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I picked up a set of Diamante's for cheap. They have trashed foam surrounds but otherwise seem fine. I plan on veneering the "marble" with a beautiful teak or rosewood- I haven't decided.The angles will look pretty cool with the right veneer. The marble is not so cool but rigid and heavy. 

Curious if some upgraded drivers would improve the sound- as apposed to re-foaming. I realize this is a shot in the dark but my understanding is Roy from GMA has passed so not sure where to get driver advice. Open to any and all suggestions.

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larryi
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The chances of finding a suitable drop in replacement driver is extremely remote.  Drivers have so many different operating parameters that have to be considered in the initial design of a speaker, and the driver must be matched to other drivers through careful selection, modifications of the drivers, and design of the crossover, such that it would be almost impossible to find a perfect match even if you knew all of the operating characteristics of the original driver. 

Your best bet is to have the surround replaced.  

larryi
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A local dealer has drivers re-foamed all the time.  He has a tech that can do it, but, it takes the tech hours to do a pair, while the place they use charges $50 to do the job.  The commercial operations can even do extremely delicate work, like replacing the surround on Lowther drivers, some can re-cone and replace spiders.

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