MS-502 driver popped - modern equivalent replacements advice pls

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Hi all

I've a Denon A-11 driving a Mordaunt Short THX certified set based around the MS-502 from a Pioneer SACD player and a Denon tuner.

My six year old daughter managed to pop one of the drivers in one of the front speakers - the speaker went short circuit and the amp went into self-protect shutdown. I've been in touch with Cambridge Audio who are part of the group which now owns MS, and I'm awaiting news on a spare-part replacement for the driver unit.

Can anyone advise me:

Are there other suitable driver units "out there" which I could swap into the cabinet of both front speakers?

What would a replacement alternative be (bearing in mind the MS-502 has an active sub built-in)?

All advice and thoughts will be very much appreciated, as I think it will be hard to replace these with like-for-like performance on a limited budget.

Thanks, Clive.

(review info below for anyone curious about them)

http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/mordaunt-short/thx-502/prd_125755_1594crx.aspx

 

[jmjones]

Try these chaps for advice. http://www.wilmslow-audio.co.uk