I am new to this site as I recently inherited a pair of 4343's and trying to figure out the best course of action. I am sure I am not alone but on one speaker the L Pads are missing and the other the L Pads on the second speaker were burned out at some point. They do play as both are being bypassed. My dilemma focuses on originality in the event I want to sell them. What would be the best course of action to minimize loss in salability?
As I see it, I can take two courses of action. First, leave the override of the L Pads in place and play as is or maybe purchase an external crossover. The second alternative is replacing the L Pads with parts obtained from the Parts Express website. The closest I could find is part # 260-254 which is a 50 watt, 16 Ohm with a 3/8 shaft. The original is 40 watt same Ohms with a 1 inch shaft. Obviously this would require some alterations to the box to accommodate the difference in shaft length. Does anyone have experience with this? I guess it would also make sense that if you go this route, you may as well replace all of the L Pads. As I see it, there are three in each, 2 16 Ohms and 1 8 Ohms. Is this correct?
In summary, my thought is that all of the current owners who wish to keep their 4343’s will experience issues similar to myself or as I have seen in other posts. So, at some point many of these speakers will not have the original parts. Maybe someone comes along and sees a market and starts to reproduce them as they do in the vintage car market but who knows. But I come back to my original question which is what devalues the speakers more, replacing original parts with after-market or leaving them as is with non-working L Pads?Appreciate any assistance.BestRich