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Old 29th September 2011, 12:11 PM   #1
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Default Mission 702e drivers. Would it be worth building my own speakers using them?

I have acquired a pair of the critically acclaimed Mission 702e floorstanding speakers. There's a fault: the finely engineered front plastic baffle of one of them is rattling, because as far as I can tell, the craftsman who built it smeared glue at the back, but failed to ensure it seeped into the space between the baffle and the chipboard enclosure. It is now completely loose and can slide up and down a few millimetres.

It could be repaired, but as an alternative, is there anything more interesting I could do with the drivers? I am a complete novice at speakers, but have always fancied doing a bit of utilitarian cabinet work (I don't care what it looks like) and/or speaker correction with DSP.

Presumably the woofer should be used in a cabinet with similar volume to the original? - which is quite small because the cabinet stops half way down, with a completely sealed compartment at the bottom! (Is this normal for floorstanding speakers?!)

Or can I do something with transmission lines and such?
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Old 29th September 2011, 12:23 PM   #2
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Hi,

I'd repair them. There are probably some mounting screws under the
rubber inserts for holding the grill on. Drill a hole and fill the base
with sand, the arrangment is common for floorstanding versions
of bookshelf speakers.

rgds, sreten.
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