What are you Listening To Right Now? - and more

[Leebob]

My only experience with EPI is a pair of M60s I refoamed. They are on duty as the kitchen speakers.

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I have never seen any woofer with the surround atop the gasket. I would think at best, the voice coil would sit forward in the gap, reducing useable excursion. It could also indicate an overall botched surround replacement, where the voice coil might be rubbing etc. I think I recall discussions about whether to replace bad surrounds on some EPI with foam or rubber. If foam was original, and rubber used to replace, it would likely affect the sound, even if done perfectly. How does it sound to you?

This pair does not sound as good as my foam ones. I'm thinking I should pull the rubber surrounds. This pair of 100's has the same masonite inverted dome tweeters as your 60's. Oh and the manuf. date on them is 1981. If I am correct these woofers should be matched up with a newer tweeter.
This set is a M100. Usually came with rubber surrounds and masonite tweeters. Also has an attenuator on the tweeter but I bypassed it.

 

[Beau Geste]

 

[dswann01]

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Good day all.... finished up with the Wharfies....old caps out, good caps in....cabinets came out really well....now sitting beside their cousin W60’s. Sounding very sweet!

Outstanding. Those look awesome, and I’m sure they sound as good as they look. Great job!

 

[Rob84]

Yeah, this is one of my least-favorite tracks on the album...there are some great ones on there, though, like "The Heat is On" by Glenn Frey and "Axel F" by Harold Faltermyer...

Kind of silly sounding and yes, there are for more better songs on that album. Still, it is funny sounding to me. Makes me laugh.

 

[swamppirate]

 

[swamppirate]

Outstanding. Those look awesome, and I’m sure they sound as good as they look. Great job!

Thank you sir!

 

[dswann01]

Anyone seen something like this before. It's the woofer in a pair of EPI 100's that just don't sound as good as my other 2 sets. Anyway the rubber surround is on top of the frame spacer. Did EPI ever do this? My other EPI's have foam surrounds with the spacer on top of the foam.
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I can’t claim to be a speaker expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I’ve never seen the surround on top of the spacer like that. Makes me wonder if a previous owner (or unscrupulous shop) took the quick and dirty repair path. JMHO

 

[Leebob]

Could still be a mistake too. Cizek Model 1 was the only speaker I have ever seen that on though.
Still the EPI M100 is a very fine speaker.

.........hoping to make this pair a fine speaker also. I have 2 other pairs of 100's so I'll know when I get there

 

[Leebob]

I can’t claim to be a speaker expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I’ve never seen the surround on top of the spacer like that. Makes me wonder if a previous owner (or unscrupulous shop) took the quick and dirty repair path. JMHO

I'm not sure either but that's my guess also.

 

[Sgt.Pepsi]

.........hoping to make this pair a fine speaker also. I have 2 other pairs of 100's so I'll know when I get there

Wowee!! Lee you sure got a lot of speakers.
You must really like M100.

 

[Boozehound]

Free (Molten Gold) 1993

Best-

Boozehound

 

[C2rice]

Sure is! Pioneer did some really wild stuff with CD changers. I like the laserdisc player that is also a 5 disc changer. Thing is a feat of engineering genius. Love Pioneer!

I wonder how many of these got returned to the store only to find out you have to put the cd's in UPSIDE DOWN!!! I know it fooled me for a minute!

 

[dswann01]

Some wall art for the listening room that I picked up a while back. Needs a frame & mat, but custom size. I finally found a good frame for cheap at GW, so I think I will try it without the mat just to get it on the wall.

 

[Dave_1962]

Now blasting:

 

[pumpkinman]

Rattlesnake Rock ‘N’ Roll • The Best Of Blackfoot

 

[JRhoBurton]

Now catching Scheherazade by Rimski on KBYU-FM. Vladimir Ashkenazy and Philharmonia Orch.

 

[Leebob]

Wowee!! Lee you sure got a lot of speakers.
You must really like M100.

The last two pair were picked up in a trade. I had a pair of those little Andrew Jones Pioneer bookshelf speakers they I disliked. I wanted them gone so I gave them to a guy and waited for him to dig a pair of 100's out of his garage. He through in a pair of Boston HD 10's to sweeten the deal. They were scratched up and drivers and passive radiators needed refoam. So when he finally dug out the Epi's from the garage I was disappointed in the visual condition. So I gave him an extra $40 and got 2 pairs instead. Turns out that the Bostons sound so good after rehab that they are now my preferred speaker in the house.( I posted the rehab here in past pages)
To top it off I'm now rehabbing a pair of Advent Legacy's

 

[Space Ritual]

Presto - Rush

 

[Beau Geste]

 

[JRhoBurton]

Great haul, John! I never invested in those disc changers, always read they would get stuck. I could not imagine my cds getting stuck in them.

A long time ago, Aiwa came out with a 100 disc tower changer that was well reviewed and inexpensive. I got one. About when the warranty expired, it jammed. It was a chore to extract the discs without damage. It never worked again.

These magazine changers could of course jam, but I think that would be similar to a single-disc player jam, not too hard to get the disc(s) out.