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From: jhess@orion.oac.uci.edu (James Hess)
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Subject: Re: Replacement drivers for original Advents
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Date: 12 Apr 91 12:40:19 GMT
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In article <10947@uwm.edu> jt480401@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (joe turk) writes:
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>   Since there are many of us that still use and enjoy the sound of the
>original New Advent Loudspeakers, the problem of replacing bad/worn
>woofers or blown tweeters is common.   If anyone has experimented with
>replacement drivers for either, could you email this back to me or
>post.  
>
Have you considered going to the manufacturer, Jensen?  They bought out Advent 
some years ago, and were even supplying replacement parts for the Original
Advent, albeit for a rather stiff price.  As the most frequent problem was 
decomposition of the foam surround, I had an arrangement with a local 
speaker reconer who would replace the surround only, leaving the voice coil, 
spider, and cone alone.  I was able to repair them for my customers for about
60% of the replacement cost.

-Jim Hess-