JR149 - Restoration Thread

[Wakefield Turntables]

I always wanted a pair of LS5/1A's but didnt want the price that goes with them so I bought a pair of JR149's.

They work but the cross over's needed recapping. A quick call to Falcon Accoustics and several days later a package of new caps arrive.

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The old cross over (which was a bugger to removed) looked like this DSCN1262.jpg before repair. I had to use a small hacksaw to remove the threaded bar which lives in the speaker and gives the cabinet some rigidity, this will be refabricated later.

[Wakefield Turntables]

More updates tomorrow when I take some more piccies!

[Tim]

My first pair of proper loudspeakers
(wish I still had them . . . )

[Martyn Miles]

My first pair of proper loudspeakers
(wish I still had them . . . )

Has anyone here ever owned a pair of 'improper' speakers?

[IHP]

Top thread chap, that woodwork's looking good ! I've just bought pair of these and am very grateful for your capacitor related advice. I've been lucky, the ones I've bought are in decent condition. You would not believe what difference was made to the woodwork with a light wire wool clean and some beeswax, came up like new. Of course you do realise to finish the job you are going to have to spend £28 on what is basically two rectangles of foam !

Anyway, bottom line is these speakers are a revelation, against a pair of Harbeth P3ESRs they are not making me unhappy, quite the contrary in fact, belting little cylinders - punchy little buggers and a tremendous listen. Stuff hasn't come on that much has it ?!

It's great to see the classic gear given a bit of time and effort and brought back to life. Far more satisfying than buying a new box and of course in the spirit of sustainability too.

To contribute to your thread, I thought these were a very useful addition.......

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-Y-For...53.m2749.l2649

.......enabling a sound connection of pretty thick core speaker cable.

You've got to get that foam now

[The Barbarian]

Andy:
You should not have any trouble removing the X-Over if you remove the 'B110' Bass unit & hold the Threaded stud from inside while undoing the nut

[Wakefield Turntables]

Andy:
You should not have any trouble removing the X-Over if you remove the 'B110' Bass unit & hold the Threaded stud from inside while undoing the nut

Try telling that to my speakers, the nut's (pardon the expression) were jammed solid. I have some threaded steel so it's not going to be difficult to replace. I might do a little rewiring ( I can always store things), and move the X-O further away from the speaker and implement some proper female RCA sockets. I'm just taking my time and enjoying the tinkering!

[Mr Kipling]

I was going to say that.

Unless someone previously has cross-threaded the end section.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Well its raining in Wakefield, so what better way to spend 15 minutes than updating this thread.

I have now removed all the old caps from both the X-O on the 149's, here's a picture of, these will be stored as spares.



Here's a pic of the BASS driver verifying the type I own, this and the tweeter will be measured at some point to see how healthy they are



Lots of crappy old glue from the original foam coverings. I'll clean this off at some stage.



A little time later and the new caps are now installed on the X-O.



Oh my GOD that foam needs replacing!!!!!




Final verification of the X-O I've been working on. Check out the pink tacky stuff that was used to hold the X-O in place, which needs removing.



OK, need to buy some supplies for next stage of restoration.

Toodle pip!!

[Gordon Steadman]

If you look at the standard of the originals, I am quite sure that this job will at least equal them and very likely better them.

If you did the number of antiques restorations that I do and saw what was hidden under the immaculate surface you might have a different view.