That's brilliant - I'll order the bits and wait for your post - if I mess them up you can have a pair of knackered speakers for spare parts!

Chris, have you thought of pairing the Genexxa's up with a sub? Might be an interesting experiment

I suppose it all depends on whether the Genexxa's out-image your Mirages. Leaving bottom end performance out of the equation, do the Genexxa's get close at all?

Removing the bass drivers from the Genexxa Pro LX5 speakers.

First of all, pull the grille covers off.  They are moulded plastic frames with cloth stretched across them.  (Disregard the Optimus logo in the photo below - they were available branded as Genexxa, Optimus and even RCA - same speakers though)





They have a plastic peg on each corner...




...which are a friction fit into plastic bungs sunk into the front baffle.




Now, you need to extract those plastic bungs.  I used a small screwdriver to get behind the flange and just worked it around until the bung was lifted enough to pull it out with my fingers.  I suppose you could wrap a piece of fishing line or something around it then pull, but the way I did it works fine.

Deep inside the holes that you have just revealed are some cross head screws, so just undo those - a magnetic screwdriver will help to draw them out once they are fully undone.



Now, you will find that the baffle is still attached!
The front edges of the cabinet walls sit in a slot around the edge of the baffle - see photo below.  




That slot has a bead of sticky material in it, which acts as a seal.  Just prise the two apart with your fingertips.  It'll come, but it will feel like it's not going to, you just have to pull!

That's got the baffle off for you.  
Now lie it down on its face and you will see 4 cross headed screws holding the bass driver onto the back off the baffle.  Remove those.  The driver rims are also bedded onto a bead of that sticky stuff - you can see it in the photo above.  Just prise them off that and disconnect the spade connectors from the terminal strip on the driver - you might want to label the wires and connectors first.  I just took a photo to ensure I knew which wire went where.

You're done!   

 

Excellent!
When you get the rings, let us know and I'm sure there will be some more tips and tricks to tell.

Nice work there, hmr.

Great thread !
I have 3 pairs of these (did have 4 but sold them) and have long admired the tweeter especially. Work brilliantly with an 8W Kingrex type T amp in my study and also have a pair running from a Trends 6W amp in the kitchen and another pair hooked up to a Pioneer TV.
I've replaced the foam on one pair and have a second set waiting to be put on. Also used some simple threaded bar to make an adjustable brace in one pair which works well.
I once tried substituting the woofers with SEAS units as recommended by Larry van Wormer but it was a disaster as I didn't understand / know anything about modifying the crossover. Sold the SEAS.
Now thinking I may try them in my main system (Finals electrostats, actively bi-amped with Lyngdorf corner woofers).

BUT

My knowledge of electronics is pants, not to mention my soldering skills. It would be SO helpful if you could provide a detailed list of the components you used (eg crossover stuff, sound deadening) and where to get them (I'm in the UK).

Must admit using the tweeters with a larger bass section would seem the way to go, but my speaker design skills would be too lacking. I'm now thinking of taking the tweeter and bass unit out of the box completely, mounting them on an open baffle and crossing over to the corner woofers at, say, 300Hz or so. However, don't open baffles need units with high QTS and XMax or is that only important for low frequencies ? I've no idea of the standard unit's parameters.

OK, first up, the Dedsheet that I used to damp the panels came from Wilmslow Audio There are 2 grades on the page I linked to there, I think I went for the 2mm one.

It has a self adhesive backing and I just used a pair of scissors to cut it.  Best to use an old pair though because they get a bit of gunk on them.  Nothing that won't come off with a rub with some solvent.