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    I was unable to locate any with that location, but if you've found others with that attachment, it must have been a period Altec placement. As I've said, I'm hardly an Altec specialist by any means, but every day somebody posts something that is new to many of us. Your's is another to filed away in the ever-decaying memory banks!

    In the end, though, you have a set of heritage Altec speakers that somebody originally paid a hefty chunk of money for. Looking forward to watching you bring them back to their former glory!

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    Warm temps will allow me to get moving on the Valencia cabinets this weekend. Will post some before/after pics.

    Already have my next project in the pipeline. Picking up a minty pair of C61 Sovereign II tomorrow.

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    Sovereign pair

    Just finished moving these lovely's into the house. Turning my attentions to the Valencia's cabinets. I will deal with these later.

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    Beautiful Sovereigns! This is going to be an interesting thread, Rob! Thanks for posting it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gdmoore28 View Post
    Beautiful Sovereigns! This is going to be an interesting thread, Rob! Thanks for posting it.

    GeeDeeEmm

    The JBL's are very distracting when I should be working on the Altec's. As soon as the grandkids are gone its out to the workshop.

    I have determined that they have the S7 system given the LX5 crossover. Lansaloy (sp?) surrounds pretty stiff. Will take a close look later for cracks. Hard to resist a low volume test. Might try to sell as found and see what kind of interest there is.

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    Before pics

    Here's what I had to start with. Not too bad but needs freshening up.

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    After pics

    And the final result.

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    Wow! What a beautiful set of cabinets you have there!

    Keep in mind that we are on a largely JBL site here, but you can be assured that the pics and info you are posting will be showing up on searches by Altec fans for many years to come. They'll be using your posts to compare their own Valencias and others as they do their own restoration.

    It's just incredible that such fine examples as yours have managed to survive all these years relatively unscathed.

    I have grandkids, too, but they no longer serve as good excuses for my laziness! It used to work, though!

    GeeDeeEmm

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    Thanks GDM for taking an interest in my thread. There have been only two other folks that have posted but over 600 views at this point.
    I will be listing the Valencia's and the Sovereign's in the product marketplace thread when I get everything back together. If no interest there I will try EBay.
    Still have a little bit of work to do with one of the bases on the Valencia cabinets.

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    Rob,
    Are you aware of the tremendous amount of work that the late, great "Zilch" and others did on developing the "Z19" crossover for what was initially a Valencia project? If not, it's an exhaustive, interesting read:

    http://www.audioheritage.org/vbullet...-w-EV-Tweeters!

    Follow the provided links, too. Seems everybody with interest in the Model 19 and Valencias knows about these mods by now, but just in case . . . .

    GeeDeeEmm

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    Rob, awesome work on those cabinets. Very nicely done.
    Basement: JBL SVA-1800 and 2226H DIY Enclosures Computer room: Control-5:Control SB-2 Living room: JBL 240ti

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    Quote Originally Posted by gdmoore28 View Post
    Rob,
    Are you aware of the tremendous amount of work that the late, great "Zilch" and others did on developing the "Z19" crossover for what was initially a Valencia project? If not, it's an exhaustive, interesting read:

    http://www.audioheritage.org/vbullet...-w-EV-Tweeters!

    Follow the provided links, too. Seems everybody with interest in the Model 19 and Valencias knows about these mods by now, but just in case . . . .

    GeeDeeEmm
    I did read that thread. Made my head spin with the technical lingo that I am slightly familiar with but too dangerous to attempt on my own.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigyank View Post
    Rob, awesome work on those cabinets. Very nicely done.
    Thank you bigyank. Its amazing what a $10 can of Howards Reatore a Finish can do.

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    A little mor progress

    Decided not to do anything with the crossovers yet and reinstalled the drivers. Took them for a test drive and I am impressed. Might be keepers.

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    One Speaker w/grill

    Grills on the cheap. Nine gauge flattened expanded aluminum with some black speaker cloth tacked behind.

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