Alon Model 1 8" woofers blown

honestabe316 - You could try GR Research - Contact | GR-Research.

maha88 - The caps in the Alon 1's are Solen which are pretty good. I would look more to replacing the sand cast resistors. I asked Carl if upgrading the Kimber cap in my Alon Lotus SE mk ll tweeter x-overs to a Mundorf SGO and he advised against it as it would shift the balance of the speakers. He did however recommend changing out all the Mundorf MKP caps to the Mundorf MCap Supreme SO in my Nola Viper 1A speakers and to use a MCap SGO in the tweeter circuit which worked out extremely well. 

Call Carl? It has been years but he helped me on my Alon II’s which I still have in my surround system. Well sorta surround. Got a sh***ty a/v receiver.  But that is beside the point. 

Is there anyone that can provide advices for Alon Model 1 caps upgrade? I saw the comment about Mundorf MKP cap upgrade for the woofer, what about the tweeter? Is easy to do? I've never done anything like this although I do have a soldering iron and I am capable to do a basic solder between 2 parts.

Is there a company or technician that will rebuild my Alon 1 crossovers if I send them out?

Parts can make a difference for better and for worse.  You can easily change the resistors to mills and upgrade the caps yourself for starters and you can undo the same if you do not like them.

So, almost 4 years later I have another question. My Alons are 25 years old and I now run them with an integrated tube amp and a tube phono preamp.....I'm curious as to whether having the crossovers rebuilt or would the materials Carl used still be strong after 25 years? 

I blew the tweeters and Madison sound hooked me up with a pair that I think took the alons yo a new level. 

Oh man I just saw this...better late than never....

Yes my alons are running well...since the last post I have added a rogue audio cronus magnum II integrated amp and a park audio budgie (arriving today). A clearaudio performance dc turntable and a bluesound node 2.
I was hoping to ask the members who have experience with the "Alon open baffle sound" if they have found any other speakers that sound similar but dont require to be 3 feet from the back wall....also a bigger but still tight bass....I have my system in my large bedroom but speakers 3 feet out isn't cutting it

Hi Scott, did you get the Alon's back up and running?

I just pulled my pair out of storage and am replacing the woofers as well. I bought the woofers new from Carl about a year ago. I'm also replacing the Low Pass woofer caps from the stock electrolytic to a Mundorf MKP cap. I've done the Carl approved Low Pass cap upgrade on my Nola Vipers and Alon Lotus x-overs and it makes for a nice improvement to the bass agility/clarity.

Cheers

I am not sure if there is a woofer upgrade for the Alons with alnico magnets but you may want to speak with Carl first and try them before the rebuild from Bill, BTW Bill is the best so send them to hi with confidence.

Happy Listening

Nmmusicman, "In fact I'm fairly certain that Carl uses Miller Sound for his driver rebuild services."

That's true, Bill Legall / Millersound has been Carl's speaker guy for a very long time. Send the pair of drivers to Bill, and he'll have them back to you as good as new.

As a long time Alon/Nola owner including the Alon 1, I wanted to add that as mentioned your best option to retain the famed Alon 1 bass slam and balance is to get the woofers rebuilt/reconed by Miller Sound. In fact I'm fairly certain that Carl uses Miller Sound for his driver rebuild services. Here is the link for Miller Sound:
http://www.millersound.net/service.htm

I have had 2 sets of woofers rebuilt by Miller Sound, one set for my Alon 1's and one set for my Alon Lotus SE mk ll's and both times the quality of rebuild and turn around time were absolutely first rate.

Cheers

Highly unlikely anyone has a pair for sale, but something might come up if you don't mind waiting a few years. Or you could just send them to Bill who will make them better than original and cost the same as a used pair.

Bill worked on my woofers for my previous Model 1's and I can tell you it sounded better after he did the work on them.