One company has quoted me almost £200 to re-foam both Woofers. They can do one!

I've found another company that will charge £60... now that's more like it.

I've just used the company in Norfolk to repair the driver in one of my M100's - it's arriving this week sometime and very excited - they seem very good and have standard prices. Well worth getting it done professionally, unless you really know what you're doing.

If my M100's are anything to go by you will be more than happy with the M150's once they are restored.

Thanks Andrew.

It was the company in Norfolk who quoted me £60, so I think i'll give them a try.

Regards

Phil

I am in mourning!!!

Words cannot express how mad, upset, and angry I am. I cable tied the Woofers together, face to face. I then bubble-wrapped them, and put extra bubble-wrap in the box around them.

I put a Fragile sticker on all 4 sides of the box, and this is how they arrived at the repair shop!

It looks like there was a Hand Grenade in the box with them!

Ouch - that's dreadful I feel your pain!

If I may offer some thoughts for next time, though, or anyone else shipping drivers like this -

(1) Don't tie them together. This ends up with two big, heavy, magnets that can impact on the frame as the couriers play football with the box, rather than one.

(2) Bubble wrap around them isn't enough - you need lumps of polystyrene or similar to pack solidly round them so they cannot move at all.

Thanks for the packing advice Adam.

I packed them like that as I was told by Audioloudspeakers to do it that way.

With hindsight I wouldn't do it that way again!

How do I find out the value of my Woofers?

I need to know for my insurance claim against the carrier.

Obviously I need to prove their value.

That is appalling. They repaired my M100 woofer and did a good job. The problem you have is that these woofers are no longer available. My MS150s were compared by a firm who restored them to £3000 speakers and that was about 10 years ago if not more. he said they had one of the flattest frequency responses that he had come across - he was so impressed he had put them in his anechoic chamber to test them.

That is terrible - I feel really sorry for you - I still haven't had mine back and they said it would be on its way a couple of weeks ago! 

I did once buy a Beolab 1 and that was sent  via courier - it arrived with the subwoofer broken - fortunately I got it from one of the resellers and he had never seen anything like it but replaced the subwoofer. Also a pair of S45-2 and one of those didn't work as the magnet slipped in shipping. The couriers and post office just do not take care when shipping.

Despite not being able to get original drivers you might find equivalents out there that are near spec - not ideal but not worth scrapping the speakers if the cabinets and other drivers are good?

Just to add - I found this thread that might help - it's entitled MS150 restoration I think - please don;t give up on them as worth restoring.

/forum/imported-unmapped/a-beovox-ms150-project