Beovox RL140 scam - help needed

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Hello everyone, I bought a few months ago a pair of RL140, and I had them stored for a while. Now that I have more time,  I decided to redo the speaker cloth, so I opened both of them, and found a very very bad surprise inside: the woofers (2 in each speaker) have been replaced by cheap $15 generic 8 ohm speakers of the same size. The sound is horrible, and after digging a little bit, I also find out the the woofers, which are connected in parallel to the crossover, should be 16 ohms (as the entire speaker is 8 ohms). I have been scammed and have no contact with the seller because it was a while ago (they may not even be aware of what was inside anyway). So I want to repair the RL140s, and I can't find those parts, let alone finding 4 of them. Can anyone point me to a good source for those ? Alernatively, I am willing to do a better-than-nothing approach, and replace them with "good enough" 16 ohms drivers if anyone can help me with guessing/estimating the correct specs: 16 ohms, probably around 40-50 watt, precision of 88-93 db, what else ? Thanks everyone for any help you can provide. Amine

Location: Montreal, Canada

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Oh I am pretty sure someone in here has an opinion or advice on this ? 😎

Location: Montreal, Canada

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Hello Amine, nice speakers. And big! Often drivers were made specifically for B&O speakers, so finding a substitute with the same characteristics will not be so easy. I reckon finding a donor set (with the aim of making one great set out of two bad ones) is your best bet. Foam & rubber surrounds can be obtained from https://www.repairyourspeakers.com/en/," target="_blank">https://www.repairyourspeakers.com/en/">https://www.repairyourspeakers.com/en/, capacitor kits from https://www.dksoundparts.com/product-category/beovox/beovox-redline-rl140/." target="_blank">https://www.dksoundparts.com/product-category/beovox/beovox-redline-rl140/">https://www.dksoundparts.com/product-category/beovox/beovox-redline-rl140/. Sometimes magnets should be reglued (there are threads in the forum). When becoming a silver or gold member you can get to the service manuals (perhaps the same drivers are used in other RL speakers too?) Hope this helps (a bit). Regards, Johan

Location: Netherlands

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