How best to repair my Infinity SL 10?

[ooheadsoo]

I've got a pair of Infinity SL 10 bookshelves. Nice cabinets but the speakers themselves are cheap, so I don't want to spend too much money on them. One of the little woofers came apart at the foam surround. It's a 5.25" woofer. I'm not looking for the best sound quality since these are inexpensive <$100 speakers in the first place. I think that the crossover point is 4.5khz. Overall, it's a 6ohm system.

Should I get a drop in replacement? Perhaps a cheap Dayton driver or some such? Any recommendations?

Or should I get the driver re-edged?

An Infinity replacement driver from Infinity will cost me $52, so that's a last resort.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

 

[454Casull]

http://madisound.com/silverflute.html

 

[sreten]

I recommend you replace the surrounds of both bass drivers.

Fitting new units is a lottery, the silver flutes cannot
be recommended due to the treble peak, the same
applies to the Dayton woofer.

Replacing the surrounds is by far the best option.

sreten.

 

[454Casull]

Maybe he has some notch filtering skills he hasn't told us about.

 

[ooheadsoo]

Haha, I wish I had enough skills to design a crossover

I ended up epoxying the cone back to the surround as carefully as possible, and it seems to work fine Not expecting super great sound anyway.

Thanks guys!

 

[Jay]

Haha, I wish I had enough skills to design a crossover

Then how do you know that it is crossed at 4K5? I'm wondering about the inductor value, the bass quality, and the tweeter relative quality.

 

[ooheadsoo]

I looked up the manual for the speaker up online and that's what it said.

 

[tomtt]

I bought a pair yesterday.