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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    petty sure these dials are to adjust relative levels of each driver. As for the rest I don't know. There may be a fault in the crossover on one of the speakers that is causing the amplifier to go into protection. Any chance we can have some more pictures?
    Thank you. I know what the controls on the crossover units do - it's the knobs on the back that are the mystery. I can post photos of the front of the speakers (I don't think that'd help, though) but short of removing the backs, I'm not sure what other photos would be useful?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldRecordLover View Post
    Thank you. I know what the controls on the crossover units do - it's the knobs on the back that are the mystery. I can post photos of the front of the speakers (I don't think that'd help, though) but short of removing the backs, I'm not sure what other photos would be useful?
    Need to see where all the wires go, that's the only way of working it out.
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    You might find this interesting:- https://www.voxac100.org.uk/midax.htm

    You will have to remove the backs to find out any more, they are clearly very well made, but we all do 'it' differently.

    I suspect you need to look at ebay prices (for the Trebax 100 and Midax 650) to get an idea of value... There are many WB Stentorian models so have a look inside.

    Alan

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    Quote Originally Posted by snowman_al View Post
    You might find this interesting:- https://www.voxac100.org.uk/midax.htm

    You will have to remove the backs to find out any more, they are clearly very well made, but we all do 'it' differently.

    I suspect you need to look at ebay prices (for the Trebax 100 and Midax 650) to get an idea of value... There are many WB Stentorian models so have a look inside.

    Alan
    Thanks, Alan - that's an interesting page. I have some original paperwork for the speakers (ppssibly made by "A Davies & Co, North London") which includes one of those "Blue Dot" leaflets pictured on the Vox site.

    It looks like I'll need to remove the backs at some point but in the meantime, maybe there'll be some educated guesses about the purpose of those two mystery dials...

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldRecordLover View Post
    Thanks, Alan - that's an interesting page. I have some original paperwork for the speakers (ppssibly made by "A Davies & Co, North London") which includes one of those "Blue Dot" leaflets pictured on the Vox site.

    I used to have some literature by A. Davies on their loudspeaker enclosure cabinets. They were designed to use a variety of drive units from the, then, major driver maunufactures: Wharfedale, Goodmans and Stentorian, as well as 'exotica' such as the Kelly ribbon and Shackman electrostatic treble units.

    Unfortunately, during a clearout a couple of months ago of a mass of hi-fi magazines and audio component manufacture's leaflets and literature, I threw out the A. Davies stuff.
    Barry

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