Originally Posted by
WKOTTD
I know this is an old thread, but I just recently completed the restoration of these speakers and wanted to thank those who provided advice and answered my questions, about Charge coupled crossovers, preventing me from screwing up. I also wanted to share the results
The speakers sound WAY better, much clearer and more detailed, the timbre of vocals and instruments is amazing. Sound stage while not any larger is more centered and defined.
I don’t know how much of this is due to the crossover mods because of the other work done. These were in rough shape (but cheap) when I bought them from a studio that went out of business. The cabinets had deep scratches, smashed corners, and many screw holes. Every peg was broken off the grills. One tweet was open, both damper foams were rotten, and the woofers had the foams glued on the wrong side of the cones with way too much glue.
It took some work to fix all that, but some bondo, new veneer, and 15 coats of lacquer fixed the cabinets. Re-drilling and some epoxy repaired the grills. A used tweeter and new damper foams off e-bay fixed the tweeters and off-center sound stage. And finally, new OEM recone kits were installed in the woofers by Midwest Speaker.
This is the sixth stereo system I’ve had in this room and these are by far the best sounding speakers.
Thanks
Bill