Spendor BCIs
 

A pal phoned up the other day with a tale of woe - they'd done a house
exchange with some Belgians and come home to find their speakers not well.
Seems the visitors had teenagers. ;-)

Went across with a test CD and sure enough both bass units are rubbing.
Turned the cabinets upside down - no difference. Dunno if the HF 1300s
have survived - difficult to tell until the bass units are fixed.

Assuming the worst and both bass units and HF 1300 need replacing, is it
economic to do so? They were overhauled about 10 years ago, and not cheap
then.

If not, what is a suitable replacement these days? My pal was happy with
them and would want something pretty close.

--
*Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Spendor BCIs
 

Have you seen this?

http://www.coulouris.net/av/BC1-resc...tructions.html

Paul

On 11 Aug, 00:51, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
A pal phoned up the other day with a tale of woe - they'd done a house
exchange with some Belgians and come home to find their speakers not well..
Seems the visitors had teenagers. ;-)

Went across with a test CD and sure enough both bass units are rubbing.
Turned the cabinets upside down - no difference. Dunno if the HF 1300s
have survived - difficult to tell until the bass units are fixed. *

Assuming the worst and both bass units and HF 1300 need replacing, is it
economic to do so? They were overhauled about 10 years ago, and not cheap
then.

If not, what is a suitable replacement these days? My pal was happy with
them and would want something pretty close.

--
*Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled*

* * Dave Plowman * * * * * * * * London SW
* * * * * * * * * To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Spendor BCIs
 

In article
,
wrote:
Have you seen this?

http://www.coulouris.net/av/BC1-resc...tructions.html

No I hadn't and thanks very much. I did find it interesting - as an aside
- that they can supply repair kits for the HF 1300, as so many other makes
use them.

--
*Filthy stinking rich -- well, two out of three ain't bad

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Spendor BCIs
 

One thing that isn't mentioned on that web page is that although
Spendor can't supply the supertweeter anymore, you can still get them
direct from Coles:

http://www.coleselectroacoustics.com/drivece4100.shtml

Paul

On 12 Aug, 08:55, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article
,
* wrote:

Have you seen this?
http://www.coulouris.net/av/BC1-resc...tructions.html

No I hadn't and thanks very much. I did find it interesting - as an aside
- that they can supply repair kits for the HF 1300, as so many other makes
use them.

--
*Filthy stinking rich -- well, two out of three ain't bad

* * Dave Plowman * * * * * * * * London SW
* * * * * * * * * To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Spendor BCIs
 

In article
,
wrote:
One thing that isn't mentioned on that web page is that although
Spendor can't supply the supertweeter anymore, you can still get them
direct from Coles:

http://www.coleselectroacoustics.com/drivece4100.shtml

Excellent, thanks. Is there an easy way to tell if a working one hasn't
been damaged? It's quite easy with bass units - and you can take the HF
1300 apart and look at the coil for signs of overheating.

Looks like it it's possible to get these oldies back to spec.

--
*On the seventh day He brewed beer *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Spendor BCIs
 

In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
,
wrote:
Have you seen this?

http://www.coulouris.net/av/BC1-resc...tructions.html

No I hadn't and thanks very much. I did find it interesting - as an
aside - that they can supply repair kits for the HF 1300, as so many
other makes use them.

As a follow up, been in touch with Spendor and they want just shy of 100
quid for a pair of HF1300 repair kits. So well over double the price
mentioned in that article.

--
*The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Spendor BCIs
 

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:44:54 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
,
wrote:
Have you seen this?

http://www.coulouris.net/av/BC1-resc...tructions.html

No I hadn't and thanks very much. I did find it interesting - as an
aside - that they can supply repair kits for the HF 1300, as so many
other makes use them.

As a follow up, been in touch with Spendor and they want just shy of 100
quid for a pair of HF1300 repair kits. So well over double the price
mentioned in that article.

Bloody hell. I sold a good pair of HF1300s for twenty quid last year.
If I'd known about that...

d

Spendor BCIs
 

In article 4a84bb8a.717663265@localhost,
Don Pearce wrote:
As a follow up, been in touch with Spendor and they want just shy of 100
quid for a pair of HF1300 repair kits. So well over double the price
mentioned in that article.

Bloody hell. I sold a good pair of HF1300s for twenty quid last year.
If I'd known about that...

I'd have thought you'd have got much more - was it on Ebay?
Trouble with HF 1300s is there are many many varieties. And that's before
you do individual selection as the BBC used to for the LS5/1.

--
*Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Spendor BCIs
 

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:12:08 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article 4a84bb8a.717663265@localhost,
Don Pearce wrote:
As a follow up, been in touch with Spendor and they want just shy of 100
quid for a pair of HF1300 repair kits. So well over double the price
mentioned in that article.

Bloody hell. I sold a good pair of HF1300s for twenty quid last year.
If I'd known about that...

I'd have thought you'd have got much more - was it on Ebay?
Trouble with HF 1300s is there are many many varieties. And that's before
you do individual selection as the BBC used to for the LS5/1.

Not Ebay - somebody wanted some, and I just hazarded a number. They'd
been in a box on top of a wardrobe for thirty years.

I didn't know they selected them for the LS5/1. Certainly KEF had to
select the woofers just to get the resonance frequency within +/- 5Hz
of the right frequency.

d

Spendor BCIs
 

There are some BC1 drivers on Ebay right now:

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/sparkymarky19...=p3911.c0.m301

Wow!

Paul

On 12 Aug, 14:20, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:12:08 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"

wrote:
In article 4a84bb8a.717663265@localhost,
* Don Pearce wrote:
As a follow up, been in touch with Spendor and they want just shy of 100
quid for a pair of HF1300 repair kits. So well over double the price
mentioned in that article.

Bloody hell. I sold a good pair of HF1300s for twenty quid last year.
If I'd known about that...

I'd have thought you'd have got much more - was it on Ebay?
Trouble with HF 1300s is there are many many varieties. And that's before
you do individual selection as the BBC used to for the LS5/1.

Not Ebay - somebody wanted some, and I just hazarded a number. They'd
been in a box on top of a wardrobe for thirty years.

I didn't know they selected them for the LS5/1. Certainly KEF had to
select the woofers just to get the resonance frequency within +/- 5Hz
of the right frequency.

d