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Dahlquist DQ-10s underwater

The poly fill doesn't have the same qualities as fiberglass, according to a thread somewhere. You might lose some bass response.
Not sure what you have in Mexico (or in the speakers now), but pink fiberglass is very common and inexpensive to the north.
 
tyella said:
The poly fill doesn't have the same qualities as fiberglass, according to a thread somewhere. You might lose some bass response.
Not sure what you have in Mexico (or in the speakers now), but pink fiberglass is very common and inexpensive to the north.
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Thanks. I'm educating myself. What's in the speakers now is yellow fiberglass batts. About 2/3 of it is completely dry, maybe more. If I can supplement with the Pink Panther, paper removed, that would be fine with me! Especially since I would like all the bass response I can get with the DQ-10s. I have a Paradigm subwoofer but I'd like these speakers to shine as much as they can on their own.
 
There are discussions on the web as to restuffling the box. Seems changing the amount can help. I'm not near my files...if I even made a note of that info, but a discussion of this issue might bring up some food for thought.
 
I'd like to thank each of you for helping me along in this process. Everything in these speakers feels bone dry, even the original stuffing which dried out nicely and which I've fluffed up into a dorm that looks like what never got wet. Am going to wait a few more days with the fans aimed into the cabinet on low to be absolutely certain. Then I'll put everything back together and turn them on. Have what I need to build the stands, too. You all have been great and this is much appreciated.
 
Me too! Bought them in '82 for $350. Dollar for dollar, far and away the most pleasurable speakers I've ever owned.
 
Those were well bought as they sold new for 495 each in 1980 when I stopped selling them.

Now that we know their age, roughly, we need first three digits of the 5-digit serial number and pictures of the crossover.
 
We might need to guide you through some refreshing of the components, if you are up to it. We solder, not weld, though.
 
The person who sold them to me said they took up too much room in his apartment. Ha!

The date stamped on the back of the woofers is April 21, 1975.

You're speaking with a woman in her 70s who has never soldered anything past some simple wiring. But I'm a quick study. I like to learn stuff. And the web is a great resource for this.

First I need to attend to dealing with the tranny control module in my car that got fried by water. And some other car stuff. Meanwhile, let me think about this. Optimizing these speakers has great appeal.

Thanks Blue Shadow. Back as soon as I deal with the more immediate stuff and can wrap my head around this.
 
We got @Stansje all set up with her system, one of the most complicated stereo preamp, amp tuner and equalizer one could get back in 1980. If we can get her to make that system work, walking you through a little speaker upgrade shouldn't be hard.

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...et-my-old-crown-dl-2-hooked-up-to-the.845867/ There are other threads and a few conversations on the board but she is enjoying that rig now. Many here would have had trouble hooking it up.
 
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