This will be a brief account of a mini project I embarked on in earnest last week but one that has had a gestation period spanning decades ...
In the early 80s I bought a pair of B&W DM-10 brand spanking new from a dealer in Amsterdam after auditioning a bunch of stuff (most beyond my means) The very young chap who assisted me was very patient but really wanted to sell me a pair of JAMO speakers that were apparently 'what everyone was buying' - he thought they were brilliant - I thought they were bloated crap and went for the B&Ws partly to irritate him, but actually because they were the only pair I could actually afford that I liked the sound of.
Fast forward to the early noughties and the DM-10 that had been my staunch sound buddies were relegated to the loft. Pressure of work and parenthood meant I had little time to listen to music and what listening I did do was computer based and through a pair of diddy bookshelf thingies or headphones. My Quad 33/303 were showing serious signs of age and also one tweeter in the DM-10s was playing up and I had no time or inclination to fix all the problems. Initially the speakers went to the loft but pressure on space a couple of years later meant they moved to garage storage where they pretty much stayed until I retired 5 years ago. One of the first things I resolved to do with my new found freedom was resuscitate my ailing HiFi set ... and this would include finally redeeming the DM-10 and fixing them up for service.
Unfortunately time (and the weather) had not been kind on them .....