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Ohm I speaker upgrade??

I own a beautiful pair of OHM I speakers. Bought new back in 1979, I think it was. Anyway, I am considering replacing the drivers with the new upgrades available from OHM speaker. Has anyone done this to theirs? Or heard a pair that was upgraded? I own several pair of Klipsch speakers and are very happy with them. These speakers are 4 ohm and not as efficient as any of my Klipsch speakers. My latest idea is to replace the subwoofers and use them as my subwoofers in my home theater. I would split the signal from my receiver to an old DH-500 and then to the subwoofer in these speakers.
The speaker cabinets are in beautiful shape and don't want to just put them in the garage.

Any thoughts or suggestions sure be appreaciate.
Thanks to all the reply in advance.
johnymac

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unsound
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I strongly suggest you check the archives before "upgrading" your Ohm drivers. You might be in for a surprise.
unsound
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Johnymac, I don't now or ever have owned Ohm speakers. From what I understand Ohm no longer has the qualified people to make the original and unique Walsh drivers that were used in the earlier Ohm speakers. The replacements drivers they are currently offering are merely inverted tradtional dynamic drivers with different radiation paterns, etc. You might want to check out their web site, they seem to be rather up front about this. The original Walsh drivers are rare and prized, it would be a shame to needlessly discard them. I am by no means an expert on these things. You might want to do some research before commting to anything.
unsound
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I think Audiogon had hic-cup. I tried to post a thank you to Rick for clarifying things and his post was repeated.
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