Snell and audionote speakers drivers#

for and have served me well for many years. investment in a pair of speakers that I paid $500. When I contacted Snell 3 months ago the each driver replacement was about $115. The foam surrounds on the woofers on the JIII's are breaking down and gone in places. I'm using a pair of Snell JIII's along with a Snell CC1 center speaker for the front portion of my surround system. Give them some time to respond - Audio Note's Japanese founder passed away a few days ago so they may take some time off before responding. ДЄgain they may say to re-foam them - The re-foaming alone can really make them sound much better and is the cheapest route - but there are other suggestions that can help. I would post a request on the Audio Asylum - Audio Note kits forum. The Audio Note J starts at $3,000.00US - So IMO I would seriously be looking at what you can do to turn your classic loudspeakers into something better than they ever were new - and certainly better than any of the Current crop of Snell stuff. there is much that can be improvced in the Snell J to get close to an Audio Note J.

Snell and audionote speakers drivers#

You can buy replacement drivers from them which are much better than the Snell drivers and cheaper - they will be matched to tighter tolerances - the tightest in the entire audio industry regardless of price, and they are in SEAS' opinion the best use fo their drivers in the world. If the drivers themselves are ok - and they may ver well be then all you need to do is have them re-foamed which would be about $100.00 for both speakers - probably less and any speaker repair outlet can do this for you.ДЄudio Note bought the rights to the Snell speakers - Snell type A, E J and K were all made by Peter Snell - when Snell Died the bean-counters took over and Kevin Voecks who has worked for several other niotable companies took the reigns of Snell and drove them into the ground. The Snell speakers you have are very likely vastly superior to ANY new Snell speaker.