Problems with Infinity Prelude MTS mid-range

According to this page, the 3.5 inch driver is no longer available!

http://www.harmanaudio.com/search_browse/partlist.asp?BrandId=INF&MarketId=HOM&Parts=PMTS-TOWER

What to do? Does anyone know of a similar speaker if one would try to replace it?

Magalmros:
I'd look for an extra pair of towers for replacement parts, because you're not going to find a pair of speakers as good as the Prelude MTS for the price of an extra pair of towers.

Drivers are now available as of 31 OCT 2010 according to Harman page:
http://www.harmanaudio.com/search_browse/partlist.asp?BrandId=INF&MarketId=HOM&Parts=PMTS-TOWER

Anyone knows if these are better than the original versions?

/Magnus

I contacted the Swedish company that services Infinity (and JBL etc.) and amazingly they just had another MTS speaker in that had the same problem with thew 3.5" driver, sold at the same HIFI dealer as mine. The service man showed me the reason it sounded bad (same reason as stated earlier in this thread), and that it was clearly a manufacturing problem, probably due to magnetic material being present when they made the driver.
So he replaced both the 3.5" (left and right speaker) at no cost! "When you buy Infinity you should get good service, and these were faulty drivers from the beginning ..."
He had never come across this before and now he got two customers the same week!

Anyway, now that new drivers may be ordered you might as well have the speakers serviced if you have started to hear som buzz - it will get worse, believe me!

/Magnus

Magnus,

Thanks for the information. Hope the replacement 3.5's have the problem resolved. I will contact my dealer and see if he will do the same for me. As I live in the U.S. where the customer services the company instead of the other way around, I will probably have to replace the speakers myself. I have the complete surround system and two MTS w/ sub for a dedicated room. Every 3.5" driver has a problem now except one. Listening to a pair of Audioengine 2's instead of surround right now, and bought a pair of Dunlavy's for the dedicated room. Perhaps the New Year will find working Preludes again as they are excellent sounding speakers.