I have an old pair of Kenwood JL-730W home audio speakers and need to find new 12" woofers, help please?

Question

The cabs are fine, the Mid and high drivers are in great shape, but the woofers are blown and the cones are beyond repair. I can not find anyplace online that sells replacement parts for this particular model, and I can't find anyplace nearby in Indiana that does loudspeaker repair. If you can find out anything about this unit, or replacement woofers, may you please let me know? thank you!

Answer 1

What you are looking for is a 12" woofer driver.  You don't need a manufacturer's replacement--you only need to find one that matches the impedance and power capacity of your old driver (or, if you don't know that, look at the amp specs for the impedance and peak power output capability of the amp).   There are many on-line sources

http://www.electronixwarehouse.com/home/...

http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?...

http://www.theloudspeakerstore.com/price...

You will have to get into the cabinet to make the replacement, and almost all 12" speakers will fit, but you may have to drill new mounting holes if it is not an exact replacement.

It is important to use the same speaker impedance if the speaker has a passive crossover for the woofer.