Altec Bolero Help

[slowpat]

Hi all - I just picked up a pair of Altec 890A's with the 3000G horn tweeters. The drivers are in great shape but cabinets had a few scratches on top. So...one speaker worked great, and with working Lpad. No tweeter output in the other speaker. So, I pulled the passive radiator on that one, and connected the speaker wire (with no bass, and just treble) directly to the tweeter leads, and viola, they do work. So, I will try to DeOxit the Lpad this weekend, but if that doesn't work, what should my next steps be? Should I replace the capacitors? (one looked like a poly cap, and the other shaped like the orange drop cap) Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks. And I was awed by the size of the magnet on the woofer!!!

[Goodwill_HiFi]

Be careful...... don't blow those horns. There's only one place that I've ever heard of that can fix them.

[louped garouv]

i second the notion/advice to be VERY careful with those...



that being said, they are very nice sounding 'smaller' altecs IMHO

I would say that cleaning the contacts and updating the caps is a good point ot start with, and proceed from there if necessary....

[slowpat]

Thanks for the warning on the 3000G. I found a threat saying the same thing about how only one person remains that knows how to fix the 3000G. That makes me nervous... Didn't have time last weekend, so will try cleaning the l-pad this weekend, and get the value of the caps and start shopping.