STONES SOUND STUDIO    

Replacement Speaker Drivers   Selection Guide 

                                  by    Russell Storey   

   
 

 

STONES SOUND STUDIO receives many requests for replacement drivers for older speaker boxes or car systems 
where manufacturer replacements are no longer available. Please e-mail  or  phone us with your success stories or any special
instructions needed to make the driver fit into a speaker box or car Limit the information to what we have requested
in the
INFO list below and not complete speaker rebuilds 

WHAT  I NEED

 I need  a  Photo  of the Woofer  , Speaker Box ,   Hole cut out   and  Speaker frame   size  information in order to help you find a replacement woofer.

 ""  My aim is to provide a replacement speaker as good if not better than the  original  ""

Please email  or Call me by phone   

     Russell Storey

INFOMATION    You can Email   or    Call by Phone   02 66793059  for quick service  
  1. Picture of driver front

  2. Picture of driver rear magnet

  3. Picture of driver side view

  4. Picture of driver model number on the chassis or  magnet

  5. The diameter of the woofer, from outside edge to edge

  6. The cutout hole size for the woofer

  7. The box dimensions, length x width x depth

  8. If the woofer has a vent (tube where air can come in and out), what is the diameter and length

  9. Does the woofer have a foam surround or rubber surround?

  10.  Is the cone material paper, polypropylene or something else?

  11.  Is the frame a cast metal or a stamped sheet metal?



 

                                                               

                        RAAL Ribbon Tweeters         Eighteen Sound Professional           MUNDORF  Capacitors                               Scan Speak  Peerless Vifa            SB Acoustics

 

Driver Magnet

BOX  Back view


Driver Side

Driver Front


BOX Front view

If your speaker is not on this list we need the following  pictures and information in order to help you find a replacement woofer:

image: Music with MUSL 

Holden Commodore Truck
Pioneer system

image: MUSL Truck


HoldenCommodoreTruck
InsideView front

avi woofer

318i

Dash inside view Drivers side door panel

BMW 318i
inside parcel shelf

If you want to replace all the drivers or redesign your speaker box  and crossover to suit the new speaker drivers ,
We offer  STONES  LEAP 5  Box and Crossover design services for any combination of speaker drivers
 and box

HOMETHEATER  and    HI- FI STEREO SPEAKERS
BRAND

MODEL

ORIGINAL

REPLACEMENT

COMMENT

B&W

Dm 110

1” soft dome tweeter

Peerless 810653

Attenuate tweeter around 3db with a resistor in the xover  to match bass/mid level . Rebore hole to fit

BOSE

501 SERIES II

6” paper cone

Daiichi SP6-50

Rebore hole to fit and fill vent with wadding

JBL

L10   3way  Vented

10’ paper cone

None

Re Roll  original 

KEF

C60S   Bookshelf  Sealed

8” KEF bass/mid

PEERLESS
8” 850950

Remove  50% of the wadding . Enlarge  driver cut out hole  by 10mm

MARANTZ

633 3 way Floor standing

12’ bass/mid  paper
 square frame

Daiichi SQ12-100

Rebore hole to fit and fill vent with wadding

CARVER

 

126WR26 81CD

Peerless 830341

 5", 4 ohm speaker

 

 

 126WR26 72CD DM

Peerless 830342

 5", 4 ohm speaker

 

 

 126WR26 72CD TV

Peerless 830343

 5", 4 ohm speaker, shielded

Paradigm Model 3se Mini

    Peerless  833599    confirmed to be good drop-in replacement woofer  
SONY ES Series 3way 12" driver paper Peerless  831857  

 


























 

CAR AUDIO-AUTO

BRAND

MODEL

ORIGINAL

REPLACEMENT

COMMENT

AUDI

 

 

 

 

BMW

328i

5” door

Daiichi Sp4-24

rebore hole to fit

FALCON

XB

4” dash

Daiichi Sp4-24

Relocate driver

HOLDEN

VLCommodore

2.5” dash full range

Daiichi

Rebore hole

MAZDA

Premacy

3”door bass mid

original only

 

NISSEN

Skyline

8” bose rear shelf

Peerless 8” 850950
 

Remote backseataccess

USA SPEAKERS

ACOUSTIC RESEARCH

DUNLAVY
To match the drivers in your SC- or other model Dunlavy speaker, you would have to remove the drivers from the cabinet and inspect them for size and model number

Dunlavy Part Number

Description

Vifa/ Scan-Speak Equivalent

1001

12" Woofer

Vifa M30WO-49

1003

5" Mid-Bass

    Vifa P13WG-00-08

1004

7" Mid-Bass

M18WO-08

1008

6.5" Mid-Bass

P17WJ00-08

1012

1" Dome Tweeter

D27TG35-06

1014

6.5" Shielded Mid-Bass

P17SJ00-08

1029

4" Cone Midrange

M10MD39-08

1033

5.5" Shielded Mid-Bass

M13SG09-08

1035

8" Woofer

P21WN20-08

1036

1" Shielded Dome Tweeter

D27SG05-06

1045

10" Woofer

Scan 25W/8565

 VON SCHWEIKERT RESEARCH

VR-3 The woofer is a special 10" with rubber surround we call the VR10.  The midrange is a special Audax carbon fiber cone, the HT131C0 (101670A). The front tweeter is the Vifa D25AG-35-06 and the rear tweeter is the D19TD-05-08
VR-4 The midrange is a special Audax HM130C0 with a different spider we call the HM130C0-VR (101820L).   The front tweeter is the Vifa D25AG-35-06 and the rear tweeter is the VIFA  D19TD-05-08, 
VR-4.5 There are two 8" Eton 8-800 woofers . The midrange is a special Audax HM130C0 with a different spider we call the HM130C0-VR (101820L).   The front tweeter is the Vifa D25AG-35-06 and the rear tweeter is the D25AG-05-06,
VR-6 There are two 8"Eton 8-800 woofers, The midranges are a special Audax HM130C0 with a different spider we call the HM130C0-VR (101820L).  There are two FocalTC120TDX2 tweeters, one front and one back
UK SPEAKERS

TDL UK

TL2 The woofer is a special version of a Kef  B139 with rubber surround The midrange is a Vifa paper cone,  The front tweeter a metal dome audax

GALE

TL2 The woofer is a special version of a Kef  B200 Bextrene cone with rubber surround  The front tweeter a metal dome audax

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    Replacement Speaker Drivers   Selection Guide                                                                 

                                                  by                Russell Storey   

                                   updated     Feb 2011

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