Kenwood speaker repair?

[nadude98]

Hi, I have a pair of Kenwood speakers I picked up at the local goodwill and I got them home and found out the midrange on one of them is blown..... They are not anything special but they don't sound terrible either and I would like to fix them if possible. Model of the speaker is JL-1001AV and the tweeter is T06-0282-05.

Anyone have any suggestions...? Figure they are good enough for my grandkids.....lol.

I can't even find out enough about the midrange to shop for a replacement from parts express for something that would work..

 

[xero-D-hero]

Probably cant find much info on them because likely they were part of a Kenwood "combo" system,and as such any information/specs about them would probably need to reference the combo system's part number,and not the specific speaker part number.

Years ago I had a set of the Kenwood JL-1080AV speakers that I got from a stereo store that used to sell the Kenwood combo systems,and they'd end up with a bunch of the leftover Kenwood combo speakers when they would upgrade the customers systems with higher-end speakers,so they'd unload the leftovers at one of those "end of the year" close-out sales,and they were actually a pretty good deal.

And yeah,,,for what they were,,,they were'nt half bad,,,so I "get" where you're coming from...

There are two ways to go at this IMO.

First way,find another working/OEM/used replacement,that obviously could take a good while,and end up being entirely hit -or- miss.

Second way,dont sweat the details too much,these sorta speakers were'nt overly complex speakers @ all,typically no real crossovers or such,just inline caps or such,so yeah it's just your typical 8 ohm mass produced stuff,so honestly most any generic 8 ohm replacement should work reasonbly well,the only catch here is anytime you replace drivers like this,they should be replaced in pairs to ensure a more even match between the two speakers.

If you want a close match size wise,that's mostly NBD either,as that would be pretty straight forward as well.

HTH

Bret P.

 

[nadude98]

Thanks Bret, it looks like I'll doing option one.. Simply Speakers got back to me and gave me a recommendation for a mid for them....

Cheers,
Jim

 

[Billy Oxygen]

Jim,

What mids did you end up going with? Do you like them?

I have a set of JL 901's owned since 1991. I recently put some dyna-mat on the interior in a few strategic places to knock out the ringing, and put in some speaker fill to damp them. They sound much better. I am going to actually brace them at some point. I would like to know what simply speakers reccommended for future reference should I need it.

Thanks!

 

[nadude98]

I went with some recommended by simply speakers. Perfect fit..sound ok..