looking for supplier of HK sub foam surounds

Hi

I am looking for a supplier of the foam surrounds for the dual 6.5" speakers in my HK sub woofer.

This is a MY2000 P38 with the Alpine DSP head unit (soon to be changed ).

Here in Australia there is a supplier of generic surrounds. Some P38 owners have used these and are apparently happy with them. I found that the size is different and expect they will adversely affect the quality of the bass output.

The generic surround has a shallower and wider "roll" which will limit the travel of the speaker cone. Less air movement less "volume" etc.

I'm happy to call a potential supplier (in the UK) to investigate further. While I would prefer an original spare part, I don't mind a generic part as long as it is very close to the dimensions of my current surrounds.

Thanks for your help

Kind regards

Peter

I am sure if you ask around at hifi shops they can put you on to people who do custom repairs, replacing the foam surround used to be quite a common thing. the other option would be to replace the drivers. tbh even though hk, the set up is not really that high end and i doubt a generic surround will make it sound much worse than it does. if you are going for a high end head unit, unless you do a lot of work, you will end up losing the steering controls and may have to bypass the door amps and so forth. might as well replace the speakers at the same time and be done with it.

rasheed said:

I am sure if you ask around at hifi shops they can put you on to people who do custom repairs, replacing the foam surround used to be quite a common thing. the other option would be to replace the drivers. <snip>

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Thanks for the feedback Rasheed.

Here in Western Australia there is one speaker repair company, there is another company in Sydney. I emailed the local company support and they suggested I contact the Sydney co.

The Sydney co. are the suppliers of the "wrong size" surround.

I called a few places in the UK, including Harmon Kardon. The best advice was to call Wembley Speaker repairs, which I did. They were helpful so far and based on the email I sent them with photos and dimensions I hope to get something close to my preferred needs.

I'll probably buy one of the devices to restore my steering wheel controls. I'm waiting for a reply from Clarkie130 about the lead he "designed" for alternative head unit replacements.

regards

Peter

No problem mate. Let us know how you get along, if it works it'll be a good tip for the forum! Maybe you can even post up before and after pics.