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In Reply to: Thats definitely the original 1st gen... posted by DavidLD on December 23, 2003 at 16:29:11:
the walnut veneer. Norm
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Norm,I've got a couple of pair of those and a little experience with them. I posted a series of "articles" called "Advent surprise" at least 6 episodes. You might want to do a search on this Forum for them. They were mid-summer this year.
But in a capsule, I found that soldering up all the slip-on connectors on the speakers (I cut the connector off the wires and soldered the wire to the speaker terminals) and soldering all the wire nut connections made a noticeable difference in clarity and speaker to speaker matching. Then I replaced the little knurled nuts on the back with internal tooth lock washers and wing nuts so I could crank them down tighter. Just regular hardware from Home Depot. Thread is #8-32. I personally do not recommend "upgrading" the capacitors. Tried it, didn't like it.
Set the speakers on or close to the floor, that's what they were designed for, and also close to the back wall.
If you replace the grill fabric, be sure and maintain the two layer construction that the original uses.
Nice speakers, and a classic. Henry Kloss' masterpiece.
Jerry, I do recall some of those posts. thanks for all the information and I will do as you suggest. You and many others have made this a wonderful forum for the enthusiastic but not necessarily adept inmates ( i.e., me). Have a good holiday season and thanks again. Norm
My pleasure. Have a Merry Cristmas and a Happy New Year.
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