Buying older speakers(KLIPSCH)

[sgtlarsen]

How you all doing?

If I can find some older Speakers(maybe klipschorn,Heresy), maybe at a yard sale our auction real cheap, Should i worry about them being blown. Our can i get the speakers replaced fairly inexspensive. Where can I find replacement speakers and how much do they ussually cost. I know it probablly depends on the speaker. One more question will a replaced speaker be as good as an Orginal. Thanks for putting up with my dumb questions.

[JohnA]

Well Sarge, you should be at least concerned about blown drivers. All of the Heritage drivers can be overhauled for about $75 each, so a blown driver is no problem. Most of the other Klipsch drivers can be overhauled as well. To test them take a 1.5 volt battery and rub the leads to each driver across the battery terminals. A scratching sound indicates continuity through the voicecoil and a high probability of a good driver. Only a listening test will confirm the drivers are good.

John

[sgtlarsen]

Thanks John! I was also wondering can you buy replacement Driver covers( I dont know the correct name, the cloth on the front of the speakers)

[dougdrake]

If you mean the "grills" that cover the entire front of the speaker, yes you can buy speaker cloth to recover them with. Klipsch sometimes has some you can buy -- call parts at 1-800-KLIPSCH -- or you can find it at a good cloth store.

DD

[sgtlarsen]

I did mean grills, I couldnt think of the word.

Thanks