Wharfedale W90 questions...

analog addict · Nov 26, 2007

Grabbed my W90's tonight. Cosmetically they are very nice except for a missing woofer dustcap, but I couldn't get a peep out of the tweeters.

Opened up the back, and it looks like the X-overs have seen better days....

Each right sided pot had a broken cap connection, and all the caps need to be replaced anyways, and I need to double check a schematic for the connections. Anyone have a X-over schematic?

It doesn't look like anyone's been inside these, 'cause the white insulation is pristine. However, two of the mid's have ratty looking surrounds....

Are these foam, or some sort of coating on the real surround? They seem to sound fine. Anyone know where I can snag a correct sized woofer dust cap???

So many speakers, and so many questions......

Thanks......

kfa888 · Nov 26, 2007

these must be later model W90's as they have the purple tweeter and a different cab config. than most including mine. The surrounds on those mids I believe are wool. They look like they are going bad. Those tweeters are just like in my W60's and are known to go bad and or separate from the structure. Luckily all 4 in the 2 pairs of W60's i have are fine.

So, you might be able to make some surrounds for the mids out of a similar wool something. As for the dist cap i do have a dead woofer I might be talked out of although it is perfect other than dead and i was going to try and fix it at some point.

Could you post a picture of the back of those cabs please.

K

tubino · Nov 26, 2007

I had some W-90's for a short time. They were the sand-loaded ones, and yeah they were hefty. The drivers were not particularly impressive looking, but the cabinet helped.

analog addict · Nov 27, 2007

kfa888 said:
Could you post a picture of the back of those cabs please.

K

I should be able to get that for you tonight after work....:thmbsp:

analog addict · Nov 28, 2007

more pix....

One cabinet doesn't have a label, and the finish is slightly different. However the drivers look identical.....

analog addict · Nov 28, 2007

kfa888 said:
As for the dist cap i do have a dead woofer I might be talked out of although it is perfect other than dead and i was going to try and fix it at some point.

Think I could talk you out of the dust cap??!?! :deal:

tenroaches · Mar 22, 2009

Say, did you ever figure out what was up with the tweeters? Were they bad, or did replacing caps fix it, or what? I have a pair of W90s that look just like yours, with the purple tweeters, but my woofer is a long horn-like piece that goes across the sides (pardon my lack of proper terminology).

On each of my cabs, one tweeter works and one has no sound.

jimtone · Mar 14, 2011

I think those model W-90s were called Low Boys. I've got a set thathave the divided lower woofer cabinets with one side being a solid rear panel thats routed and sand filled and the other side is vented with side to side slots top to bottom with wool glued over the vent inside. My tweeters and mid are in the top cell with a single panel and the cross overs are divided of to the side with 2 pots and a 6 way switch for dimension. I don't have the puple fried egg tweeter. I think mine are 1964 models, but wrote Wharfedale for info and they said they had none because there storage of records were ruined in a flood/fire in 1972.

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