Are the tweeters unrepairable?
I don’t know yet. A friend of mine who’s a repair genius is taking care of them. Opening the boxes and freeing the tweeters is an ordeal..
Scanspeak makes a successor to the 2008/851100 with four holes instead of three, which bothers me a little. I am not a fan of authenticity, but useless modifications disturb me. Hiquphon makes a direct replacement for the D20-LP1 used in my Kans, but it’s sold in pairs and at a €€€. I trust my friend to find a solution, but if the coil is short-circuited I haven’t many options..
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Frankly naim were not covered in glory on this one, manys the fight I had getting SBL tweeters out without destruction. Not glued though thankfully!
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That tweeter says it is Scanspeak, not Hyquophon!!! And made in 2008, so if that is from your Kans it would appear to have been replaced at some time. But perhaps you just found a picture somewhere?
I_B,
thanks but if you refer to the picture of the tweeter it’s a stock picture I found on the web to show the possible damage in removing it… Sorry for the qui pro quo.
The tweeter in my first picture - my actual speaker - is a D20-LP1, made for Linn by Hiquphon. It was standard on Kan IIs.
May I ask if the speakers arrived with a defective tweeter, as you’ve only had them for a very short time. If so, might it be an option to send them back and get your money back. It seems an awful lot of hassle and expense to get the tweeters replaced.
It is indeed a Scanspeak, but that’s the model number not the year - D2008
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The top photo of the OP’s speaker has a Hiquphon, but the example tweeter on its own is a Scanspeak.
Unfortunately, I am not sure. When I first tried the speakers, somehow quickly late afternoon when they arrived - it also took me some time to have the proper key to open the sockets’ caps and put some jumpers - I thought they sounded ok, but now I don’t know. I only played a couple of LP’s tracks.
The next morning it was definitely wrong.
The seller is not proving very cooperative - he suggested a replacement dome by Scanspeak offering to refund half of its cost - €35.
Returning the speakers will be as much hassle because they were overpacked and I cannot use less caution. I just wrote to him to make him aware that the affair is not easily sorted, meanwhile I wait for news from my technician friend.
Best case scenario is it might be a dirty connection on the link plates.
They must be MK II to have jumpers. 
A rear cabinet photo would be good it could be they have been messed with.
It does seem very likely that they were defective when they arrived, which is such a shame. If your friend cannot fix them without new tweeters, I suspect it would be cheaper to return them than to fix them. That said if it’s a private sale, that may not be possible.
I do hope you fix them at a reasonable cost.
When I bought my Kans in 1983 - they were the second iteration of the Mark 1, just after the tweeters were improved - one had a faulty tweeter on arrival. My local dealer called Linn, who shipped a new tweeter that arrived the next day. The dealer then drove to my house, pulled the front grille off and replaced the tweeter on the floor of my bedsit. The lovely thing about this story was that the local dealer wasn’t the dealer who supplied the speakers, so it was all above and beyond.
I then told Linn this little story and thanked them for the replacement, and they sent me a really nice cosy LP12 sweatshirt.
I loved those speakers and kept them for many years.
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This is pretty much the whole story in a nutshell.
My friend has managed extracting the tweeter without damage, it’s dead. Sealed and no response from the multimeter.
I contacted Linn, Hiquphon and the largest Linn dealer in Milano. No-one seems to have access to an original replacement, and the tweeter seems almost impossible to fix.
Returning the speakers seems the simplest option but I need some cooperation from the seller, and this has proven so far a tenuous hope.
Your experience is heart warming but it was 1983.. I had a few quick, genial and helpful replies from Linn but no spares.
Let’s see if luck helps me.
@MaxBertola
Hi
Thanks for the picture.
They are MK II I used to have a pair.
Personally speaking I don’t those jumpers I’d much rather have the proper link plates in place polished and I’d have Positive to top right and Negative to bottom left.
I would be very Skeptical about this jumpers anyway the links are much better and no bulk to add complications.
Too many connections and differences of materials for me.
Best…… 
@Skeptikal
your opinions are sensible and legitimate, but you don’t seem to have caught the point.
I don’t have the original links, they are difficult to find and the jumpers are perfectly ok electrically. I tested everything with a multimeter.
The tweeter has been painstakingly extracted and tested - it’s dead. My options are so far:
- Waiting until I find a replacement
- Flying to Hamburg and share my feelings with the seller..
- Painting some colored strips on my face, taking the speakers to a deserted spot in the wee hours of the night, burn the speakers and dance around the bonfire.
Third option seems so far the most entertaining and rewarding. If you have a better one, be my guest.
Best.
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I tried to be supportive so the dance probably will suffice.
Nobody likes being done.
If it was on the auction site and the item is not as advertised you can force a return and they pay shipping.
Looking good in the meantime. 
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One of the HF2000 tweeters was open circuit on my Gale401s when I restored them about 15 years ago. Repair wasn’t exactly easy but doable and still going strong.
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Thanks.
I rather hopelessly posted on the other forum and a guy already offered me a spare…
Too bad, the idea of the bonfire was intriguing.
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I once replaced a Scanspeak voice coil (with attached diaphragm, supplied direct from Scznspeak. Quite simple with care. But the questions are firstly whether such is available for that Hiquphon unit and secondly unless from Hiquphon themselves is it genuine/ same characteristics as original?
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