js22
Active Member
My addiction is still completely under control. No, really, it is.. But at only $5, it seemed like an eminently sensible idea to buy a pair of Radio Shack DS-1000 speakers. The $5 was really just for the walnut veneer cases and nostalgic fuzzy brown grille cloth. Any sound I manage to get out of them is icing on the cake.
I know that the grille cloth is attached to a thin plywood (?) panel which in turn is held to the baffle by velcro (very Space Age!) The problem is that the panel edges sit so tight to the speaker box that I can't get anything to slip in between to pry them out. A credit card is way too thick. A single sheet of paper fits, but is useless.
The one thing I don't want to do is mess up the cabinets or the grille cloth.
One crazy idea I had was to use some "hook" velcro to grab the fuzzy fabric, but I'm kind of afraid that would mess it up.
So what say the experts: are there any standard tricks for this job?
No pics yet. The speakers are at work and I was in a hurry to beat the snow home and open some wine.
I did however give them a brief listen. I played some Kathleen Battle singing Mozart, through a Pioneer SA-7500 that I just cleaned up and repaired (power switch franken-mod with thyristor, LED power light, and another franken-mod for the selector switch which had a broken off shaft when I pulled the amp from the recycle pile...)
Anyway, lets just say that a powerful soprano hitting the high notes was done no special favors by the DS-1000s, nor by the concrete floors of the room....
I know that the grille cloth is attached to a thin plywood (?) panel which in turn is held to the baffle by velcro (very Space Age!) The problem is that the panel edges sit so tight to the speaker box that I can't get anything to slip in between to pry them out. A credit card is way too thick. A single sheet of paper fits, but is useless.
The one thing I don't want to do is mess up the cabinets or the grille cloth.
One crazy idea I had was to use some "hook" velcro to grab the fuzzy fabric, but I'm kind of afraid that would mess it up.
So what say the experts: are there any standard tricks for this job?
No pics yet. The speakers are at work and I was in a hurry to beat the snow home and open some wine.
I did however give them a brief listen. I played some Kathleen Battle singing Mozart, through a Pioneer SA-7500 that I just cleaned up and repaired (power switch franken-mod with thyristor, LED power light, and another franken-mod for the selector switch which had a broken off shaft when I pulled the amp from the recycle pile...)
Anyway, lets just say that a powerful soprano hitting the high notes was done no special favors by the DS-1000s, nor by the concrete floors of the room....