Sonab OD-11, any good? suggestions?

[Sylver300B]

Hi folks,

Before I go back to my Zigmahornet project.. I just found 12, yes, "12" of these Sonab speakers for near to nothing.

Nice bass reflex boxes, roughly 1 cubic foot, with sloped top and inclined drivers. Something like a 6" woofer and a small tweeter.

Most woofers have foam rot problems, and many tweeters are either missing or blown. These speakers had a bad life in a bar.

So, what are they? are they worth having new suspensions and looking for tweeters? or are only the cabinets re-usable?

Sylvain

[PeteMcK]

Full details of all Sonab speakers available here:

http://www.carlssonplanet.com/

[PeteMcK]

"You have four alternatives:
1. Get new surrounds for the woofers. Either you do it your self or have someone perform the operation for you. Surrounds can be found if you search the internet.
2. Another possibility is to find a shop selling speaker units, the will probably know who can put new surrounds on your speakers.
3. Get in contact with CarlssonPlanet and see if we can help you, http://www.carlssonplanet.com/ShowPage.asp?p=contact.
4. Get new woofers.
This is valid for the Scan-speak 18W/8542 and the earlier models of SC 165 (Peerless 6.5��). The Scan-Speak 18W/8545 and the SC 165 Mk III and Mk IV have rubber surrounds that are age proof. See Restoring and upgrading.

What units do you recommend when buying new woofers?
If it is the SC 165 (6.5�� Peerless woofer) we recommend that you buy the new SC 165 (6.5�� Peerless woofer) also known as B65-oa it has model no 831881.
Tweeters we recommend using the Peerless CT62 instead which is a recommended upgrade anyhow. "

Only problem is, Peerless have change hands recently, and dropped many of their older drivers.

[Sylver300B]

Thanks for the info and suggestions. I'll try to restore one pair and see.

Have you, guys, heard some of the Sonab models? what do you think of their sound?

Their configuration (drivers firing on top) seems weird.

Sylvain

[qwad]

in my humble opinion l would suggest you go with P MCK's suggestions as he seems to really know what he's on about , being one of the top speakerdriver refurbishers here in oz cheers TC

[Sylver300B]

Many months have passed since my last post.. too many projects, too little time. Before I start my "Autograph" project, I'd like to bring back to life one of these Sonab.

I have seen the Carlsson site and read the suggestions, but these questions remain:

1- I have removed the drivers, but I must remove the front plastic molded baffle to get access to the bottom, if I want to install new binding posts.
I have removed all screws, but it seems stuck there. How do I remove it without damaging the cabinet?

2- Where can I find replacement for the Peerless tweeters? (CT62)

Thanks

Sylvain