Where to buy drivers?

AudioFox · 16th February 2008, 07:22 AM

Do you know of a good online source for drivers? Web searches have been pretty pointless so far. I have a relatively nice pair of floor standing loudspeakers I've had since the late 80's, and a few days ago the all-important supertweeter gave up on the left side.
I don't have much of a budget for this, the speakers in question originally only cost a few hundred dollars, and even with the modifications I've made aren't worth much more than that. Considering my currently budget-pressed state I don't want to spend more than around $40-$50/pair for the new tweeters.
I want to replace these with something as close as possible to the originals, which were polycarbonate domes with a frequency range of up to 22kHz and nominal impedance of 8Ω. The box they're in has them matched with a 1" polyurethane dome tweeter, 4" PVA-doped paper cone midrange with good HF response, and a front ported 12" polypropylene cone woofer. I don't have the exact crossover frequencies or ranges of the individual drivers, but you can look at the schematic for the crossover (If you want to call it that) here.

You can also have a look at the back of it and the decorative faceplate if you really want to know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions are welcome.

Tolik · 16th February 2008, 10:34 AM

http://www.speakercity.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?
http://www.madisound.com/catalog/
www.bmm-electronics.com

Hope this helps...

hdspeakerman · 16th February 2008, 01:55 PM

Try the following:
Parts Express
Meniscus
Zalytron
Solen (Canadian)

AudioFox · 22nd February 2008, 05:30 AM

This one looks like it might be a good match. Right size, pretty reasonable price, and it even looks similar, there's also a significantly less expensive option that goes all the way to 25kHz and is a reasonable match in terms of sensitivity, and nearly identical in appearance. Thanks for all of the great links.

Tolik · 22nd February 2008, 12:18 PM

Eminence should to be fine choise.
A lot of years ago I stiked with their PRO series speakers. The expirience was very good.

Andersonix · 22nd February 2008, 04:04 PM

DLCparts.com
David Levy has a couple of interesting leftovers.

Saw this (leftover NHT drivers) the other day in another thread here:
http://home.comcast.net/~jhidley/

We really need a sticky for collecting these surplus suppliers. Maybe there is?

HYPERTUNE · 31st March 2008, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tolik
http://www.speakercity.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?
http://www.madisound.com/catalog/
www.bmm-electronics.com

Hope this helps...

Have you bought from BMM?

I have emailed them a few times with no reply, and am reluctant to place an order online.....

elvenears · 31st March 2008, 04:58 PM

I have bought from BMM recently, quick delivery and good prices.

16th February 2008, 07:22 AM	#1
AudioFox diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2006	Where to buy drivers? Do you know of a good online source for drivers? Web searches have been pretty pointless so far. I have a relatively nice pair of floor standing loudspeakers I've had since the late 80's, and a few days ago the all-important supertweeter gave up on the left side. I don't have much of a budget for this, the speakers in question originally only cost a few hundred dollars, and even with the modifications I've made aren't worth much more than that. Considering my currently budget-pressed state I don't want to spend more than around $40-$50/pair for the new tweeters. I want to replace these with something as close as possible to the originals, which were polycarbonate domes with a frequency range of up to 22kHz and nominal impedance of 8Ω. The box they're in has them matched with a 1" polyurethane dome tweeter, 4" PVA-doped paper cone midrange with good HF response, and a front ported 12" polypropylene cone woofer. I don't have the exact crossover frequencies or ranges of the individual drivers, but you can look at the schematic for the crossover (If you want to call it that) here. You can also have a look at the back of it and the decorative faceplate if you really want to know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions are welcome.

16th February 2008, 10:34 AM	#2
Tolik diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	http://www.speakercity.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? http://www.madisound.com/catalog/ www.bmm-electronics.com Hope this helps... __________________ Êòî óìååò äåëàòü - äåëàåò. Êòî íå óìååò - ó÷èò. Õ.Ë. Ìåíêåí. Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, do research. H.L. Mencken

22nd February 2008, 12:18 PM	#5
Tolik diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Eminence should to be fine choise. A lot of years ago I stiked with their PRO series speakers. The expirience was very good. __________________ Êòî óìååò äåëàòü - äåëàåò. Êòî íå óìååò - ó÷èò. Õ.Ë. Ìåíêåí. Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, do research. H.L. Mencken

31st March 2008, 04:58 PM	#8
elvenears diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	I have bought from BMM recently, quick delivery and good prices. __________________ If life is like a rainbow, and you are the colour red in it, it's the one colour you can not see.

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16th February 2008, 01:55 PM	#3
hdspeakerman diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Try the following: Parts Express Meniscus Zalytron Solen (Canadian)

22nd February 2008, 05:30 AM	#4
AudioFox diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2006	This one looks like it might be a good match. Right size, pretty reasonable price, and it even looks similar, there's also a significantly less expensive option that goes all the way to 25kHz and is a reasonable match in terms of sensitivity, and nearly identical in appearance. Thanks for all of the great links.

22nd February 2008, 04:04 PM	#6
Andersonix diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Silicon Valley	DLCparts.com David Levy has a couple of interesting leftovers. Saw this (leftover NHT drivers) the other day in another thread here: http://home.comcast.net/~jhidley/ We really need a sticky for collecting these surplus suppliers. Maybe there is?

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