JR149 mk1

[jandl100]

One pair of my 149's have red leather inlay in the tops.

I had a pair of JR150 with red leather inlay and a fab looking wood/veneer surround ...





I got them after being impressed by some JR149 (in the background of the 2nd photo).

[spendorman]

Mine have a different inlay, the flash of the camera does not do them justice

DSCF0722 by A60man, on Flickr

[andyrlb]

Nice

[bbbiker800]

Well if u decide to move them on Andy them I'd be interested

Best regards Richard

[andyrlb]

I’ll bear that in mind Richard , thoroughly enjoying them now ! Now I understand the hype.

[shane]

Definitely teak. Everything was teak in 1975!

Looking at the crossover, you’d do well to replace the capacitors, especially those black and red ones. After forty years they will have drifted well away from their original values.

[andyrlb]

Hi Shane, I hear what you’re saying about the caps though I’ve had this discussion on here before about replacing capacitors and people’s thoughts are very different plus having researched about replacing the caps on these I’m very inclined to leave well alone !! Especially as they sound bloody good to me .
Having owned many speakers over the years I have only changed one set of capacitors ( Ditton 44’s ) because they were clearly faulty, I have a bit of an ocd thing about leaving things totally original.

[spendorman]

I would suggest checking the capacitors, reversible electrolytics can rise appreciably in capacitance with age. This could possibly lead to blowing a tweeter. However, I have not yet checked the capacitors in my two pairs of 149's.

[andyrlb]

Hi Alex, check the capacitors ? How is that done ?

Regards
Andy

[andyrlb]

New toys in fantastic condition ( one owner ) new foam covers on their way .
I removed the horrible din plugs ( why build an iconic speaker then stick shitty din plugs ?? )
I think the wooden bits are of oak .


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