I've done it a couple of times. Takes great care though.Originally Posted by struth
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I've done it a couple of times. Takes great care though.
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Would you tackle the Supravox one with the integral dust cap and 'mountain' of thick yellow glue?
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Didn't this company also make headphones?
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There was a company called Solavox that did headphones way back.
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Could be that I'm getting it mixed up with
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Well not much forthcoming on parameters or impressions.
I feel in experimental mood so I am going to challenge the Saba greencones in open baffles with the Supravox drivers. As far as I can tell they have similar TS figures and similar sensitivities. Both have alnico magnets, but the Supravox are much more substantial having aluminium chassis (mg?). Beneath the cap I suspect bigger magnets as well.
Let battle commence.
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Well the Supravox wins the photoshoot.
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Suspect these may be rather good. Supravox make some nice drivers.
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I hope so, but there will be two criteria. Firstly do they sound better than the Sabas and secondly can they be successfully integrated into my wonderful pair of open baffles based loosely on the Endorphin p17
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Interestingly the spacing of the fixing holes is just about identical. All this from a German and French manufacture and before the EU.
The Supravox is a bit chubbier so I may need to be a bit creative with mounting.
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