jimmy3535

I'm leaning towards just buying the cast replacement woofers for $250 +25 for shp, & maybe getting some tweeters on ebay. Should I just go with the stock tweeters? Mine have metal horns. Are they specifically more worth rebuilding? If I'm going through the trouble of buying tweeters, is there a modest upgrade? Are diaphragms the part that can electrically burn out? This is all so new, its hard for me to digest all the options, variations, and such. I'm wondering if the mid horns might be damaged too, but I will probably wait to see before looking in to that. They do put out some sound. Also, I think I remember reading about some tweeter protection polyfuses that folks have used too, that might be a good idea. Meanwhile, they make perfect stands for the Heresys . An aside note- when initially hooking up the Heresys, I compared them with the 10" Cerwin Vegas that I had been lugging around for years, that I finally just did the refoam myself on..I'm not sure what to do with them now. Thanks for the ideas!

Hi everyone, This is my first post on this forum. Over last Thanksgiving I visited a family member that has Cornwalls, which I had never heard before, and, well, that started me on the quest... I got some good looking Heresys, for $300, and suprisingly, now I could Stand to listen to music again! So, after that, I had been keeping my eye open for something larger in the heritage line that I could afford. I responded to a craigslist ad for Cornwalls, and managed to negotiate the [now suspiciously] lower price of $450. Being naive and trusing, I did not test them at all, and just bought them and took them home. Some sound came out of the mid horn, but nothing from the tweeter or Woofer. The guy I bought them from surely was perversely happy with the transaction and was not at all open to me bringing them back. I opened one of the cabinets to check them out: the woofer is open circuit measured right at the speaker. I disconnected the tweeter from the terminal block and it is open circuit too. The disconnected mid horn measures 11.8 ohms. So, I guess I bought some expensive sequential cabinets that are a bit beat up with chips in the wood in a few places. I was not overly concerned with cosmetics, I just wanted the music.. One of the grills is has broken sections on the lower bass port area. The crossovers appear original and will likely need updating too. So, I need to round up the drivers, and I might even need mid horns too [cringe]. I can't guess what the guy did to them.. considering that the cabinets are not in the best shape, I am looking for ideas about getting the drivers without spending too too much money. Maybe someone here on the forum has upgraded theirs, and has drivers that need a new home. I would like to get the upgraded woofers, and could buy them new if not too pricey- Where best to get them? Also, I am getting custom subwoofers made from a friend, so maybe that will effect what woofers I get. I feel so lame, being an electrical engineer- I could have simply measured the outer terminals before buying them (both speakers were open circuit measured on the outside). Any help, ideas and/or recommendations will be appreciated! My enthusiasm clearly got the best of me.. Jimmy