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ar 2ax worthwhile restore?

simplynuts said:
What is the trick to getting the woofer out?

I used a couple of bicycle tire irons with curved tips at each end. I pried carefully and moved around the woofer rims, pulling up just a little at a time so as to avoid damage. The sealant they use is pretty strong, but I found that the curved ends allowed me to get enough leverage without damaging the woofer or the wood. Don't forget that a little slip can poke an unhappy hole in the speaker or gouge the wood!
 
Nice! Nice!

jpdylon said:
I like mine. I restored a pair along with some 4x. Make a great double stack if you get the chance.

Definitely get the old caps outa there. Bypass the pots. I really find they are useless. The 2ax is much smoother then the advents and the highs roll off early. They are a very non-fatiguing speaker, and I can't see a reason for needing to turn down the highs and mids
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Boy do these ever look nice! I've owned both of these systems-I got my 4x's when I was about 13 years old-I bought them unfinished, and I actually still have them, though they have definitely seen better days. My 2ax's I sold many moons ago-they couldn't seem to handle the Crown DC300 amp I had back then (and still have-in retirement). Or, maybe it was the music I was playing then-Edgar Winter's Frankenstein, Aerosmith, etc. :guitar:

I am drooling over these fine examples of audio nostalgia! :drool:

I wish I had them!

Peter
 
Very nice

shacky said:
Check out Ozmoid's thread on restoring these puppies. They are incredible speakers. I went from Dynaco A-25 to pair of 1965 vintage 2AX's - the ones with the redish larger tweeter and non-foam surrounds. After '70 they updated them quite a bit changing tweeter, crossovers, then woofer. All interpretations are outstanding and very well worth putting the effort into fixing.

Don't pitch the pots till you get a look at them. If the corrosion isn't too bad you can use dremel with wire wheel and get them back to working condition - though they usually will have dead spots it's a way to try them as they were designed then tweak from there.

The later models moved from rock wool to fiberglass stuffing. The rock wool on the older models has high sulfur content and pots will be worse on these. Later model pots are usually very salvageable.

Good luck and enjoy. I think you'll be pleasantly supised at how ood these speakers are. Here's a pic of my babies completly original. Note older models had solid wood surrounding front edge.

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Very nice-I wish my old 4x's looked like that.

Peter
 
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