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My sound system blew a speaker, where do I find a replacement speaker?

I need a 4 inch - 8 ohm speaker the manufacture says is discontinued. It is a perfectly good sound system and i do not want to trash it for one blown speaker. I tried looking all over the Internet for a suitable replacement speaker. Every web site has junk search engines that just bring up all kinds of suggestions for things they want to sell rather than finding the speaker I need. A 4 ohm auto speaker will not work because I am told it will draw current faster and heat up the amplifier of a home sound system thus causing damage to the amplifier and the rest of the system. I guess there are no adapters to make a 4 ohm speaker work in place of an 8 ohm speaker or are there any? I may have to build a new speaker cabinet that will hold a set of 5 1/4 inch - 8 ohm speakers. I would like to know where I can find replacement speakers for a home sound system. Radio Shack does not carry them. They like all the rest try to sell something I do not need that will not work. I need the 4 inch -8 ohm speaker only. Where can I find one?

Update:

it is a PIONEER D87DU61-51F 4 inch - 8 ohm speaker

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  • 10 years ago
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    One of the best places on the internet is parts-express.com - they have many replacement speakers:

    http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partn...

    http://www.parts-express.com/wizards/searchResults...

  • 6 years ago

    The part is not available through any source. So what I did is took my dremel and enlarged the round opening behind the woofers in my system. There exists about a 1/4 inch lip that has a distinct line. I removed that 1/4 inch all the way around and put some other speakers in that were very close---but a little bigger.

    I bought my replacements at Amazon.com Goldwood GW-204/8S 4" Shielded Poly Woofer 8 Ohm. Cost about 12 bucks apiece, are 8 ohm woofers very similar to what came out, shielded and all. They work GREAT and sound GREAT.

    I had tried the speaker rebuild folks too--they tried to sell me a new speaker bar.

    I hope this works for someone else!

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Try turning the volume on the ipod down a bit. They arent blown i dont think. It just the speakers cant handle it

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Try asking your local tech shops if they can order one to meet your specific specifications!

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