Scanspeak have just released their new Gold Series automotive speakers - these hi-end drive units feature top quality hand selected component parts and are upgraded / response optimised specifically for the many challenges of the in-car environment, such as sound reflective surfaces and rapid heat / humidity changes.
The new Gold Series incorporate the very best of Scanspeak innovations from the class leading Revelator / Illuminator drive units and offer the discerning listener the pinnacle of audiophile performance for automotive applications.
Designed and built in Denmark 
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Willys-Hifi Ltd - the specialist UK loudspeaker parts company
We are pleased to announce that we are now an authorised dealer for Talk Electronics / Edwards Audio.
TALK Electronics is a UK based designer and manufacturer of award winning hi-fi. For over 15 years they have designed and manufactured (in the UK) some of the world’s finest value for money high fidelity equipment.
TALK Electronics was created by Kevin Edwards from the highly successful 1990s brand 'Cable Talk' and we are pleased to work with Kevin through these exciting times of the vinyl revival.
Cable Talk was originally founded in 1990, at the bottom of a recession, when the market place had just undergone huge changes and had an uncertain future (not dissimilar to the current state of the world market place). With the huge decline in CD sales who knows if the format will even exist in 5 years time, or if we will all be forced into some sort of streaming solution or MP3 type device? As a new generation finally discovers the true quality of Vinyl, Talk Electronics have looked to their roots by way of reinforcing the company ethos of offering high performance products without the high price tags or far eastern manufacture - all products including the 5 star award winning Talk 3 speaker cable are proudly made in the UK.
The Edwards Audio series from TALK Electronics is a competitive range of unrivalled high performance products, all designed and built in the UK.
Here is the latest integrated amplifier: Edwards Audio IA3-R
Don’t let the size of the Edwards Audio range deceive you as each has been designed to set new standards in this area and can compete with many ‘fully grown’ products out there. If reviews are anything to go by Edwards Audio have acheived their goal with many awards and top rated reviews from around the world.
Please contact us for further information.
We stock a wide range of tweeters and upgrades for most historic Linn models.
Moving up from the original Scanspeak D2008 to Hiquphon is a sizeable upgrade bringing new levels of transparency and inner detail. The OW1/OW2-92 are drop in replacements requiring no cabinet or crossover modifications.
Some very early Isobarik models used the KEF T27 - these are largely extinct now as the T27 was not powerful enough for this application.
The chart below is for passive (DMS) versions:
| KAN MK1 to serial no. 24077: Scanspeak D2008/8511>> | upgrade to | Hiquphon OWI-92 |
| SARA to serial no. 14730: Scanspeak D2008/8511 >> | upgrade to | Hiquphon OWI-92 |
| ISOBARIK to serial no. 10924: Scanspeak D2008/8511 >> | upgrade to | Hiquphon OWI-92 |
The Hiquphon OWI-92directly replaces and upgrades Linn D20-LP-1 & works well in the following models:
KAN, SARA, ISOBARIK, KELTIK, INDEX, KEILIDH, KABER, AV5120, AV5140 & NEXUS**
** NEXUS used different tweeters across the production run - please contact us.
The Hiquphon OWII-92directly replaces the Linn D20-LP-2 (the very close matching of OWll-92 also renders these an upgrade) - use for active (PMS) versions.
All In UK stock for immediate dispatch ~ supplied as matched pairs only.
Willys-Hifi Ltd - the specialist UK loudspeaker parts company
This classic drive unit was conceived by Vifa in the mid to late 80s specifically for inclusion within high performance sealed baffle designs of moderate size (20-40 litres), with a final rolloff of 12dB / octave thus offering good bass extension and immediacy (fashionably now called PRAT - Pace, Rhythm, Attack, Timing) - without the 4th order / 24 dB octave rolloff and corresponding poorer transient response of ported enclosures.
Selected by legendary speaker designer Peter Comeau for his very fine and multi award winning Heybrook HB1; other designs that made good use of this driver include the JPW P1, JPW AP2, JPW AP3 and the Snell type K - all fine speakers to this day and well worth repair.
The M21WG-09-08 has a critically designed motor system comprising a very high compliance suspension (Vas 81 litres) with a surprisingly modest magnet coupled to a cast magnesium chassis and a treated pulp fibre cone. The highish Qms value gives this drive unit a lovely open midrange which easily integrates with 25mm dome tweeters hence it's popularity in various successful historic designs.
Like so many drive units from this era, the original M21WG-09-08 suffered from ageing / UV degradation of the foam surround hence many HB1's etc. turn up on auction sites with missing bass units or crumbling surrounds.
This new version is 2016 manufacture with an improved formula foam surround.
One of the few excellent 8" drivers suitable for 2 or 3 way infinite baffle enclosures.
Direct replacement for the following models:
Heybrook HB1, JPW P1, JPW AP2, JPW AP3, Snell type K.
These units are now manufactured at the Scanspeak facility in Denmark and may be badged as Vifa or Scanspeak.
