That's bad luck. Not sure why one of the units buzzes he should be able to say why.. I would suggest the coil former is not aligned or miss-shapen.

Anyway you need some identical replacments you might want to keep an eye on ebay etc.. put a wanted here and talk to Dillen (Martin).

Just out of interest get the old ones back and take some pictures. I would not consider it impossible to rewind the coil and I am sure the 'buzzing' could be tracked down and rectified...

There's nothing like the real thing.

Normally, I have a nice selection of 1970's-80's drivers and I did look for
these midranges but there has been a general rush on speaker parts recently
and I don't seem to have any of these at present..
However, inventory changes almost daily and I'm sure that something will
suddenly show up.
It's a SEAS H226 and the same driver is found in Beovox S80, S120, M150, and
of course MS150 if that's any help.

I'll keep looking - as always.

Martin

This will sound very similar:

Found two !
One has a tiny repair to the outer (plastic) surround, looks a decent repair.
Both tested and working.
PM me if you're interested.

Martin

I was able to fix the one that was "buzzing".  The guy at the repair shop had to make little jumpers because the voice coil magnet wire broke off the terminals when he was disassembling.  Turns out that one side wasn't soldered.  Luckily I use to solder for a full time job for 4 years so that was an easy fix.  I got one cabinet completely done!

I still do need one good phase link dome and coil.  Below is the pic of the frayed coil, looks to be too far past fixing.  I will PM Martin about the ones he has.

Thanks!

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DK where are you? I would like to look at that as a little project so if you want to send it my way - I am prepared to pay postage..

Olly.

I'm in the US, Minnesota. I figured I mine as well try to fix the coil myself since I really have nothing to lose.  So, I placed the voice coil wires back in place the best I could and used Helmsman Spar Urethane (think of a thicker, heavier duty poly) on the windings.  It is currently drying and the coil is definitely not like new but it is decent I guess.  What kind of glue should I use to attach the former to the poly dome?  Would this work?...

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 If this doesn't work I will purchase one of the drivers from Martin.

Great news, the speakers are complete and operational!  After I re-set the windings and glued the former to the dome I tested it and it sounded great.  Finally, after about 11 years of having these they are complete.  They sound great and I am very pleased (although after 11 years of build up they fall a little shy of my expectations, not much though).  I am having a friend who has a TIG welder make stands for me out of square aluminum tubing that should look very cose to the originals as well.  I will post pics once those are complete and installed.

Thanks for all the help everyone.

Good job loved this thread.

Check this one, I recommend steel, your speakers are on the heavy side, and aluminium has to be treated, painted or polished and laquered.

DKAudio wrote:

Great news, the speakers are complete and operational!  After I re-set the windings and glued the former to the dome I tested it and it sounded great.  Finally, after about 11 years of having these they are complete.  They sound great and I am very pleased (although after 11 years of build up they fall a little shy of my expectations, not much though).  I am having a friend who has a TIG welder make stands for me out of square aluminum tubing that should look very cose to the originals as well.  I will post pics once those are complete and installed.

Thanks for all the help everyone.

I have been following this thread with interest as I am one of those who urged you to continue with these. I have to admit to feeling a few pangs of guilt for doing so when I read some of the obstacles you've encountered. You've been very unfotunate but I doff my hat to you sir for your persistance.

Stands will make a noticable difference as the bass ports are underneath.

Chris.