cambridge speakers

[frank m]

I need some help from you folks. I'm trying to replace my lower end speakers (top of the line McIntosh,but 25 years old with deteriorated cones} matching the higher end with new woofers, with due respect for matching the crossover frequency and the different power requirements of today visavis 25 years ago. My question is this.
Cambridge soundworks seems to have the answers----have any of you dealt with them or use their equipment?
Has anybody faced this kind of problem before? Any comments at all would be helpful, thanks

[frank m]

anyone--help1

[Gentle Giant]

Trying to understand your desired solution: are you looking for new components to install in your existing McIntosh cabinets, or are you looking to approximate the sounds from your old speakers with a pair from Cambridge Soundworks?

I've done the first with good results from a little shop in Newton, Mass. called The Stereo Shop. Not sure they're still around, but they replaced a woofer in my factory-built Burhoe Acoustics (Blue components in slim Dark Green cabinets), and if anything they're better. I should've but never did replace the other one to match.

As for Camb Soundworks, I don't own any of their products, but I have bought speakers there for others (or accompanied them to advise on their purchases). I think their stuff is very good-quality but it's pretty subjective since I don't know how your McIntoshes performed.

[frank m]

Gentle giant.-----Thanks for your reply. I think I've solved my problem. You should realize that I was starting off from a state of almost complete ignorance about how speakers are actually built. Since then I've been educating myself courtesy of the internet. I've found that what I thought was damage to the speaker cones was actually damage to the membrane surrounding the cones called the 'surround' . These surrounds are available from a number of sources on the internet, some are available for the exact McIntosh speakers in question. The source I dealt with supply a kit with the 'surround's and instructions and are available by phone for technical advice. It's a relatively simple repair requiring only patience and care.

By the way. The internet is terrific. In researching this problem, I "talked" to lots of knowledgeable people and even got to "talk" to the very guy who designed my speakers. Wow.

Anyway, thanks Gentle giant. Problem solved.