Not having experienced this, I couldn’t say. Just hang on to those M70s is all I can say.

Jacques,

I’m shaking the whole world right now to find at least one working midrange to put back to work my M70’s.

I invested countless hours into the restoration of the speakers and the Beomaster 4400 too and I’m not counting the money invested here.

But you know how it is when restoring old equipment, right?  You’re flipping a coin hoping it will drop on the good side; you never know how it will turn out exactly.

But look at this setup and the only missing piece is my recently acquired BG 4002 waiting for restoration.

My wife and I auditioned the combo for the first time last weekend and just by writing this message, I have goose bumps all over me.  We were totally blown away by pretty much everything that was coming to our ears from a playlist we are listening for more than 20 years.

I never noticed before the faint vibration of that one lead of the bass guitar of Walk On the Wild Side from Lou Reed or the few words whispered by Carly Simon at the beginning of You’re So Vain.

Trust me, I will find that ITT midrange driver and even more, I will fix the other one and keep it as a spare.

Thanks for your support, after all, you're the one who ignited the passion for this set. 😕

Stay tuned my friend!

Hi:

Sounds like the voice coil may have come unglued from the dome. It may be possible to have it re-attached. I have a pair of M150 speakers that has a SEAS dome mid-range that had the a similar issue.

Suggest that you find a local speaker repair shop, the places that refoam speakers. They may be able to work on it. There are lots of audiophile shops in Montreal should be able to find someone local.

Else give David a call and see who he can recommend http://www.armageddonelectronics.com/

B&O may have a trade in program where you send your old one in and then they send you a replacement. This is how they support obsolete drivers.

Derek

By the way, still my favorite of all the classic speaker stands, so mid-century. Seeing as how I have a Saarinen dining table and chairs it's no wonder these are my favorites!🙂

auric wrote:

Hi:

Sounds like the voice coil may have come unglued from the dome. It may be possible to have it re-attached. I have a pair of M150 speakers that has a SEAS dome mid-range that had the a similar issue.

Suggest that you find a local speaker repair shop, the places that refoam speakers. They may be able to work on it. There are lots of audiophile shops in Montreal should be able to find someone local.

Else give David a call and see who he can recommend http://www.armageddonelectronics.com/

B&O may have a trade in program where you send your old one in and then they send you a replacement. This is how they support obsolete drivers.

Derek

Thanks a lot Derek for the tips and also the leads.

I wasn't aware of David neither of that B&O program but I will certainly look for a competent speaker restorer as well.  Usually I'm doing this stuff myself but a dome tweeter is another ball game I believe.

I will take every piece of advise offered to me.

Thanks again! 

auric wrote:

B&O may have a trade in program where you send your old one in and then they send you a replacement. This is how they support obsolete drivers.

They most certainly haven't!
There has been no support from B&O for these speakers since the mid-80s.
It's a general rule, that apprx 10 years after production ends (read: when spare parts starts to become really needed), the support from B&O is stopped.
Often earlier.

Martin

Jeff wrote:

By the way, still my favorite of all the classic speaker stands, so mid-century. Seeing as how I have a Saarinen dining table and chairs it's no wonder these are my favorites!🙂

Jeff,

Everyone coming to the house are flabbergasted when they see the speakers.  They don't know if they are actually new or from an another era but certainly unique.

I'm even tempted to do replicas and sell them... no that difficult actually... 

Thanks for your support Jeff!

chartz wrote:

Not sure I have your email Charles, but I can send you scans of recent articles by Tim on both the 4400 and the M70s.

 

Just send me a PM if you are interested!

 

Jacques, I'm not aware of that article and certainly interested reading it.  I'll PM you shortly.

Thanks!