Nautilus tweeter pricing?

[chronic333]

Hi all, was just wondering if anyone knew the price on the nautilus tweeters. Seems that someone stuck their fingers in 2 of my speakers and ruined the tweeters on them.

I stopped by the local dealer and they told me some rediculous price of $500 each, but they werent sure and had to call the b&w who didnt answer. They ended up not calling me back either. I would go to my dealer but thats 1400 miles away.

BTW, they are N805 and an HTM2.

Thankssss

[RobP]

Those tweeters run $99 ea to replace.

[Jorgitox]

Hi all, was just wondering if anyone knew the price on the nautilus tweeters. Seems that someone stuck their fingers in 2 of my speakers and ruined the tweeters on them.

I stopped by the local dealer and they told me some rediculous price of $500 each, but they werent sure and had to call the b&w who didnt answer. They ended up not calling me back either. I would go to my dealer but thats 1400 miles away.

BTW, they are N805 and an HTM2.

Thankssss

Nautilus spares are easy to find here in Spain, because at least 2 friends of mine have bought some units in case to be needed in the future. I do not remember the exact prices, but $500 each is nonsense for sure.

I have asked the spanish distributor for Matrix 801 S3 spares and the prices are very, very high. Here are the amounts for units:

1. Tweeter: €160/each.
2. Mid: I do not know exactly, but about tweeter's asking price.
3. Crossovers (two pieces in S3 version): €200/both
4. Woofer: ¡¡€500!!

... Plus taxes.

I have seen in the American eBay site (not now, but months ago), some tweeters for sell from the Nautilus range, for about $120/each.

[chronic333]

Thank you very much,,, I'll just have to find another way of purchasing them. Maybe straigth through b&w....

[scanido]

Interesting approach.

I think it makes sense to have a spare parts inventory just in case later down the road - 15,20,25 years you'll need to replace a worn out or god forbid a blown part. Of course, this is if your interntion is to keep these speakers that long.

I would think the following would be handy to have:

- Tweeter
- Crossover
- Midrange FST unit?
- Driver unit?

If you had to have a spare parts list what parts do you think you would need for replacement? Does it make sense to have every possible part except of course the cabinet for assurance?

[Cambs12]

If you love the speakers,and see yourself keeping them longterm,it is a great idea to get say one set of replacement drivers.Particularly tweeters,if you have young kids likely to push them in!

[EDS]

What's the price for the diamond tweeter?

Would it be possible to upgrade 805S with diamond tweeters? Would there be any improvement without modifying the crossover, would the crossover need to be modified?

Any difference between the 803S and the 803D HF section?

[RobP]

The diamond tweeter is $1k to replace, and you would not want to try to use them on a speaker that was not designed to use them, B&W has no upgrade options to do so.

[Race Car Driver]

Yea tweets are easy and cheap for the N.
I just replaced the woofer in my N802, $199, took 10 mins to do. (the adheasive on the surround came off, I will keep it for backup)

I guess the mid is a bit more complex.