I bought what I was told was a high end system in the 80s. The foam holding the speaker cones to the frame has disintegrated and is completely gone on the 12" woofers and now the midranges. The two tweeters on each speaker seem intact. They are Manhattan Pacific speakers. The amp is a 200 watt/channel AdCom. There is a preamp as well.
So how do I go about finding info to make a decision as to whether I should replace the speaker components with newer versions or re-foaming these? How do I know if the speakers are 4 or 8 ohm? How do I match the speakers to the cross-overs in the speaker cabinets? I see very little info printed on the speaker components - just numbers. Has speaker technology progressed enough in 30 years that I should buy new, or buy new components (woofer, midrange, etc)?
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Topic - 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 14:52:15 03/31/11 (29)
- RE: "Manhattan-Pacific" - genungo 07:55:10 09/25/14 (2)
- RE: "Manhattan-Pacific" - ZENTISH 10:04:15 09/25/14 (1)
- RE: "Manhattan-Pacific" - genungo 11:22:52 09/25/14 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - KKornatoski 07:35:10 09/25/14 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 06:30:53 04/02/11 (3)
- RE: 80s Speakers - cjpremierfour 12:22:37 04/02/11 (2)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 14:29:26 04/02/11 (1)
- RE: 80s Speakers - layman 21:03:38 04/03/11 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - JeffH 22:17:12 03/31/11 (3)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 04:45:43 04/02/11 (2)
- I don't know, Jeff might be onto something - BS64 02:10:10 04/03/11 (1)
- RE: I don't know, Jeff might be onto something - MixPickleUp 09:15:05 04/03/11 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - JimL 18:15:41 03/31/11 (4)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 04:55:00 04/02/11 (2)
- RE: 80s Speakers - JimL 22:35:26 04/07/11 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - Kirk57 06:10:17 04/02/11 (0)
- Remember the name (Manhattan Pacific Audio)... - DeKay 11:38:43 04/01/11 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MichaelV8 17:06:55 03/31/11 (1)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 17:16:38 03/31/11 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - Coner 16:22:38 03/31/11 (3)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 16:40:12 03/31/11 (2)
- RE: 80s Speakers - Coner 17:39:12 03/31/11 (1)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 04:33:49 04/02/11 (0)
- RE: 80s Speakers - ph5y 16:19:39 03/31/11 (3)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 16:47:05 03/31/11 (2)
- RE: 80s Speakers - ph5y 22:03:04 03/31/11 (1)
- RE: 80s Speakers - MixPickleUp 04:34:36 04/02/11 (0)
- Don't know the brand but if you like them - badman 15:24:33 03/31/11 (1)
- RE: Don't know the brand but if you like them - MixPickleUp 16:49:57 03/31/11 (0)