Jaycar and Vifa (for the Aussies and Kiwis)

Andy G · 3rd September 2009, 09:48 PM

I'm getting reasonably strong rumours that Jaycar will be dumping its "Response" range of drivers (which at the moment seem to be from HiVi) and switching back to carryiing some Vifa drivers. Which ones? unknown at the moment

Has anyone else heard this rumour? Have more info ?

PeteMcK · 4th September 2009, 01:11 AM

It's hard to know what they've got, their website is such a mess, - for the last few months all speakers seem to end up as 'car speakers' or 'car subwoofers'....

gainphile · 4th September 2009, 01:39 AM

Well hopefully they carry/rebadge those BC lines. Seems like cheap and great drivers.

Moondog55 · 4th September 2009, 01:51 AM

I saw the guys in Thomastown a few days ago, I didn't hear anything.
Maybe I should buy a few of those cheap paper 8inh while they are available, it is the only driver in the current line-up I think is worth while

Don Hills · 4th September 2009, 04:19 AM

If you mean the CW2196, I think I found the manufacturer:
http://www.cn-speaker.com/ebusiness/...productid=1476

Sadly, the site appears to have been hacked and the specs don't show up.

pheonix358 · 4th September 2009, 04:58 AM

A friend ordered 16 of the 8" HiVi yellow woofers, all had problems with air movement causing movement inside the driver, very wrong. Possibly a batch problem.

Terry

prickears · 4th September 2009, 10:03 AM

I'd like to see it, if it happens all the better. Jaycar if your reading this, Get back to being the DIYers 'go to'. If it wasn't for Jaycar, I probably would not have discovered DIYing.

Mick.

Andy G · 4th September 2009, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prickears

I'd like to see it, if it happens all the better. Jaycar if your reading this, Get back to being the DIYers 'go to'. If it wasn't for Jaycar, I probably would not have discovered DIYing.

Mick.

yep, way back when they carried the old Vifa P17WJ etc.

I did benefit greatly when they stopped selling Vifas... picked up all but a couple of of the P11WH in Gumby for $20 each

not much worth grabbing in a sell-out at the moment though .

wintermute · 4th September 2009, 11:40 PM

Yes I got all the drivers and the crossover in my 3 ways from Jaycar. Phillips Dome mids and tweeters came at standard price (and there were a lot of other mids and tweeters over the years as well, Tweeters because I kept blowing them until I found out about polyswitches.... Mids because I started with some of their sealed back poly's which were extremely ordinary (blew a few of those too)... I used to get a lot of requests to bring my system to partys and invariably someone cranked it past the safe line clearly marked on the amp

My Vifa M26WR-09-08's I got the last pair in Sydney I believe at about 1/2 price.

I too have learnt a lot from drivers and components purchased from Jaycar

Tony.

Moondog55 · 4th September 2009, 11:55 PM

"

$20 each"

Andy that's almost unbelievable, I had to pay $35-

I still think we need to organise a DIY group buy of a 1000 units for OEM prices

3rd September 2009, 09:48 PM	#1
Andy G diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Newcastle, Australia	Jaycar and Vifa (for the Aussies and Kiwis) I'm getting reasonably strong rumours that Jaycar will be dumping its "Response" range of drivers (which at the moment seem to be from HiVi) and switching back to carryiing some Vifa drivers. Which ones? unknown at the moment Has anyone else heard this rumour? Have more info ?

4th September 2009, 01:11 AM	#2
PeteMcK diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney	It's hard to know what they've got, their website is such a mess, - for the last few months all speakers seem to end up as 'car speakers' or 'car subwoofers'.... __________________ ‘today… there lives alongside the twentieth century the tenth or thirteenth. A hundred million people use electricity and still believe in the magic power of signs and exorcisms” Trotsky

4th September 2009, 01:39 AM	#3
gainphile diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne the sunny city!	Well hopefully they carry/rebadge those BC lines. Seems like cheap and great drivers. __________________ http://gainphile.blogspot.com

4th September 2009, 01:51 AM	#4
Moondog55 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norlane; Geelong: Victoria: Australia	I saw the guys in Thomastown a few days ago, I didn't hear anything. Maybe I should buy a few of those cheap paper 8inh while they are available, it is the only driver in the current line-up I think is worth while __________________ QUOTE" The more I know, the more I know, I know (insert maniacal laugh >here<) NOTHING"

4th September 2009, 04:58 AM	#6
pheonix358 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stockport South Australia	A friend ordered 16 of the 8" HiVi yellow woofers, all had problems with air movement causing movement inside the driver, very wrong. Possibly a batch problem. Terry __________________ What we don't understand is called magic.


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4th September 2009, 04:19 AM	#5
Don Hills diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wellington	If you mean the CW2196, I think I found the manufacturer: http://www.cn-speaker.com/ebusiness/...productid=1476 Sadly, the site appears to have been hacked and the specs don't show up.

4th September 2009, 10:03 AM	#7
prickears diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Hamilton, victoria	I'd like to see it, if it happens all the better. Jaycar if your reading this, Get back to being the DIYers 'go to'. If it wasn't for Jaycar, I probably would not have discovered DIYing. Mick.

4th September 2009, 11:40 PM	#9
wintermute just another diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sydney Blog Entries: 22	Yes I got all the drivers and the crossover in my 3 ways from Jaycar. Phillips Dome mids and tweeters came at standard price (and there were a lot of other mids and tweeters over the years as well, Tweeters because I kept blowing them until I found out about polyswitches.... Mids because I started with some of their sealed back poly's which were extremely ordinary (blew a few of those too)... I used to get a lot of requests to bring my system to partys and invariably someone cranked it past the safe line clearly marked on the amp My Vifa M26WR-09-08's I got the last pair in Sydney I believe at about 1/2 price. I too have learnt a lot from drivers and components purchased from Jaycar Tony. __________________ Any intelligence I may appear to have is purely artificial! Some of my photos

4th September 2009, 11:55 PM	#10
Moondog55 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norlane; Geelong: Victoria: Australia	"$20 each" Andy that's almost unbelievable, I had to pay $35- I still think we need to organise a DIY group buy of a 1000 units for OEM prices __________________ QUOTE" The more I know, the more I know, I know (insert maniacal laugh >here<) NOTHING"

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