I installed new rubber surrounds on the woofers and got everything cleaned up.
They work like new
They work like new
My (good as) new Cerwin Vega D5's
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I had a pair of D3's quite some time ago, yours are in significantly better shape! Great to see them so well cared for.
Did you do that yourself? Looks good.
Did it myself
I've never re-foamed a set, but a friend of mine is currently doing an old set of Wharfdales. I was always curious about the process. Glad to see these were given another chance at life, rather than being discarded. Nice!
Excellent work.
I'm interested in upgrading my ELAC Debut's to something more vintage, to pair nicely with my Marantz 2330B.
I'm interested in upgrading my ELAC Debut's to something more vintage, to pair nicely with my Marantz 2330B.
I've done 4 sets now. My favorite is the Allison AL-120 pair. Great speakers !
They were headed for the dumpster at the local thrift store
They were headed for the dumpster at the local thrift store
Chris. I was an electronics tech for 25 yrs and retired in 2001. The shop that I worked for was a Marantz warranty repair depot and we worked on LOTS of cool stuff. The boss had a 2500 with KLH speakers. The 2330B was a great receiver !!
I've been hearing and reading a bunch of raves about elac speakers. I will have to endeavor to listen to them when I get a chance.
I have a pair of CV AT-15's I had refoamed professionally about 15 years ago, because I could not find the rubber. Mind sharing your source?
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Those look great! I like big woofers!
excellent, looks great!
The new DBR-62 is pretty good:
Elac Debut Reference DBR-62 Speaker Review
This is a review and detailed measurements of the Elac Debut Reference DBR-62 bookshelf speaker. It was kindly purchased new and drop shipped to me for testing. The DBR-62 costs US $600 a pair from multiple sources/dealers. The DBR-62 comes in black and walnut finish or the distressed Oak and...
www.audiosciencereview.com
Just make a note of this observation:
I had D9 when I was an audiophile "snob" for "rock" speakers. I had picked them in a blind review with some very heady and pricey competition at an Audio store in Salem at the time. The source was a studio grade Sony DAT player running into a SUMO the 9 real class A amp - a refined brute.
I haven liked their later offerings listened to a decade ago, but these D9 were nice speakers and more listenable than the JBL L112 t over extended listening. They just sounded "right".
Bass was plenty tight, but not extended to much below 40hz. Tight bass? You need a good amp with good current drive and low output impedance. I think I had a Harvey Rosenberg NYAL MOSCODE 300 at the time with the source run straight in through a 5K alps log pot. - Ken
Good job! I wish they sold the gooped accordion surround like the old pro stuff used. Don't want to do it again! . I have to likely put new surround(s) on my Dahlquist M-907 studio monitors that use that old square magnet ADVENT woofer. The designer must have thought the upper bass of the woofer crossed well to the middler.
Enjoy! Papa, and lets hope they stay stuck!
When I was younger I owned some Savard 12" 3 way speakers, and some Series 3 Bose 901's. I also had a Kenwood KR-8050 receiver, TEAC reel to reel, and an AKAI tape deck. I had a Realistic 10 band EQ. I always found music sounds much better with mixed components. I had a Technics turntable that gathered dust. It needed work, so it never saw any action.
