Replacement Upper 10's for SuperTower III's

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spitfun

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Replacement Upper 10's for SuperTower III's
« on: 16 Feb 2025, 08:16 pm »
I replaced all the drivers in my STIII's (even the passives) with the upgrades from Brian when has was alive,but I don't remember why I didn't replace the  upper 10's?? It looks like all the replacements drivers I installed may have been in the newer VMPS speakers of the time as I did this upgrade probably 20 years ago. Anybody have the specs on the upper 10's that would coincide with the carbon fiber drivers in the later models? I would like to complete these speakers-or maybe I already have?? Any help would be much appreciated.. Rich



davidc1

Re: Replacement Upper 10's for SuperTower III's
« Reply #1 on: 16 Feb 2025, 08:44 pm »
You definitely have a lot of the newer drivers, except the 10-inch woofers and your JVC super Tweeter. Tweeter. But the picture is not good enough resolution to get a good look at them. Perhaps you can take a higher resolution picture in 4k or just a close-up picture of the 10-inch drivers. As well, if you haven't refund the focal t120 tweeters, take a good look at the surrounds of each one of them and you'll probably see them starting to shrink or separate

spitfun

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Re: Replacement Upper 10's for SuperTower III's
« Reply #2 on: 16 Feb 2025, 09:39 pm »
The tweeters were replaced with the Morels that Brian recommended as an upgrade when I did all the other drivers except the upper 10's. You are correct though, I still have the original supertweeters in these. Here is a close up of the 10's...


spitfun

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Re: Replacement Upper 10's for SuperTower III's
« Reply #3 on: 22 Feb 2025, 05:56 pm »
I picked up a pair of these,not sure what they came out of-I can't seem to cross reference the model numbers of the driver with an old VMPS speaker system,hopefully the originals are 8 ohms also when I pull them out and swap them for these...




spitfun

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Re: Replacement Upper 10's for SuperTower III's
« Reply #4 on: 14 Mar 2025, 12:36 pm »
Well,I installed those woofers and they are in fact 8 ohm drivers. They sound fine and now all have rubber surrounds and should last for a while.I will keep the originals for backups.






davidc1

Re: Replacement Upper 10's for SuperTower III's
« Reply #5 on: 14 Mar 2025, 02:42 pm »
Cool. Keep the legacy alive.
I also switch the left and right speakers like you have to. Meaning the original design idea was to have the line array of mid-ranges and tweeters beyond the inside. But my listening position makes it that if I do that the drivers we blocked by my big TV as well. So I also have them on the outside.