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Spendor SP100 mid/bass rubber surround

My Spendor SP100 mid and woofer are both broken which must
be replaced. However, Spendor refused to repair or supply the rubber
surround for me to repair by myself. They only agree to provide new
driver but the price is very costly = $5xx for a pair of mid and $1,xxx for
a pair of woofer. I believe Spendor also want to take profit from parts
that's why don' t help to repair or supply parts for your own repair!
This after sales service is really too bad!!!!

Since I can't find the rubber surround for the mid/woofer from my sources, if any expert here knows where to get it to save my SP100
please help!

Thanks
Simon
simon832868
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roxy54
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I don't believe that you ould find any buyer who would knowingly purchase a Spendor speaker without original, or factory replacement drivers. The sound of the speaker is largely due to the drivers used.
If your friend sold you S100 speakers with a foam surround mid driver, then I would say it is not original. If he, or someone else managed to cobble it together with a foam surround, it will not sound the same.
mechans
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I regrettably agree that the drivers must be original. I would be sorely tempted to return the whole mess to the guy that sold them to you. If they were a gift that is obviously a whole different story. If you really want Spendor after knowing about the service issues I would buy another all original pair. In fact I never even considered buying "modded" speakers. The enginerring is so precise and carefully planned I just don't believe this is a place for amatueres.
I replaced the tweeters on my JM Lab Focal speakers with exact drivers, that wre there originally and were provided by the North American importer. I wouldn't have done it any other way
salectric
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According to my Spendor manual, they keep a record of driver performance characteristics for every speaker they made, so if a driver needs replacement they can sell one that is an exact replacement. Spendor takes great efforts to match drivers precisely---to within 1% I believe---so getting a speaker with the original drivers would be very important IMO. This also explains why the price for a replacement driver might appear high. They are doing more than just selling a speaker that you could buy from a mailorder place.
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roxy54
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Salectric,
You are correct. I had forgotten that.
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baloupp
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Hello Simon,

Hope I will get to you with this message.

I am french and I just bought a pair of SPENDOR SP100 (second hand from 1998).

I have a problem : a lack of low frequency apparently due to hard woofer surround. The speakers have not been used for the past 2 years. I was trying to find replacement surround and experienced exactly the same problem you had with SPENDOR after sales service.

I saw your post with brake fluid. I am just a bit curious before attempting this operation. I can see that you did this operation in 2012. Do you still have your SP100 ? Are the surround affected or damaged by the brake fluid ? Is it still ok after a long period of time ?


Thanks for your advice.

Best regards

Hubert

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