It's a long and final shot, but for some strange reason I used to really
like my 505.2's, which were in my office. I have had them for probably 8-10
years, and they have always served me well. I bought them from the UK to the
US when I moved here, and they were working great until an unfortunate
experience involving a microphone on a VOIP headset and an amp turned up too
much that caused a ear splitting amount of feedback and the destruction of
the coils in the tweeters on both sides. (I have taken the tweeter apart to
see if there was any way to fix, but the coil wire is so small it would seem
to be impossible).

Anyway, before I go out and replace the whole speaker with some piece of
crap US/Chinese made speakers acquired here in the US, does anybody have any
ideas where I could find some replacement tweeters? I have tried Wharfedale,
no joy, and a distributor in the US, again no joy. From recollection they
are titanium 4" tweeters, not sure of impedance.

Thanks

- Barney

"Barney Rubble" wrote in message
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It's a long and final shot, but for some strange reason I used to really
like my 505.2's, which were in my office. I have had them for probably
8-10 years, and they have always served me well. I bought them from the UK
to the US when I moved here, and they were working great until an
unfortunate experience involving a microphone on a VOIP headset and an amp
turned up too much that caused a ear splitting amount of feedback and the
destruction of the coils in the tweeters on both sides. (I have taken the
tweeter apart to see if there was any way to fix, but the coil wire is so
small it would seem to be impossible).

Anyway, before I go out and replace the whole speaker with some piece of
crap US/Chinese made speakers acquired here in the US,



Wot? Like new Wharfedales, do you mean....???

:-)

In article , Barney Rubble
wrote:

Anyway, before I go out and replace the whole speaker with some piece of
crap US/Chinese made speakers acquired here in the US, does anybody
have any ideas where I could find some replacement tweeters? I have
tried Wharfedale, no joy, and a distributor in the US, again no joy.
From recollection they are titanium 4" tweeters, not sure of impedance.

Might Wilmslow Audio be able to help?

Slainte,

Jim

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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Barney Rubble
wrote:

Anyway, before I go out and replace the whole speaker with some piece of
crap US/Chinese made speakers acquired here in the US, does anybody
have any ideas where I could find some replacement tweeters? I have
tried Wharfedale, no joy, and a distributor in the US, again no joy.
From recollection they are titanium 4" tweeters, not sure of impedance.

Might Wilmslow Audio be able to help?



That organisation needs to be approached with a little more caution these
days, it's not what it once was....

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:25:37 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , Barney Rubble
wrote:

Anyway, before I go out and replace the whole speaker with some piece of
crap US/Chinese made speakers acquired here in the US, does anybody
have any ideas where I could find some replacement tweeters? I have
tried Wharfedale, no joy, and a distributor in the US, again no joy.
From recollection they are titanium 4" tweeters, not sure of impedance.

Might Wilmslow Audio be able to help?



That organisation needs to be approached with a little more caution these
days, it's not what it once was....


Anything specific? I haven't used them for years.

d

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http://www.pearce.uk.com

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:25:37 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , Barney Rubble
wrote:

Anyway, before I go out and replace the whole speaker with some piece
of
crap US/Chinese made speakers acquired here in the US, does anybody
have any ideas where I could find some replacement tweeters? I have
tried Wharfedale, no joy, and a distributor in the US, again no joy.
From recollection they are titanium 4" tweeters, not sure of impedance.

Might Wilmslow Audio be able to help?



That organisation needs to be approached with a little more caution these
days, it's not what it once was....


Anything specific? I haven't used them for years.



No, I won't go into specifics here but my own experience and that of David
Houpt (here) is enough to confirm that they are not the *original* WA. The
founder has sold up and lives in the sun somewhere, I gather....