative replacement drive units for a wide range of loudspeakers and have listed below for your reference  some of the more popular models.  There are hundreds of other loudspeakers that we have replacements for, just contact us for help and advice.

AR Acoustic Research

6½" unit - use Monacor SPH-165 or Economy WA-165

8" unit - use Monacor SPH-210 or Economy WA-206

10" unit - use Peerless 830668

12" unit - use Peerless 830699 or Monacor SPH-315

Gale GS301, GS401, GS402

Treble unit - use Morel CAT298 or Vifa XT19TD

Midrange - use Scanspeak 13m8640

Bass - use Monacor SPH-210 or Economy WA-206

Heybrook HB1, HB2, HB3

Treble - use Vifa D27TG or Scanspeak D2606 922000

Bass - use Vifa M21WG

Foam griles can be replaced with purpose built cloth cover wooden grille frames.

IMF, KEF constructor series

T27 treble - use Morel CAT298 or Scanspeak D2905 9500

B110 mid - use Monacor SPH-135AD or Economy WA-135

B200 bass - use Monacor SPH-210 or Economy WA-206

Linn Kan, Sara, Isobarik

Foam griles can be replaced with purpose built cloth cover wooden grille frames.

Treble - use Scanspeak D2008

Midrange - use Monacor SPH-135AD or Economy WA-135

Bass - use Monacor SPH-210 or Economy WA-206