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We now supply high quality treble replacements for the popular Mission 753 floorstanding loudspeaker. Featuring ferrofluid cooled voicecoils, Neodymium magnets + heatsinks, these smooth sounding tweeters replace the originals with no visible modifications.
Ideal replacements for the common open circuit problem - they also cure the inherent 'tizzyness' of the original metalized plastic dome tweeter.
Prewired with the correct colour coding for easy connection. This product is exclusive to Willys-Hifi Ltd.
Suppied as pairs on an exchange basis, please contact us.
Willys-Hifi Ltd - the specialist UK loudspeaker parts company
We are currently adding a range of highly desirable Audax drive units to our website, first up is the Audax HM210Z2:
High performance bass drive unit from the prestige range. Featuring a composite Aerogel cone and fully ventilated chassis / pole piece, this woofer operates as a pure piston upto 400 Hz with a ruler flat response - the bass output and quality is astonishing; alignments with a f3 of below 30 Hz easily achievable for a realistic in room response to around 20 Hz. This unit is not a subwoofer, it is designed for a stereo pair of the highest quality giving excellent texture, detail and extension. Twin edge wound voice coils can be configured for 4, 8 and 16 ohms. New old stock in original factory boxes - very, very rare, supply is limited.
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The Audax HD-3P tweeter was a piece of exotic, visionary engineering from the 1990s. Fundamentally a piezo tweeter, it featured a gold spattered elliptical diaphragm formed onto a nitrogen filled balloon. Technically and sonically brilliant but fatally flawed due to gas loss and barometric pressure changes; many are now defunct with low / no output or exhibit the 'crinkle of doom'.
This unique, state of the art tweeter was used in various high end loudspeakers including the World Audio Design KLS3, KLS10, Heybrook Duet and Heybrook Octet.
We offer a replacement kit for the HD-3P featuring a matched pair of the excellent Scanspeak D2905/950000 tweeters with custom built crossovers - our crossovers are modelled with LspCAD 6 Pro / Audiomatica Clio and built to the specific application.
Full details of the kit can be found here: Audax HD-3P replacement kit
Willys-Hifi Ltd - the specialist UK loudspeaker parts company
The Scanspeak 290001 Varioventor 'Flo-Vent' is essentially a resistive reflex port that offers controlled cabinet venting at low frequencies. Installing this vent in a sealed cabinet effectively lowers the woofer Q factor & increases the theoretical cabinet internal volume by a fifth, as seen by the woofer.
The aperiodic vent bridges the gap between infinite baffle & reflex designs, it allows deeper bass from sealed cabinets whilst offering a 3rd order final rolloff, resulting in an improved transient response over the sharp 4th order of traditional bass reflex designs. It is tempting when designing smaller systems with high compliance woofers to use small diameter, longer reflex ports to obtain a low tuned frequency - this can give rise to chuffing noises from the port - the Variovent does not suffer from this.
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We now stock 2 kits for this very popular studio monitor:
BX5a Power Supply Repair / Upgrade kit:
This kit is a specially selected set of upgrade capacitors for the power supply which are critical for correct operation of this monitor. We recommend fitting this kit even if your BX5a are not showing any audible faults as the OEM capacitors are quite poor and of relatively short lifespan. 1 kit required per pair of monitors.
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BX5a Vifa Tweeter Upgrade Kit:
Our BX5a tweeter kit includes a pair of specially prepared silk dome Vifa tweeters - these are streets ahead of the originals and offer a new level of performance. All the required parts are included - no cabinet modifications necessary.
Both of these kits come with a step by step photo guide and are in UK stock for immediate dispatch.
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Replacement for Vifa DX25TG05-04 / DX25TG06-04 / DX25TG09-04
Suits: ProAc Studio 110, ProAc Studio 140 and many others.
This excellent value tweeter features a powerful ferrite magnet and tuned rear chamber resulting in a useful low resonant frequency of just 630 Hz. The soft textile dome with its wide surround offers good dispersion and extended upper response to 30 Khz. The voice coil is immersed in light ferrofluid (APGS11N) which offers thermal stability without compromising the dynamics. An superlative performer at this price point.
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The excellent Monitor Audio RS6 can be effectively upgraded by replacing the tweeter with the Morel Elite Series ET448:
The ET448 is a very sweet and smooth sounding tweeter with the added benefit of a replaceable dome / voice coil assembly.
This is a straight forward replacement requiring minimal work. Other Monitor Audio speakers of the same era using the Gold CAM tweeter can also benefit from this modification.
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Full details of Morel Loudspeaker Technologies below:
https://willys-hifi.com/pages/morel-loudspeaker-technologies
Willys-Hifi Ltd - the specialist UK loudspeaker parts company
An excellent replacement tweeter capsule for various B&W loudspeakers including the excellent CDM1 and P6 models. This repair is simple and very cost effective.
In UK stock for immediate dispatch.
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