My KEF Reference Series Model 101 speaker has one non-functional B110 SP1057 mid-bass driver. javascript:smilie('
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Anybody have one to sell? ( or two)?
Here info on the 101 speaker
http://www.kef.com/history/1970/model101.asp
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have a suggestion about a suitable replacement?...anyone try the Monacor SPH 135ad?
Thanks,
Luis
')Anybody have one to sell? ( or two)?
Here info on the 101 speaker
http://www.kef.com/history/1970/model101.asp
OR
have a suggestion about a suitable replacement?...anyone try the Monacor SPH 135ad?
Thanks,
Luis
The B110 does show up on ebay occasionally (more often now than a few months ago) but most of the units are either beat up '60s models or the earlier SP1003.
I have seen one or two show up once and they sold for a crazy amount.
I do have a couple of SP1057 that used for a CS1 style pair some 25 years ago. I also bought a few SP1003 and some T27 as I want to make a full 5.1 system with those.
I tried a fairly good condition SP1003 in place of the SP1057 some weeks ago, replacing only the right loudspeaker's driver so I could do A/B tests in mono and listen to imbalances if they were apparent.
I can say it doesn't bother me at all and I've left it there as I wanted to compare the SP1003 and SP1057 on the bench for differences.
What I'm saying is, you could try for a pair of B110 constructor series drivers when you find them in low prices (<$50 a pair). It most likely will do.
I have seen one or two show up once and they sold for a crazy amount.
I do have a couple of SP1057 that used for a CS1 style pair some 25 years ago. I also bought a few SP1003 and some T27 as I want to make a full 5.1 system with those.
I tried a fairly good condition SP1003 in place of the SP1057 some weeks ago, replacing only the right loudspeaker's driver so I could do A/B tests in mono and listen to imbalances if they were apparent.
I can say it doesn't bother me at all and I've left it there as I wanted to compare the SP1003 and SP1057 on the bench for differences.
What I'm saying is, you could try for a pair of B110 constructor series drivers when you find them in low prices (<$50 a pair). It most likely will do.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
from : http://www.hifiloudspeakers.info/Anatomy/SpeakerSystems/101/Gallery/index.htm
Hi,
As you can see in the crossover there is a series notch network
that presumably should be matched to a particular B110 version.
The actual speakers claim to be matched within 0.5dB.
Driver substitution ?
http://www.monacor.de/typo3/index.p...&spr=EN&L=1&versuche=10&aktiv=1&suche=sph-135
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
I've seen the SPH-135C suggested, it does seem to have
a midrange peak, but it seems higher than the nominal
1kHz trap filter in the 101 crossover. Not a good idea IMO.
I think you must use the correct version of the B110.
The saving grace is that it is not the same version as the LS3/5A.
/sreten.
about the B110 SP1057 for my KEF 101
Well, thanks to everyone. I will look for 1 or 2 on EBAY...good suggestion.
and
in terms of finding a used speaker to buy...that uses that EXACT SP1057 version of the B110...anyone know a specific model of speaker that uses that SP1057??
It's not the LS35A for sure.....it uses the SP1003
( I may even try buying a SP1003 version and plunk it in - see how it sounds)
Thanks,
Luis
Well, thanks to everyone. I will look for 1 or 2 on EBAY...good suggestion.
and
in terms of finding a used speaker to buy...that uses that EXACT SP1057 version of the B110...anyone know a specific model of speaker that uses that SP1057??
It's not the LS35A for sure.....it uses the SP1003
( I may even try buying a SP1003 version and plunk it in - see how it sounds)
Thanks,
Luis
kef sp1057
Do you still have those drivers? I am very interested in a pair of them if you do. Contact me at seanbagby@hughes.net
Do you still have those drivers? I am very interested in a pair of them if you do. Contact me at seanbagby@hughes.net
Sp1057
I am grabbing at straws here but would you or anyone else have a good matched pair or two matched pairs of Kef sp1057 available for sale who don't mind shipping to the UK at a reasonable price?
Please?
I am grabbing at straws here but would you or anyone else have a good matched pair or two matched pairs of Kef sp1057 available for sale who don't mind shipping to the UK at a reasonable price?
Please?
We could have a merry-go-round here. I just bought a set of B110 SP1003 in the UK to go into a set of LS3/5A. Someone had stuffed set of dead LS3/5a with SP1057.
So yes i have a set of B110 SP1057 i'd be willing to ship to the UK. Just have to negotiate price. I paid 80 GBP for the SP1003.
dave
This is my first post here in the hopes of finding a matched pair of B110's SP1057 for Kef 105.2.
My 3 year old neice thought it would be a good idea to give the B110's a good old poke in the dust caps. I managed to pop them back out with the vacuum but one of the bextrine cones is now out of shape and the volume coming out of that driver is low
Fingers crossed someone still has a pair out there.
My 3 year old neice thought it would be a good idea to give the B110's a good old poke in the dust caps. I managed to pop them back out with the vacuum but one of the bextrine cones is now out of shape and the volume coming out of that driver is low
Fingers crossed someone still has a pair out there.
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