I just picked up a pair of M5si to match the M3si fronts in a HT rig and they also have 3 blown tweeters. Sent an e-mail to Chris at ABI to see if he can source the replacement parts for me. Great to see the M series are still making people happy.
Mirage M-1 tweeter died, No longer stock. Help
A strange question for all of you. My tweeter (1 of 4) on my Mirage M-1 speakers died. Mirage not longer stocks these tweeters. They have offered to rebuild it, but I would not like to have my system down for a very long time since I do not have a spare pair of speakers.
Do any of you know where I can purchase a new/used Mirage M-1 tweeter?
Thanks in advance,
Al
Do any of you know where I can purchase a new/used Mirage M-1 tweeter?
Thanks in advance,
Al
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I think the M-1 uses the same tweeter as the M-3. I purchased a pair of M-3's with both tweeters blown on the right channel. My speakers are the original M-3, not the M-3si. M-3 uses 8 ohm drivers, M-3si uses 4 ohm drivers. I couldn't find OEM replacements for my M-3's tweeters and was considering retrofitting with an Audax tweeter from Madisound when I stumbled across a listing on eBay for an Acoustic Research tweeter that vaguely looked similar to the M-3's tweeter. The eBay seller only had one and didn't accept returns. However, I found the same model on Parts Express' website. The screw patterns looked similar and it looked like it had the same circuit-board flange mounted terminals of the OEM Mirage M-3 tweeter. On a hunch that the AR tweeter's plastic housing could be removed, I bought a pair. https://www.parts-express.com/acoustic-research-1210128-oa-3-4-fabric-dome-tweeter--299-2036 It turns out that the plastic housing lifts right off when the 3 screws are removed, and below it is an exact replica of the M-3 tweeter, right down to the 2 dowel pins that align and pin the voice coil/dome assembly to the magnet structure. This entire tweeter bolts up to the M-3 tweeter housing using the same 3 screws. This replacement unit features a metalized dome, whereas the OEM unit is not metalized. Mechanically, this is a drop-in replacement. When installed, the speaker with the replacement tweeters sound exactly like the other channel with the OEM tweeters.Joy! |
NGD Service in Montreal should have all the replacement parts for Mirage and quite a few other makes. http://www.ndgservice.ca/parts_en.php?lang=en |
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