A lot of great information in these posts!! I bought a set of Xa's back in 1972 along with a Harmon Kardon 930 and Garrard zero-100 turntable. It was my first "real" system. Later added a set of III's. Both sets have gone through a lot since then (moving half way across the country included). The woofers are shot in the Xa's and have been searching for replacements. I tried a set of replacements but they just weren't the same. I threw out the old ones and now wish I hadn't because I think I found a guy that rebuilds speakers and "maybe" could have revived them. Oh well... I just can't part with them. The III's have "survived" much abuse and are still going strong except one does have a bad super tweeter and I'm going to try the "rebuild guy" if I can't find a replacement. From what you guys have been saying it looks like its really hard if not impossible to find replacement parts. I guess at least looking for other sets as you have done may give me enough parts to work with.
A little off topic, but I have also been trying to find speaker cloth to replace and give a face lift to mine. I was hoping to find someone that sells at least something close to the original but so far no luck. Some are close, but if I can I want to keep as close to original as possible. Any pointers/comments to any of this would be much appreciated.
