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    Baffle, pt 2

    Note the tape residual below the horn: Probably a mix engineer or room tuner decided to absorb some HF that might have hit the horn.
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    Baffle, pt 3

    Poor little monitor, don´t cry, soon you´ll be well and shake some booty again
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    Discussion

    The long term plan is to rebuild those monitors. What´s left of the baffle gives many hints on driver localization and type (the cat eye is only there for the show). Of course I´ll keep the baffle as a "certificate of authenticity".

    The short term plan (ongoing) is to build Q&D Modular Mains. I´ll update this thread whenever I have reliable technical info about the original incarnation of the speakers to share.

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    Dude.... get it right:
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    Hey - wasn't he on MST3k

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    Quote Originally Posted by grumpy View Post
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    Lightbulb Aha!

    I bet they started out as TM-1 style monitors and were modified later on!

    First look at the pic from the inauguration (original link). Even though the pic is small, it's clear that there are no EV T-350:s below the horns at this time. Instead it looks like it's the standard round opening of the time for a 1" driver.
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    Then look at the rear-side of the baffle in a previous post of mine:

    http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...0&postcount=30

    There's a large round hole half way through the baffle (just below the wooden horn). This arrangement seems unnecessary for just mounting a T-350, but it makes sense when mounting a 2420 like this:

    http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...83&postcount=9

    Also note that the hole is partly covered by the horizontal piece of wood -- further evidence that the monitors have been modified.

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    Next look at the front-side of the baffle (http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...1&postcount=31). There are two sets of radiuses for woofers that are not coincident; one in the horizontal wood beam with a large c/c distance, the other (only one is visible to the right) with a smaller c/c distance. The centers for the latter pair are located well within the wooden horn edges, just as is the case for TM-x.

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    Below is a comparision between the presumed original configuration and the later incarnations of the monitors (control room A and B shown). It looks like the mid is an 8" driver and not a 10" as in my above "reconstruction".
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    EV T-350

    Yep, the T-350 is 7-1/4" wide (I'll compare the mounting holes to those of the baffle ASAP):

    T-350 spec, part 1

    T-350 spec, part 2

    Edit:

    Guess where Google found the data sheets: At Romy the Cat's site...

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    2110 used as mid?

    It looks like it could be 2110:s:

    http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/...-comp/2110.htm


    AFAICT this was primarily a SR driver, but judging from old DIY magazine articles, the 2110 was popular with the Hi-Fi crowd in Sweden back in the days.

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    It is great that you were able to salvage these historic "parts"!

    I am unashamedly a huge ABBA fan and appreciate their artistic work and the technical work of Michael B Tretow.

    Apparently when they worked on THE VISITORS album, first album to be recorded digitally on the new 3M Digital System, Michael B remarked that the digital recordings where giving the monitor system a thrashing. Well, listen to "The Day Before You Came" and you will hear what he refers to.
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