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Help! I blew it!!

Posted by Tubie_ or not _Tubie? (A) on February 22, 2007 at 09:36:59

I’ve been farting around with “Hi-Fi” for almost 50 years and never ”blew” a speaker before… and it had to be one of my beloved Tannoy 15” HPD Dual Concentrics (Arden c. 1976).
I was “wiggling wires” (inputs) and created a loud horrific blast to the speaker. It now buzzes on certain bass frequencies and the voice coil can be felt to rub when pushed in, gently, by hand. I live in Phoenix and had the speakers re-coned at Field Services to the tune of about $800, about 8 years ago. I still have the original cones w/ voice coils intact. Only the suspension was rotted away. My initial search for their phone/address yielded nothing.
My questions:
1- What kind of repair might I be looking at?
2- Can anything be salvaged from my original cones/coils?
3- Might I also have fried an electronic component in the cross-over?
4- Is “Field Services" still around, or who in Phx. might be recommended for the necessary repair(s).
Thanks to all.

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