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krimney · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:11 am Post subject: Radford parts

Ok, I may have the chance to get a set of Radford S90 TL speakers. Current owner says he thinks that a mid is not working. I have read a bit and found one statement that says the tweeter is a philips?? does anyone know if Radford used their own drivers for the S90? it is a 10" with dome mid and tweeter.

ColinR · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:43 am Post subject:

krimney · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject: radfords

Well, I opened them up and poked around a bit.
Tweeter is a peerless, I can see the peerless logo under the radford sticker.
I think the mid is also a peerless sealed back mid.
woofer is a Goodmans.

the wires were loose on the mid so I resoldered them, to no avail. Started poking around on the crossover and one of the caps waas loose, and when I touched it the mid came to life!!! soldered the loose connection and now they are singing beautifully.

Very nice sounding indeed.

ColinR · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:29 am Post subject:

Nowt like a good poke Very Happy

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audiolabtower · VIP Contributor 500+ Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 686

that tweeter looked so like the 1 inch Audax that almost everyone ended up using in the 70s/80s I wondered who came first and who copied whom? Smile

Did not Kef also buy in Audax tweeters for the low cost series for a time? Coda III with a plastic face plate with Kef engraved on show? Or was it just the models with the cloth sock that covered all the sides, Celeste and Concord 4s?

ColinR · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject:

Cronology from memory, Peerless DT10HFC then the KO10DT and it's contemporary the Audax 12*9, then the square plated Peerless and it's contemporary the Audax HD100D25.

Dunno about the SP1087 but the K Series tweeters / Linn Twisted Evil

Index SP1192 was made by Panasonic.
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krimney · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:10 am Post subject: parts

Dropped in to my favourite audio shop today and found myself a pair of 2" Goodman mids as used in the S90. model MD9/2. Also in the panel were a pair of TD3 tweeters (also used in the s90) only one is currently working but I might be able to fix the other.

It has been suggested by another member on another forum that I should replace the goodman/peerless units with some better drivers.??