HiFi repairs in Birmingham?

[bubbi]

Any HiFi repair shop/person in Birmingham? The tweeters on my Proac Sc1 speakers have stopped working, need someone to look at them.

Thanks.

 

[Bourneendboy]

Pop down to Deco Audio in Aylesbury.

 

[bubbi]

Thanks, but need someone closer to Birmingham.

 

[jcbrum]

Try John Townrow at Five Ways Hi-Fidelity Ltd, in Harborne, Birmingham.
Closed on Mondays, Tel 0121 427 4740.

 

[bubbi]

Thanks for that, will give him a call on Tuesday.

 

[whatsnext]

Try John Townrow at Five Ways Hi-Fidelity Ltd, in Harborne, Birmingham.
Closed on Mondays, Tel 0121 427 4740.

John has helped me before but I assumed he is doing less these days. ATB

 

[hifinutt]

if john can`t help maybe these guys can ?

http://www.djfixer.co.uk/speaker-repairs/birmingham/birmingham/

 

[Central Audio]

Hi Syed

If your tweeters are fried I think you would be better off just replacing them with new ones, I may be wrong but I doubt it would cost that much more.

Tony

 

[bubbi]

Hi Tony,

I did think that, but I thought I'd have them checked out just in case it's something else minor.

 

[Central Audio]

What caused them to fail ?

 

[bubbi]

To be honest, that's how they were when I bought them - was meant to be for my bedroom system. The chap I bought them from said they hadn't been used for a couple of years.

 

[Central Audio]

Obviously because he had blown the tweeters, they don't fail just by sitting there.

 

[jcbrum]

Are you thinking of asking for a refund, or getting them repaired regardless ?

 

[bubbi]

I did get a refund in the end to purchase a new set of tweeters. The seller was an honest gentleman!

 

[Bob McC]

So why not buy new ones and fit them yourself?

 

[bubbi]

Yes, that is the plan, but I thought I'd have them looked at in case it was something else before I ordered the tweeters.

 

[colasblue]

Do you own a multimeter?

Tweeters are an easy thing to test, just pop one out and measure its resistance with leads disconnected.

If it's a few ohms its fine, if it's open circuit then its dead!

A pro is likely to charge you £50 just to do that.

 

[bubbi]

No, I'm afraid I haven't got a multimeter.

 

[Central Audio]

If you want to pop them over Syed, I can test them for you FOC

 

[bubbi]

Hi Tony, that's kind of you. Let me know when it's suitable for me to come over. Thanks.