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From: John on 8 Jul 2010 10:44
I am repairing two 15" Tannoys of the Gold series. A $5k unit if we
could get them.

Un oscillation in a cassette deck I was using, produced a very lowed
sound that damaged the speakers.

One of them has 6 turns of the voice coil, lose and can be glued back.

On the old days I used to repair speakers using the same type of glue
that was used on the assembling of models. A type of glue that use
acetone as a solvent.
Today we have better types of glue like epoxy and I believe the harder
the glue the better the performance, the disadvantage is that using
epoxy will make a future repair very difficult.

Any suggestions ?

The coil on the second speaker is open and in very bad shape. I am
looking for a replacement.

Tannoy does not carry parts for this type of speaker but there is a
place in England that will sell me a cone assembly for about $300 usd.

J.
From: AM on 8 Jul 2010 11:11
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:51 -0400, John <Ya(a)you.com> wrote:

>I am repairing two 15" Tannoys of the Gold series. A $5k unit if we
>could get them.
>
>Un oscillation in a cassette deck I was using, produced a very lowed
>sound that damaged the speakers.
>
>One of them has 6 turns of the voice coil, lose and can be glued back.
>
>On the old days I used to repair speakers using the same type of glue
>that was used on the assembling of models. A type of glue that use
>acetone as a solvent.
>Today we have better types of glue like epoxy and I believe the harder
>the glue the better the performance, the disadvantage is that using
>epoxy will make a future repair very difficult.
>
>Any suggestions ?
>
>The coil on the second speaker is open and in very bad shape. I am
>looking for a replacement.
>
>Tannoy does not carry parts for this type of speaker but there is a
>place in England that will sell me a cone assembly for about $300 usd.
>
>J.

Damn. They saw you coming.

Two 1500W ElectroVoice Live performance drivers will solve your problem
forever, and cost less in the long run likely.

$300 just for a single cone!? Did they spike your coffee with
"roofees"?

Anyway, there must be a full replacement that will yield similar or
better performance. Worth buying a couple of cheap auto jobs just to
prove it.

Look on Ebay!
From: GregS on 8 Jul 2010 11:37
In article <aipb36hj3lsieou49e01gpuel8fj4str77(a)4ax.com>, AM <thisthatandtheother(a)beherenow.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:51 -0400, John <Ya(a)you.com> wrote:
>
>>I am repairing two 15" Tannoys of the Gold series. A $5k unit if we
>>could get them.
>>
>>Un oscillation in a cassette deck I was using, produced a very lowed
>>sound that damaged the speakers.
>>
>>One of them has 6 turns of the voice coil, lose and can be glued back.
>>
>>On the old days I used to repair speakers using the same type of glue
>>that was used on the assembling of models. A type of glue that use
>>acetone as a solvent.
>>Today we have better types of glue like epoxy and I believe the harder
>>the glue the better the performance, the disadvantage is that using
>>epoxy will make a future repair very difficult.
>>
>>Any suggestions ?
>>
>>The coil on the second speaker is open and in very bad shape. I am
>>looking for a replacement.
>>
>>Tannoy does not carry parts for this type of speaker but there is a
>>place in England that will sell me a cone assembly for about $300 usd.
>>
>>J.
>
> Damn. They saw you coming.
>
> Two 1500W ElectroVoice Live performance drivers will solve your problem
>forever, and cost less in the long run likely.
>
> $300 just for a single cone!? Did they spike your coffee with
>"roofees"?
>
> Anyway, there must be a full replacement that will yield similar or
>better performance. Worth buying a couple of cheap auto jobs just to
>prove it.
>
> Look on Ebay!


I would talk to all the proffesional shops to see if anybody can do something.
Replacing the units will not work with current crossover to the built
in tweeter inside the woofer. The orginal sound is not likely to
be had. A typical professional setup will not sound good near field.

Other than that, I would just start from scratch.

greg

From: Cydrome Leader on 8 Jul 2010 12:03
John <Ya(a)you.com> wrote:
> I am repairing two 15" Tannoys of the Gold series. A $5k unit if we
> could get them.
>
> Un oscillation in a cassette deck I was using, produced a very lowed
> sound that damaged the speakers.
>
> One of them has 6 turns of the voice coil, lose and can be glued back.
>
> On the old days I used to repair speakers using the same type of glue
> that was used on the assembling of models. A type of glue that use
> acetone as a solvent.
> Today we have better types of glue like epoxy and I believe the harder
> the glue the better the performance, the disadvantage is that using
> epoxy will make a future repair very difficult.
>
> Any suggestions ?
>
> The coil on the second speaker is open and in very bad shape. I am
> looking for a replacement.
>
> Tannoy does not carry parts for this type of speaker but there is a
> place in England that will sell me a cone assembly for about $300 usd.
>
> J.

you might try calling "Van L Speakerworks" in Chicago. They've been
rebuilding speakers here for quite some time.
From: AM on 8 Jul 2010 12:19
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:37:37 GMT, zekfrivo(a)zekfrivolous.com (GregS)
wrote:

> will not work with current crossover to the built
>in tweeter inside the woofer.

I would never consider even buying such a driver, much less considering
one to be actually worth "several thousand dollars".

What a sad choice to have made for a system to begin with.

How some dope injected an integrated driver arrangement like that into
the "audiophile realm" is beyond me, if that is what this guy thinks he
is.

Everyone (the industry) knows that segregated drivers for different
segments of the human audible spectrum is best. None of the real makers
use such a paradigm as integrating two 'bands' of said spectrum into a
single driver.

Jeez... this isn't car audio. There is no need to attempt to
consolidate space. Several thousand dollars indeed.

I should send a bill for several thousand dollars for giving the
advice. Ha!
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