djmatthill Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I need a replacement Driver for a pair of HK Lucas 1000 Satelites .. They are 200w , 4Ohm - 8 inch Its the 4 Ohm I`m struggling with! I dont wanna spend HK money and the system is only being used for low volume BG Levels so High end drivers not needed. I was Thinking of Spendig £60 ish n each Driver ? Any Suggestions on Model numbers etc. Thanks Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Beesley Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Precision Devices will offer 4ohm versions of their PD.8BM20. Probably worth a call to CPC or Blue Aran to see if either of them will order them in for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Precision Devices will offer 4ohm versions of their PD.8BM20. Probably worth a call to CPC or Blue Aran to see if either of them will order them in for you? Hi Chris Thanks for the Suggestion. If possible I was looking for somthing a little less expensive than the PD`s. The 8 Ohm version is over £100 each and assume the 4 Ohm would be a similar price if not a little more ? Ideally a low end driver from a Manafactuer as Eminence / Celestion etc... Do any of the Prolight brands produce drivers like this ? I was hoping to spend about £60 on each driver...Apart from the obvious reduction in SPL/sensitivty , is there any other reason I could nt substitue this for a 8 ohm (cheaper and more available) model ? This looks Expensive My link ... Any Cheaper ways to do this ? Or Is there any way to fool the Amp into thinking the driver is 4Ohm , Can I fit any kind of resistor ?? inline with it to lower the impedance?? Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Apart from the obvious reduction in SPL/sensitivty , is there any other reason I could nt substitue this for a 8 ohm (cheaper and more available) model more than likely youll need to change the crossoverCan I fit any kind of resistor ?? inline with it to lower the impedance??you could wire an 8 ohm resistor in parallel with the 8 ohm driver,but you'll need a 200w resistor,and half the power will be wasted as heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam.spoons Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I think you are approaching this from the wrong anglehttp://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif try one of these for £45.50 HK Lucas 1000 8" driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete10uk Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Or you could try these guy's and have a Recone, Ive had a number of my units reconed through them and it has always been perfect in terms of use, reliability and the turnaround service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam.spoons Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 +1 for RMJ, You'll get a better than new speaker (hand finished by a pro rather than mass produced in a factory), he doesn't list any 8"ers though, and it may not be economically viable on a £45 speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl0rin3lul Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I need a replacement Driver for a pair of HK Lucas 1000 Satelites .. They are 200w , 4Ohm - 8 inch Its the 4 Ohm I`m struggling with! I dont wanna spend HK money and the system is only being used for low volume BG Levels so High end drivers not needed. I was Thinking of Spendig £60 ish n each Driver ? Any Suggestions on Model numbers etc. Thanks Matt They are 200RMS or PROGRAM ??At 60 per driver you could try FaitalPRO 8FE200 , it is an 130W RMS speaker , FaitalPRO makes pretty decent speakers , and they can handle power !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hi . In the end we went with original HK drivers @ £45 each which I thought was cheap!! I was expecting them to be £100+ each TBH... Matt Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam.spoons Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hi . In the end we went with original HK drivers @ £45 each which I thought was cheap!! I was expecting them to be £100+ each TBH... Matt Hill Good stuff http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif BTW did you check the price before posting or just guess? http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Hi . In the end we went with original HK drivers @ £45 each which I thought was cheap!! I was expecting them to be £100+ each TBH... Matt Hill Good stuff http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif BTW did you check the price before posting or just guess? http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif I thought that the Original HK Drivers would be in excess of £100 each given the high cost / quality of their stuff TBH.Thought that it would be inline with Beyma / PD drivers ... But a pleasent surprise to be told that they were only £45 each... It`s not very often you get nice surprises like that when pricing up gear.. ... Who makes HK drivers .. Anyone know ? Are they OEM or actually manufactured by HK in house ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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