Meadowlark Kestrel: Model Number of Woofer?
This late in the game - yes its as close as your going to get, the woofer has been discontinued for 15 years or more :-), The stock one the P17 was very popular way back when which is why ScanSpeak still makes it. It was the woofer I used in my first commercial product, the Montana 2. www.pbnaudio.com Best of luck Peter |
Pbnaudio: Do you know if the woofer available on the eBay link is as close to the stock woofer as Im going to get? $55 with shipping isnt much, but Im hesitant to buy when Ive not even bought the Kestrels yet. I had planned to ask about paper equivalent woofers to the stock woofer on some speaker builder forum, but you seem to have experience building or at least heavily modifying speakers. Timrhu: Thanks for your reply. Sorry for the belated response, but I didnt get an e-mail when you replied :) What other forums would you suggest I check out. Doesnt seem like theres much activity here. |
BTW, does anyone know how to set up preferences so that I am e-mailed when someone replies to a my thread? Sorry, not happenin on this forum. I've been using this forum for more than 10 years and have to say it is the least user friendly forum I hang out on. Shame really as it used to be one of the best. |
Vifa and ScanSpeak was the same company way back when, ScanSpeak today resides in the same buildings that Vifa occupied. They have all the tools etc to make the old standards by Vifa many of the folks that worked a Vifa back when it was a a Danish Company works for ScanSpeak today. You can try to swap the drivers out, they will foot in the cutouts, sound will of course change maybe you will like it, maybe not, but what the heck its only $35 for a fun interesting experiment Best of Luck Peter |
Not one to discourage experimentation...but the Kestral was "voiced" with the original driver...might seem marginal...but that was the intent of the original design...like I mentioned...I wouldn't mess with a good thing unless the original driver needs replacement...I wouldn't get too hung up on paper vs poly...there are good and bad examples of both ...hope this helps. |
Pbnaudio: Thanks for the info. Im not sure why I thought the woofer was made by Vifa. Maybe the speaker builder friend I knew at the time was referring to a paper woofer made by Vifa that had specs similar to the Kestrels ScanSpeak. Do you think the woofer on eBay is as similar to the stock Kestrel woofer as I am going to find? I really dont know what Im doing, and had thought I would take some time to educate myself a bit and get the help of folks on some speaker builder forum before going forward with buying the speakers and changing the drivers. Timrhu: Thanks for the offer, but I dont think I need pictures of the crossovers yet. If I cannot get the paper driver to integrate with the tweeter and crossovers, the most Im willing to do is change the resisters. If it needs a change in the crossover point, I would just scratch the project. Phasecorrect: Thanks for the advice. Im prepared to scratch the project and reinstall the stock woofers if the paper woofer sounds worse. BTW, does anyone know how to set up preferences so that I am e-mailed when someone replies to a my thread? Thanks, Chris |
Just did an ebay search, Hurry on this one, there is a pair of the Shielded Version available for $ 35 + shipping Vifa M17 Best of luck Peter |
I have owned 3 pairs of the Meadowlark Kestrels, the first pair was the Hot Rod version. I once started to remove one of the woofers, can't remember why, but I gave up as it seemed stuck to the baffle and I wasn't ambitious enough to rip it out. If you are looking for a "natural" speaker, you should definitely check the Kestrels out. They are one of the most natural sounding speakers I have heard. I suggest you buy them, check them out, you may or may not feel a need to change the driver. send me an email and I can send some pics of the crossovers, both hot rod and standard. |
