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Well that’s one of them restored and looking pretty good .
Recapped and all drivers replaced in pairs ( meaning in both speakers) .
I knew those stands would come in handy
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Very nice , will be watching thread develop closely as I have a pair ( not working sort of)
Cheers
Simon
Hopefully have the other one finished tomorrow Simon
Cheers
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That is an impressive transformation. Looks as good as new.
That is an impressive transformation. Looks as good as new.
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They do look pretty cool given that they’re veneered in Formica .
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I like Formica, It's a pretty good way of stiffening the cabs.
I like Formica, It's a pretty good way of stiffening the cabs.
These are around 2 inches thick ! Really stiff
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walpurgis
17-06-2018, 08:08
I like Formica, It's a pretty good way of stiffening the cabs.
There was a speaker manufacturer who laminated the inside of their cabinets for that reason. Can't recall who though. It was a long time ago.
Keeps them in good nick too
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walpurgis
17-06-2018, 08:09
These are around 2 inches thick ! Really stiff
I bet you say that to all the girls. :lol:
I bet you say that to all the girls. :lol:
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There was a speaker manufacturer who laminated the inside of their cabinets for that reason. Can't recall who though. It was a long time ago.
IMF used formica for their Professional Monitor. Tannoy Lockwood cabs use it as well.
Well this is all news to me , there’s me thinking that the previous owners wife had it done
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You've got 2 basic schools of thought with speaker cabs. Thin walled lossy cabs aka 'BBC' speakers and making them as thick and rigid as possible.
Thin walled cabs seem about as sensible to me as putting square wheels on a car but this is the wacky world of hi-fi so of course some people swear by it.
They look cool. Do they sound it?
done a good job. i like formica speakers.. wear well:lol:
They look cool. Do they sound it?
It’s too early to tell really with just the one
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nice.. yup too big for your room alas. well done tho
nice.. yup too big for your room alas. well done tho
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What are you on about 'too big'? Plenty of space for them in there. You could park a bus!
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walpurgis
17-06-2018, 20:41
What are you on about 'too big'? Plenty of space for them in there. You could park a bus!
Dead right, they look great there. Bet they sound good too.
Get a bit of Funkadelic pumping through them, report back.
If a speaker cannot do Funk justice then it's a fail.
Well that makes the patio doors obsolete then
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Get a bit of Funkadelic pumping through them, report back.
If a speaker cannot do Funk justice then it's a fail.
I will blast some Alabama 3 through them tomorrow
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Get a bit of Funkadelic pumping through them, report back.
If a speaker cannot do Funk justice then it's a fail.
True dat.
Well that makes the patio doors obsolete then
Brick them up. They are just a security risk anyway.
Bass response should also improve.
True dat.
Damn straight! If it ain't got the Funk then it's junk.
Everyone should have a copy of this album and play it at least once month. If you don't then I'm sorry but you're wasting your life:
https://i.imgur.com/gc1UMS1.jpg
I reckon it would sound kick-ass on those Radfords.
I’ll give that a try too
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The tune that is !! Not the bricks [emoji23]
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These are the best speakers that I personally have ever heard,that’s without any fancy cables etc, just my PM4 and the cd850
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walpurgis
18-06-2018, 09:03
These are the best speakers that I personally have ever heard
Ah. You probably need a pair of big Tannoys then! :lol:
By the way, that scratch on the back can be filled and coloured in with wax repair crayons, just pick the right shade.
Some modern terminals would be a good upgrade.
I agree about the Tannoys but I can but dream of affording a pair of them .
Good tip about the scratch and I do have some in my worktop repair kit but colour matching will be a challenge .
Yeah I hate these terminals, I’ve been looking this morning too , I’d have to cut a larger hole in order to fit some recessed ones .
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yup you could fill scratch with the main colour wax, then scratch a little off at the black lines and refill with dark. you will hardly see it. hard melt wax is best but the soft stuff will do, as its on back.
walpurgis
18-06-2018, 09:19
Like this?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Way-Speaker-Box-Terminal-Binding-Post/253023576916?hash=item3ae9616354:g:IUAAAOSw3h1ZWNA v
walpurgis
18-06-2018, 09:22
I agree about the Tannoys but I can but dream of affording a pair of them
You'd probably get near enough for the Radfords to cover the cost of some decent Cheviots. Somebody might even do a P/X, swap?
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Bloody hell Geoff these are f’in brilliant
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You can even take a felt pen over wax to simulate the grain lines a bit.. it draws the eye away from it a bit.
You can even take a felt pen over wax to simulate the grain lines a bit.. it draws the eye away from it a bit.
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IME formica colouring is fairly deeply embedded in the material, and if you just spit on the scratch it may well colour-wise disappear, but not 3 dimensionally of course.
If that is the case some clear polyurethane varnish wiped into the scratch will probably eliminate its colour visibility.
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You can fix stuff by spitting on it? Why am I only learning this now?
walpurgis
18-06-2018, 10:24
Spitting is local tradition here. Everywhere you go there's some dirty bugger gobbing on the deck. Doesn't seem to mend anything though.
You don't know what sort of state the place would be in if they weren't doing it, though.
Spitting is local tradition here. Everywhere you go there's some dirty bugger gobbing on the deck. Doesn't seem to mend anything though.
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Spit ... the wonder stuff, I’ll include that in the description when I come to sell them [emoji16]
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Why are you selling them again? Oh yeah they take up too much space in your football pitch of a living room and you can't get out onto the patio :D
Well forget the patio, it'll be winter in a few weeks so you won't be going out there again for 6 months.
Why are you selling them again? Oh yeah they take up too much space in your football pitch of a living room and you can't get out onto the patio :D
Well forget the patio, it'll be winter in a few weeks so you won't be going out there again for 6 months.
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Mate they’re making my tv look portable!
Ok so they’re no the size of klipsch horns or your Tannoy Westminster’s but they are bloody imposing! They make the ns1000’s that I had look like bookshelf speakers
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You'll get used to them.
You could always get a bigger telly to balance things out.
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The idea doesn't seem so daft if you appreciate the logic behind it. The basic idea really only applies to sealed box (infinite baffle) speakers, and is an attempt to reduce audible sounds coming from the cabinet walls. Making the walls relatively thin and then damping any vibration with bituminous felt panels was found to be very effective. This method was chosen as a result of quite extensive research on cabinet behaviour by the BBC.
You can download a copy of the BBC document here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/rdreport_1977_03
I always assumed it was a compromise over using thick-walled cabs as they would make the speaker heavy and hard to move around in a broadcast environment, where you might need to be moving them around quite often? The intro to the paper does seem to back that assumption up. Since there's no need to move the speakers in a domestic environment once you've got them where you want them, I don't see the need for the compromise. Or why some people try to make a virtue out of the compromise.
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