So a $550 11 year old used speaker arrives with damaged drivers and your so distraught you consider giving up this hobby? Seems to me you greatly over reacted to such a slight issue. The point about the drivers being used and a 11 year old speaker not having NOS parts available all are a bit whiny to me. Its not hard to swap out drivers and pulling to ship for repair is not as big a deal as you make it seem. The point about shipping damage should just be as you mentioned a return refund and move on the seller should refund and await the UPS results. Its not the sky falling at all just a minor bump in the rd.
Replacement drivers that ARE NOT NEW STOCK?
I have recently purchased a used pair of the highly regarded and praised Von Schweikert VR-1. Unfortunately, they were delivered damaged: The woofer dust cap of one speaker is pushed in almost all the way;, and there is 1/2 inch dimple on the tweeter of the other speaker.
Upon playing them the damaged woofer has a raspy distorted sound. The other speaker sounded OK with no distortion or sonic aberrations
Von Schweikert informed me they have NO NEW STOCK OR NOS OF these drivers for VR-1. However, they possibly can source them from drivers "pulled out" of other speakers in their warehouse that are I assume VR-1 speakers damaged in other ways.
I am not so sure this is worth it, considering the drivers could be dried out or susceptible to sudden failure. However, I like some advice on this dilemma. The repair cost could be about $250 including shipping. The speakers sound very good as many AG member have claimed in other threads, but I am not sure if it is worth the aggravation, time, and potential hassles; and so, just start looking for an "equivalent" whether used or new.
I paid $550 for them. The VR-1 were discontinued in 2004 Will appreciate any advice. Thanks!!
Upon playing them the damaged woofer has a raspy distorted sound. The other speaker sounded OK with no distortion or sonic aberrations
Von Schweikert informed me they have NO NEW STOCK OR NOS OF these drivers for VR-1. However, they possibly can source them from drivers "pulled out" of other speakers in their warehouse that are I assume VR-1 speakers damaged in other ways.
I am not so sure this is worth it, considering the drivers could be dried out or susceptible to sudden failure. However, I like some advice on this dilemma. The repair cost could be about $250 including shipping. The speakers sound very good as many AG member have claimed in other threads, but I am not sure if it is worth the aggravation, time, and potential hassles; and so, just start looking for an "equivalent" whether used or new.
I paid $550 for them. The VR-1 were discontinued in 2004 Will appreciate any advice. Thanks!!