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Bill Legall-MillerSound speaker driver repair

I just wanted to share a wonderful experience I had with Bill Legall from Millersound with everyone.

I had purchased a pair of pretty rare, no longer made, (the company is gone) full range, single driver speakers from a guy and knew going in that he had damaged one of the drivers by hooking up an amp that was emitting a little bit of DC in one channel. Needless to say, it completely froze the driver solid.

I was told that these weren’t repairable and were really designed to be replaced and not repaired. Enter Bill and Millersound. I told him what happened and he said he could surely fix it, but it might not a “perfectionist” job because of the custom nature of the driver. I told him that knowing his reputation, they would probably be as close to perfect as possible.

Well, I just got the driver back and I was wrong. This thing IS PERFECT! I mean you can’t tell it from the other original driver and it sounds SUPERB!!

I, (along with several others) have recommended Bill many times here on this forum, but I have never needed his services, until now. Man, am I glad I took my own advice. If anyone needs a speaker repaired I give Bill and Millersound my highest recommendation.

He has my business forever…
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oilmanmojo
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I will add my recommendation for Bill Legall. I had 4 Scanspeak Drivers out of my late 90's Audiophysic Caldera II speakers. The foam had failed. He gave me good packing instructions. After shipping them to him, he followed up with some different options on surround materials. He also tested the speakers and found one had some issues and found a corroded wire that popped off one of the cones. He sent pictures of what he found and repaired them at no additional cost. I got them back today and they look brand new. The sound is great. I had considered replacing these drivers but found that they are no longer produced. SInce they were specifically made to Audiophysic specs, I was concerned of changing drivers so refoaming was a good alternative. In addition, the cost of refoaming 4 drivers was cheaper than one driver replacement. Bill is a true professional and a pleasure to work with. A pleasant surprise these days. 

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jjss49
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nice to see this thread resurrected

bill at millersound is simply superb at what he does

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logos47
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Bill Legal is an excellent craftsman who re-built my AR4Xa speaker drivers.  He used a NOS kind of highly flexible wire that will resist ware from cone excursion over the long haul. and dampened the stamped speaker frames for resonance quieting.  The result is marvelous sound.  Called by some "the improbable speaker" for its outsized presentation, they now sound big and beautiful.  Bill is a consummate pro and his wife Loretta are delightful kind people whose mission is to help us in our pursuit of good sound.  Oh, and they are organized, good communicators.

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