Replacing or Repairing Monitor Audio Studio 50 Speakers?

[smele]

Hello fellow audiophiles,

I have a pair of Monitor Audio Studio 50 Speakers, that are in a bad shape. Need two new drivers per speaker, 4 in total, costing about £600. My question is, is it worth repairing these speakers or, replacing them with something new?

Is a £1500 pair of speakers going to sound better than my old 50's, once they are repaired?

Been out of the hifi loop for a while and don't know what's good or not. Most of the names I remember seem to be bankrupt or very expensive these days.

Cheers for my ears.
smele.

[Crackie]

What's wrong with the 4 drivers ? Are they open circuit ? Metal cones damaged ? Distorted ?

Wilmslow Audio and/or DC Boultons are likely to be able to fettle your speakers for a lot less than £600, Studio 50s were great when new ( early 90s iirc ) and imho there's been very little progress since.

http://www.wilmslow-audio.co.uk/

http://www.audioloudspeakers.co.uk/boultons.shtml

Good luck

[smele]

Crackie said:

What's wrong with the 4 drivers ? Are they open circuit ? Metal cones damaged ? Distorted ?

Wilmslow Audio and/or DC Boultons are likely to be able to fettle your speakers for a lot less than £600, Studio 50s were great when new ( early 90s iirc ) and imho there's been very little progress since.

http://www.wilmslow-audio.co.uk/

http://www.audioloudspeakers.co.uk/boultons.shtml

Good luck

Good, just checking if it was worth the effort. Both speakers have one mid and one tweeter open circuit. New drivers from MA are £150 each. Interesting websites, will contact them and check it out. I only managed to have a look at one speaker with basic inspection tools, so I hope no too much damage has been done to the other drivers or to the bass drivers. They ended up this as a result of party antics.

Now I am getting excited about getting them working...