Hi all - question about Spendor s9e

[jack667]

Hi all,

First post.. hopefully you guys can help me out.

I currently own the Spendor S9e http://www.audiocamp.net/freedata/sookie/work/S9e-1.jpg

The mid and woofer are Spendors own custom drivers, but the tweeter is made by Scanspeak. I was wondering if it's worth (and easy) to change it to a higher end scanspeak tweeter of the same specification?

I've never done anything like this before.. so might not be worth the risk.. but would be interested to hear your advice.

Current speaker specs are as follows..




Description 3 way floor standing loudspeaker


Enclosure type Spendor 3D linear flow reflex
Drive units HF

27mm coated fabric dome, damped vented enclosure

Drive units LF/MF

140mm ep38 polymer cone

Drive units LF 220mm Kevlar® composite cone
Frequency response

40Hz-20kHz ± 3dB on reference axis

Frequency range

-6dB at 28Hz

Dispersion Within 3dB of response on reference axis
Horizontal over 40° arc ( ±20°)
Vertical over 20° arc ( ±10°)

Sensitivity for 1W @ 1m

90dB

Impedance nominal 8 ohms
Impedance minimum 6.0 ohms


Crossover frequencies 350Hz and 4.8kHz
Power handling 30 - 350 watts into 8 ohms unclipped
Harmonic distortion

<1% 100Hz – 20kHz 90 dB @ 1m

Connections

2/3 way gold plated bi-wirable terminals

Magnetic shielding All drive units shielded
Dimensions H x W x D 1005 x 242 x 380mm (39.6 x 9.5 x 15.0in)
Plinth maximum W x D 332 x 400mm (13.1 x 15.7in)
Spikes/feet/stand height 37 ± 3mm
Net weight 36.5kg (80.5lb)
Shipping weight 39.9kg (88.0lb)
Accessories supplied Spikes and lock nuts
Cabinet real wood veneer finishes Cherry, Maple, Rosenut, Black Ash



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Thanks all!

[jack667]

anyone?

[sreten]

Hi,

I understand the tweeter used in that model range is a Seas.
Probably very near to the well regarded Seas 27TDFC.

Changing it is not a good idea ...... unless you redo the c/o.

sreten.

[jack667]

Oh really? I read somewhere it was a scanspeak tweeter.. ?

[tktran303]

I read a review that claimed it was a SEAS unit.
http://www.audiofix.com.au/reviews/S9e_HFN_Apr_06.pdf

The dome looks like a 27TFFC, but the motor looks like the T25CF001.

There not much point changing it if you are keeping the old crossover. This SEAS unit is a good tweeter.

Spendor are one of the companies that tend to do use decent drive units and design crossovers properly too.

Anything that you're not happy with in particular?

[sreten]

Hi,

Some of the older Spendor models, e.g. SP2, used Scanspeak tweeters.
The current models use a Seas, probably built to specification.
Its never a good idea changing drivers in any good speaker.

/sreten.