emaidel
02-17-2008, 09:42 AM
First and foremost, I have a feeling I posted a very similar thread in the past, and if I did, I must apologize to members for possibly repeating myself.
OK, now that that's out of the way....
I spent $139.50 each to have the woofers in my DQ-10's completely rebuilt, not just refoamed, by Regnar. For those who don't know who Regnar is, I'll state that they're a company in New York, comprised primarily of ex-Dahlquist employees, who specialize in the repair/refurbishing of Dahlquist products. All of them are steadfast believers in the DQ-10 still being a high-end, quality loudspeaker, able to hold its own against much of anything on the market.
I had the woofers refoamed earlier by an outfit in Florida (whose initials are "S. S") and, while the woofers looked OK, they didn't peform very well, and provided noticeable distortion at very low frequencies. I called Regnar, and spent a good deal of time talking with their service manager, Joe, about the importance of a rebuild vs. a simple refoam on a driver that was over 30 years old.
Upon receiving my "repaired" woofers, Joe called me to go over in great detail, the sloppy job that had been done on them. Regnar then completely rebuilt each woofer, and sent both back to me, all within about a week. The "other" outfit took over 8 weeks to complete a simple refoam.
I had posted this information on a different website, and was all but verbally eviscerated by people who told me I was flat out nuts to spend that much money, and that a refoam was all that was ever needed. Nevertheless, the truth came out once I reinstalled the rebuilt woofers, and have to say that the job Regnar did was outstanding, and there was a noticeable improvement in the overall sound of my DQ-10;s.
So, that's my "tale." I think many of Regnar's prices are downright outrageous ($150 for each of the midrange drivers in the DQ-10, for example), but I have heard from a few people who all but swear by whatever work they'e had done on their DQ-10's by Regnar.
So, is there anyone here at AR who has experience in this respect? If so, I'd be very interested in hearing from you.
OK, now that that's out of the way....
I spent $139.50 each to have the woofers in my DQ-10's completely rebuilt, not just refoamed, by Regnar. For those who don't know who Regnar is, I'll state that they're a company in New York, comprised primarily of ex-Dahlquist employees, who specialize in the repair/refurbishing of Dahlquist products. All of them are steadfast believers in the DQ-10 still being a high-end, quality loudspeaker, able to hold its own against much of anything on the market.
I had the woofers refoamed earlier by an outfit in Florida (whose initials are "S. S") and, while the woofers looked OK, they didn't peform very well, and provided noticeable distortion at very low frequencies. I called Regnar, and spent a good deal of time talking with their service manager, Joe, about the importance of a rebuild vs. a simple refoam on a driver that was over 30 years old.
Upon receiving my "repaired" woofers, Joe called me to go over in great detail, the sloppy job that had been done on them. Regnar then completely rebuilt each woofer, and sent both back to me, all within about a week. The "other" outfit took over 8 weeks to complete a simple refoam.
I had posted this information on a different website, and was all but verbally eviscerated by people who told me I was flat out nuts to spend that much money, and that a refoam was all that was ever needed. Nevertheless, the truth came out once I reinstalled the rebuilt woofers, and have to say that the job Regnar did was outstanding, and there was a noticeable improvement in the overall sound of my DQ-10;s.
So, that's my "tale." I think many of Regnar's prices are downright outrageous ($150 for each of the midrange drivers in the DQ-10, for example), but I have heard from a few people who all but swear by whatever work they'e had done on their DQ-10's by Regnar.
So, is there anyone here at AR who has experience in this respect? If so, I'd be very interested in hearing from you.