Location: KY - Scotland
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I'm Mike.
Hi there Mikey, I have a pair of 1 owner Berkleys ...refoamed about 20 years ago so thanks to you and others here i've emailed Paul to explore costs of sorting the drivers out plus following your lead on Crossovers ...so can i ask as we are now over a year on from you working on yours how are you feeling about
1)the work on the cabs ? as i feel that's doable by myself
2) Pauls external Xovers with the simple connecting cables ....and can you clarify for me when you said you made a mistake in how you had Paul arrange the plugs ? so that they needed to be hidden away
3) Is there anything else on reflection you'd like to share before i embark on the same project that you have so succesfully completed, i ask as like you i intend these once done to be a keeper for life ..
many many thanks in advance
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,470
I'm Mike.
1: definitely doable, easy.
2: I had the in fitted on one end and the out on the opposite end, in hindsight I should have had them both at the same end.
3: No not really, only thing I might have considered was building bigger cabinets, as that seems to be a big benefit to the 15” drivers, but I don’t have the room so it was never an option.
Actually thinking again, I would have had Frank (Cooky) do my refoam and saved some cash
Location: KY - Scotland
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I'm Mike.
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,470
I'm Mike.
You’ll see in this photo that the bracing goes along the back, the sides and what you can’t see it that it goes along the front too. So all 4 sides to be done.
Lloyd
In terms of crossovers you could try a cheaper solution and that is to restore the existing crossovers. That is what I did with my Berkeley crossovers - or rather Paul C did on mine. He helpfully also did a walk-through of the process (see his facebook page) which you could follow (with suitable care) if you are confident with a soldering iron. It made an enormous difference.
I also followed the same process of implementing new internal damping etc with help from Paul C and a huge amount from Mike (mikeyb). Thanks once again Mike! The hardest part I found was removing all the old cabinet damping. Takes time.
Edward
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Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,470
I'm Mike.
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,470
I'm Mike.