Help with repairing speaker grill fasteners?


I recently purchased a pair of Silverline Sonatinas here on Audiogon and they were shipped to me. However, one speaker grill suffered a little damage in transit. Looks like the 6 tabs (male) all snapped off the inside of the speaker grill frame and are stuck in the (female) receptacles in the speaker cabinet. Hence, the speaker grill has no means of being attached to the speaker. I contacted Alan Yun (what a great guy!)at Silverline and that model has been out of production for sometime. If I could find 6 male tabs (what does one actually call those?) and 6 female receptacles I might be able to remedy the situation quickly. I welcome ideas from those of you with experience building and/or repairing speakers!
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Showing 1 response by rbrowne

It's a little surprising that the manufacturer doesn't have some spare parts kept for repair on older, discontinued models. With that said, it seems that you would need to pull out the broken pieces from the female connectors and replace the male connectors on the grill. Without knowing the exact parts you need, a couple of places to look would be http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/grill-fasteners/ or http://www.parts-express.com/wizards/searchResults.cfm?srchExt=CAT&srchCat=821&CFID=3907347&CFTOKEN=10865306

Good luck with your project.