Another speaker pickup!

[Sam Cogley]

This time Electro-Voice Sentry 100A monitors. They seem to have good reviews in the fairly small amount of information I've seen. These originally came with foam diffusion rings around the dome tweeters - Anyone have a suggestion on where they might be located? I'm going to try to contact EV Monday to see what they have.

Pictures tomorrow. :thmbsp:

 

[kermit z]

Pictures, yes Congrates by the way

 

[Cogsinister]

Yeah, pics please !!

 

[Sam Cogley]

Hold your horses guys, it's only 10am!

 

[Ohighway]

This time Electro-Voice Sentry 100A monitors. They seem to have good reviews in the fairly small amount of information I've seen. These originally came with foam diffusion rings around the dome tweeters - Anyone have a suggestion on where they might be located? I'm going to try to contact EV Monday to see what they have.
Pictures tomorrow. :thmbsp:

Let me know what you find out. I have a pair of EV Interface C speakers that have rotten tweeter diffusion rings. I seem to remember one of the speaker houses (Madisound or something like that ??) selling inexpensive generic tweeter foam diffusion rings. Somehow I suspect that just about any absorbent material would work. I have some thick felt pad that I -may- just cut out into circles for mine.

Or maybe one of the diffuser foams for the JBL L-100 and it's cousins will fit ?

 

[tensleep]

I have an orphan Sentry 100A, pulling center channel duty on my home theater. If you get a lead on the diffuser, let me know! I also need a grill. I rescued this one from a recycler - free!

I really like the sound of this little monitor - it matches up well with my JBL 4410 monitors. However, I would like to hear it with the diffusor - the dome tweeter is a little too hot and beamy.

 

[Sam Cogley]

Fortunately, these came with the grilles, which are just fabric-covered plastic with edges bent at a 45* angle. The cabinet edges are a little bit beat, but not terribly so.

If you want to pretty them up, I'm sure a better grille could be made. The factory pieces are pretty bare-bones.

 

[AFP1]

Sentry 100a

Nice speakers. Tweeter foams are available from EV service and parts for a few dollars each. Andrew.

 

[tensleep]

Fortunately, these came with the grilles, which are just fabric-covered plastic with edges bent at a 45* angle. The cabinet edges are a little bit beat, but not terribly so.

If you want to pretty them up, I'm sure a better grille could be made. The factory pieces are pretty bare-bones.

Nice speakers. Tweeter foams are available from EV service and parts for a few dollars each. Andrew.

Thanks for the information!

 

[Sam Cogley]

As promised, pictures! I'm about 1 minute under the "I'll post pictures tomorrow" wire.

The grilles are actually metal, not plastic. Quite substantial, if very industrial and bare-bones.

They're very deep and heavy, but I haven't listened yet. For some reason they have threaded post connectors instead of any sort of normal audio input. I'm going to install some binding posts ASAP.

 

[Cogsinister]

As promised, pictures! I'm about 1 minute under the "I'll post pictures tomorrow" wire.

The grilles are actually metal, not plastic. Quite substantial, if very industrial and bare-bones.

They're very deep and heavy, but I haven't listened yet. For some reason they have threaded post connectors instead of any sort of normal audio input. I'm going to install some binding posts ASAP.

Thanks for the pics.........very nice speakers..........:thmbsp:

 

[sliver240]

The foam rings are availiable from EV for a few bucks but you have to order a minimum of $25 worth of stuff. I talked to a girl there last month as I too need a pair of diffusers for my Interface 1's. I need to refoam a pair of Interface D's and wanted to order the foams from them at the same time but alas they no longer carry them at EV. If one of our forward thinking brethren orders a bunch of diffusers I'm sure they would sell here in no time!:thmbsp: I'd do it but living in Canada would make for more shipping costs. If someone buys a bunch I'll gladly buy a pair and pay shipping etc.

 

[www.records]

Nice looking speaks Sam. Very nice!!

 

[Sam Cogley]

Finally fired them up this afternoon. Very clean sound, though the tweeters are BRIGHT without the diffusers - cranking the L-pad all the way to the left is the only way to tame them.

 

[tensleep]

Finally fired them up this afternoon. Very clean sound, though the tweeters are BRIGHT without the diffusers - cranking the L-pad all the way to the left is the only way to tame them.

I concur! Thanks for the pictures. I have a metal break at work and will make a grill. Does the grill slide down into the two grooves on the sides? Also, I am wondering just how critical is the material in the diffuser? I may experiment a little before I buy.

 

[Sam Cogley]

I concur! Thanks for the pictures. I have a metal break at work and will make a grill. Does the grill slide down into the two grooves on the sides? Also, I am wondering just how critical is the material in the diffuser? I may experiment a little before I buy.

Yep, those little plastic grooves hold the edges of the grille. It's probably about 1" of vertical depth from the level of the grille face to the level of the edges, at most. They aren't terribly attractive, though they do have the advantage of being strong enough to deflect just about anything that could be poking at the drivers. Very industrial.

 

[kermit z]

Those are very nice

 

[Cogsinister]

Speaking of foam tweeter diffusers Sam....

When i refoamed a pair of canadian made DB+50Mk2's , the foams fell off and so i got my wife to cut some new ones out of foam she had in her craft stock, shes very good at stuff like this so i left it to her, she used what was left of the old foams as a template......

This is how they turned out.....

Not too bad eh ?