Ah, the audax/lowther's .. Cabs look savable and will, with a bit of work be show stoppers with the right system
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Ah, the audax/lowther's .. Cabs look savable and will, with a bit of work be show stoppers with the right system
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I agree. I'm watching them, we'll see what happens at crunch time.....Originally Posted by struth
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With a modest bit of foam damping behind the drivers and some BAF resonance damping in the horn throat exit they could be very interesting. My inclination would be to experiment with super tweeters too.
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Hmm, personally I think Supertweeters are venturing into Snake Oil & Fairy dust territory....:But I agree on the damping,
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I had some Lowther Acousta and did the same: sold the Lowther drivers and fitted full-range Audax drivers, although not the same drivers as in that auction, these had the whizzer cone. 103dB! - I sold them to a DJ mate who used them as his PA and gigged them all over the country. He said quite a few folk complemented him on the soundHmm, personally I think Supertweeters are venturing into Snake Oil & Fairy dust territory....
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But they work.
And they might be helpful with the drivers in the Lowther cabinets as the top is likely to be rolling off around 12 kHz or so.
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I thought Lowther speakers had Lowther units installed not Audex
And these look like they have been painted black ?
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The Acoustas would have had Lowther drive units in originally. But it's just a folded horn box and substituting other drivers is not unheard of. At least these are likely to be less forward than the originals (probably PM6 units).I thought Lowther speakers had Lowther units installed not Audex
And these look like they have been painted black ?
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The Lowthers may have suffered surround rot as some other units do, so replaced with something cheaper.I thought Lowther speakers had Lowther units installed not Audex
And these look like they have been painted black ?
A 1960's Hi Fi News design was called the Paraline. Very good too, the recommended unit was the cheap Elac 8N148 / 8N185, or, the quite expensive Lowther PM6.
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