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Hi Guys,
So long story short I picked up some S45 Type 6427 speakers for around $75 (US) shipped and knew that they would have to be refoamed. Unfortunately USPS dropped them and the one had a magnet issue. I mistakenly thought that I could fix it. In the process I ruined the voice coil (simple ignorance, I admit that I am as far from a trained professional as there is) and ended up chucking that woofer (possibly mistake number 2?).
My question is now... how would you proceed. The one woofer works and I have everything set to refoam it. Do I see if I can order a new woofer for the other speaker from B&O, if it is even possible? I looked and saw that someone on Instructables had used an aftermarket woofer and seemed happy with it. As a B&O diehard I am not sure if I'll be happy though...
Here's the link for the instructables as well as the woofer they used. I am open to all thoughts and opinions at this point.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bang-and-Olufsen-Beovox-Woofer-Replacement-easy/#step1
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=290-314
Thank you!
As another alternative, I see that I might be able to retrofit these woofers from S30s
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bang-Olufsen-B-O-Beovox-S30-Woofers-Part-8480152-/230990454921?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item35c81aa089
B&O no longer supply any parts for this model but I maybe able to find an original woofer or two, already refoam'ed and all.However, I don't dare to think of the postage cost from Denmark.
Martin
The Beovox S45 (6427) are good speakers in their own right and for a two-way system they are actuallynot bad sounding, even if B&O produced better sounding 2-way systems in the 1970s, like Beovox S35 and S40.However, I would prefer the S45-2 (6312) any day. Same goes for the early Beovox S45 (6302).