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Replacing dead woofer on ProAc Tablette Sig 50 (NYC area)?

I have a pair of ProAc Tablette Signature 50s; one of the woofers is dead. I brought it to a local guy in NYC, who seems knowledgeable but is apparently not some famous high-end guru; he says that the woofer needs to be replaced, but he doesn't have access to one that will fit.

I've messaged ProAc, who haven't replied in a few days, and I'm just trying to get a sense of what my options are. I've always liked these speakers, and I would like them to work, but if it's going to be a years-long effort of finding the right person somewhere in the world to fix these, I'll just have to toss them and find another pair of something. 

Is finding a replacement woofer easier than this guy thinks? Or is there somewhere I should be taking them to in the NYC area who'd be able to fix this? Obviously, I am myself extremely unsavvy, technically, but I'd hope that these are both repairable and worth repairing.

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jea48
4,413 posts
 

I did a quick search on Google and came across this:

a little proac info.

Discussion in 'Hi-Fi and General Audio' started by Lt Cdr Data, Dec 28, 2003.

 

Proac are a little mean on what they divulge, so I thought I would share a little of my hard earned knowledge, and give a kind of database of proac info for fans and curios
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for some great proac klones check this out.

http://audioclone.free.fr/scanspeak.html

Older proacs are divided into 3 ranges,

1/the tablette
2/studio
3/ response

tablette 3, 50, 2000 inc. signatures use seas woofers and seas or scanspeak tweeters...2010 on signatures.

https://www.audio-forums.com/threads/a-little-proac-info.85593/

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https://www.google.com/search?q=seas+woofers&source=hp&ei=sq0nZOD9MLqZptQPyIiD-Aw&iflsig=AOEireoAAAAAZCe7whMu2J2569iXq4MTShbcYU_nU0zR&ved=0ahUKEwjgnraR54f-AhW6jIkEHUjEAM8Q4dUDCA8&oq=seas+woofers&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyCAgAEIoFEJECMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIICAAQigUQhgMyCAgAEIoFEIYDUABYAGCsPWgAcAB4AIABgwGIAYMBkgEDMC4xmAEAoAECoAEB&sclient=gws-wiz

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corelli
974 posts
 

Great info on this thread.  Nice research.

Just curious--after reading of these multiple accounts of woofers going bad I am a bit baffled (no pun intended).  Even driven to higher spl's, it seems odd to have woofers fail.  Thinking of how many vintage speakers voice coils have endured half a century of music making.

elliottbnewcombjr
5,311 posts
 

OP,

even if only one bad: always repair/replace both matching drivers, keep the working old one to use in the future while solving a new problem.

ddd1
261 posts
 

So if you can get a couple woofers shipped from Toronto, who cares if they come from Toronto?

kiwiscott
28 posts
 

@yogiboy is correct call audioconnect. They are in NJ and are a dealer. 
 

the ProAC site list dealers but in the  US distributor ‘is the sound org’.  I just bought ProAcs - waiting for them to arrive but the service has been great so far. 
 

https://www.soundorg.com

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