They let out a high pitched tone, then fell silent, with burned-out coils.

I once blew the tweeters on the same speakers by connecting a tape recorder on 'monitor' and 'input' then pressing 'record'.

The total cost to me was about equal to what I thought was a humorous exaggeration on May 01, not much more than $15 per speaker.ДЄnyone thinking of new speakers as a long-term investment, please consider this story. The speakers clearly perform to original specification - good strong tone at 65 Hz, even something audible at 32 Hz. I find both my wife and I hear to about 14 kHz teenage children to about 16-17 kHz. I've listened to some music and a test disc. Total cost: ВЈ24.26 for two tweeter coil assemblies. No security issue at London Heathrow, rather to my surprise (they must have looked suspicious in the X-ray, surely). Bring them home in my cabin baggage late Friday night. 04 June FedEx delivery to where is was staying, from KEF in Maidstone. Nevertheless we will now ship them to you tomorrow, for overnight delivery, without charge'.Д© a.m. We are sorry your order seems to have been lost somewhere, but I can be certain it was not by us. Friday 04 June? I am willing to pay for courier delivery.' Me: 'It happens I am visiting London tomorrow and the day after - could you possibly accept payment by card now, and perhaps have the coils shipped to the following address to arrive not later that 10 a.m. Lost post to and from where I live is frequent. 'Sorry, we've searched all our records nothing from you'. I have always like the sound of KEF speakers, and the build quality, too.ДЄfter sending KEF an order and cheque for a matched pair of tweeter coil assemblies for my 1982 Coda 2 loudspeakers (see May 10), and hearing nothing from them, I phoned up on June 02. I think that's a good company to deal with. KEF AUDIO (UK) Limited / Celestion Consumer Division This shipping cost will cover up to 0.5 kgs, so if you wanted more than 1 the shipping cost remains the same is 990030A and the cost will be ВЈ12.13 each. Yes we can supply a replacement assembly for this tweeter. At the weekend, clutching at the final straw, I filled in the on-line query form on the KEF website, not hoping for too much. I have blown a tweeter in a 1982 KEF Coda II. And there is nothing wrong with the magnet, of course (made in France btw). A pretty well-made door-bell, admittedly.

There is about as much technology in there as in a door-bell. If you look at it, a complete replacement coil should not cost more than about $15 equivalent, if mass produced, even today, I should think. The KEF distributor who suggested repair of the SP3004 tweeter stopped replying to my e-mails when I described the problem.

Local distributor says 'too old' (the speaker, that is.) but I am tenacious and hate planned obsolescence. I am currently investigating repair/replacement of a 1982 KEF tweeter. I already have quite a lot of speakers, but my pushing the limits with HT and trying to get an old amp up and running have caused a couple of systems failures. The speakers in question are KEF Coda II, a budget model, a two-driver, sealed-box, large 'Bookshelf' design. The following is edited out of a various posts on the thread DVD-Audio & SACD > Plunging into Multi-channel Posted on Sunday, J05:41 GMTLet me pass on a recent experience that has reinforced my own long-term preference for KEF.

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