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Don't worry @GD70 I haven't upstaged your VA score. Got pinged with pics of pair of tossed B&W Matrix 804 series 1 and gen 1 Snell type Js. Handed my connect a Jackson knowing full well I over paid.
The 804's tweeters fell off somewhere between the owner's house and the e-cycler. If you can find them, tweeters will cost as much as the speakers would sell for. A quick tap on the woofers show potential issues for one pair. I'm guessing bad woofers on that speaker sent BWs off into the basement. Shame as the cabs, grills and other bits are in good shape.
The Snell Js have been kicked around a little more but are definite candidates for a redo. The veneer, edges and corners are pretty decent without any major wounds.They'll clean up well. These guys probably got basemented when the last bit of foam went. Not much residual left. Hoping they're good for good for refoam and didn't get blasted without proper support. Just dealt with a 2ax woofer played hard without foam. VC was smashed. The tweeters look ok. One has the typical crackly doping.
Onto some testing and contemplating.
The 804's tweeters fell off somewhere between the owner's house and the e-cycler. If you can find them, tweeters will cost as much as the speakers would sell for. A quick tap on the woofers show potential issues for one pair. I'm guessing bad woofers on that speaker sent BWs off into the basement. Shame as the cabs, grills and other bits are in good shape.
The Snell Js have been kicked around a little more but are definite candidates for a redo. The veneer, edges and corners are pretty decent without any major wounds.They'll clean up well. These guys probably got basemented when the last bit of foam went. Not much residual left. Hoping they're good for good for refoam and didn't get blasted without proper support. Just dealt with a 2ax woofer played hard without foam. VC was smashed. The tweeters look ok. One has the typical crackly doping.
Onto some testing and contemplating.