Cosmetically they're excellent, but the surrounds on the woofers have decomposed in the customary manner.
These must have had my name on them, given my fascination for obscure Scandinaviana.
I'm really taken with these bijou Sonabs and am keen to get them up and running. Does anyone know of any reasonably priced replacement drivers, preferably available from a UK source? We don't seem to get these 165mm Peerlesses and Silver Flutes.
I did notice Wilmslow Audio offered this:
Would it suit, or is it a recipe for disaster?Wilmslow Audio wrote:Economy WA-165
Polypropylene Cone Mid/Bass
The WA-165 is a 6½" polypropylene cone unit with a rubber surround, giving it a tight punchy bass and and excellent midrange reproduction.
Suitable for reflex and closed box applications and an ideal replacement for use in Acoustic Research and Mission speakers, as well as many other commercial systems.
Technical Data:
Frame diameter: 165mm
Sensitivity (2.83v/1m): 87dB
Nominal impedance: 8 ohm
Frequency range: 40Hz-7kHz
Max power handling: 60w
Physical Sizes:
Frame diameter: 165mm
Overall depth (front of frame to rear of magnet): 75mm
Flange thickness: 5mm
Cutout diameter: 145mm