Just did an ebay search, Hurry on this one, there is a pair of the Shielded Version available for $ 35 + shipping
Vifa M17
Best of luck
Peter
Vifa M17
Best of luck
Peter
Meadowlark Kestrel: Model Number of Woofer?
Just did an ebay search, Hurry on this one, there is a pair of the Shielded Version available for $ 35 + shipping Vifa M17 Best of luck Peter |
Pbnaudio: Thanks for the info. Im not sure why I thought the woofer was made by Vifa. Maybe the speaker builder friend I knew at the time was referring to a paper woofer made by Vifa that had specs similar to the Kestrels ScanSpeak. Do you think the woofer on eBay is as similar to the stock Kestrel woofer as I am going to find? I really dont know what Im doing, and had thought I would take some time to educate myself a bit and get the help of folks on some speaker builder forum before going forward with buying the speakers and changing the drivers. Timrhu: Thanks for the offer, but I dont think I need pictures of the crossovers yet. If I cannot get the paper driver to integrate with the tweeter and crossovers, the most Im willing to do is change the resisters. If it needs a change in the crossover point, I would just scratch the project. Phasecorrect: Thanks for the advice. Im prepared to scratch the project and reinstall the stock woofers if the paper woofer sounds worse. BTW, does anyone know how to set up preferences so that I am e-mailed when someone replies to a my thread? Thanks, Chris |
Not one to discourage experimentation...but the Kestral was "voiced" with the original driver...might seem marginal...but that was the intent of the original design...like I mentioned...I wouldn't mess with a good thing unless the original driver needs replacement...I wouldn't get too hung up on paper vs poly...there are good and bad examples of both ...hope this helps. |
Vifa and ScanSpeak was the same company way back when, ScanSpeak today resides in the same buildings that Vifa occupied. They have all the tools etc to make the old standards by Vifa many of the folks that worked a Vifa back when it was a a Danish Company works for ScanSpeak today. You can try to swap the drivers out, they will foot in the cutouts, sound will of course change maybe you will like it, maybe not, but what the heck its only $35 for a fun interesting experiment Best of Luck Peter |
BTW, does anyone know how to set up preferences so that I am e-mailed when someone replies to a my thread? Sorry, not happenin on this forum. I've been using this forum for more than 10 years and have to say it is the least user friendly forum I hang out on. Shame really as it used to be one of the best. |