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The mid driver is burnt out where can I get a replacment

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My background is live audio and was a tour manger and sound engineer for over 22 years
A couple of months ago I bought a pair of 1530's for $450. They were a bit dirty and had spider webs all over.
I cleaned them all up but was not happy with Mackie's open dust cover design on the mid. When I would slightly depress on the cone one could hear scratching. (it would later turn out to be debris, the coils were in good shape)
The mid speaker in part of the horn-mid flare and can not be reconed.
I my hunt to find a replacement I went as far as ordering a RCF recone kit from Legacy Sound Services but they went bankrupt before they could deliver my kit.
After another search I ended up buying two Eminence LA6-CBMR 6.5" speakers as their there specs and outside diameter of the frame seemed to be a good fit. (this was after I had removed one of the cones from it's hi-mid flare and measured the opening)
When the arrived they slide in perfectly leaving about a 1 mm gap. After removing the magnet from my old rear cover I purchased eight #8 x 3" screws.
I gently tightened down the screws and was ready for my test.
I was amazed side by side the eminence was much smoother around 1.5 khz
Note: the Mackie mid is 5.9 ohms and the eminence is 6.9 ohms and is 150w
One issue is that the new speaker sits about a 1/4" farther back than the original.
I don't have a realtime analyzer but over all the Eminence seems to be a great fit.
I did replace the rubber gasket at the base of the mid flare opening, there did not seem to be a noticeable change.
If you like you can contact me at [email protected] and I will send you pictures

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