Madisound responded to email and inform me that they think there is a Seas driver that should be pretty much an exact replacement.Can you say which SEAS driver? (Writing Madisound was the right thing to do, of course!). I'm guessing matching up Qms and Rms may be tricky (& I expect the original woof has a different VAS)—but, most importantly, the end result will be tuned to your tastes!
Vandersteen 1 repair.
I just lost a woofer in an older but otherwise solid Vandersteen 1 and am at a bit of a loss as to what to do.
Part of me feels like being daring and looking for a pair of drivers to use that may equal or possibly improve performance.
In thinking about this possibility I am not sure if it will be easy to source a pair of drivers that will match the needs of the task as well as what Vandersteen put in there in the first place.
As such I sent a note to them and got a quote back to repair the damaged driver for $180 reusing I assume most of the driver I have. There are a LOT of really good quality drivers out there in a price range that would let me replace both woofers and not be worried how soon the second one may go out after spending that much for a repair of 1 driver.
I would be interested to hear thoughts of others who have been in a similar situation as well as thought from people who have went outside of stock and modified your own gear.
Thanks!
Part of me feels like being daring and looking for a pair of drivers to use that may equal or possibly improve performance.
In thinking about this possibility I am not sure if it will be easy to source a pair of drivers that will match the needs of the task as well as what Vandersteen put in there in the first place.
As such I sent a note to them and got a quote back to repair the damaged driver for $180 reusing I assume most of the driver I have. There are a LOT of really good quality drivers out there in a price range that would let me replace both woofers and not be worried how soon the second one may go out after spending that much for a repair of 1 driver.
I would be interested to hear thoughts of others who have been in a similar situation as well as thought from people who have went outside of stock and modified your own gear.
Thanks!
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