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RE: Absolutely! ...

Roger,

You are correct in the sizing. You are however not correct that it is too wide. It can be done and was done. The only issue was that working with it was problematic.- it kept breaking. The only reason why the job wasnt completed was due to circumstances that I don't really want to get into at this stage. To be fair we didn't get to the point to be able to test for efficacy.

You are quite correct about Mylar thickness. We were heading down that route but the repairer was short on Mylar. One of the channels had to have the mylar replaced due to damage. Magnepan do NOT provide Mylar the customers for purchase. It would have meant sourcing it from elsewhere which we could have. However, again and frustratingly so, ego got in the way and the work didn't go in the direction I had hoped for. But yes the repairer did comment that thinner Mylar would have been a good direction to head into. At the time he didn't want to create a disparity between the two. It's also a pain in the ass to replace. Magnepan won't repair tweeter panels on the 1Ds. They replace them. In fact they strongly advise you even attempting to remove the driver. I did. Luckily I had no issues. It's all about getting the correct tensioning of the Mylar which without proper setup is not easy. Luckily the repairer was willing to have a go and it worked.

I would have still liked to have at least tried t see what the result would have been like. But at no stage did the repairer think that size of the ribbon would be prohibitive. It was worth a shot and still so.

Cheers Ozzie

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