EV Sentry 100A

[tensleep]

I have an orphan EV Sentry 100A, in pretty good shape, rescued for free from a horrible fate at a recyclers'. I have been using it as my center channel. The knob for the lpad is missing, as is the grill. However, it does sound really good!

Last week, I picked up a mate from a fellow AKer for the price of shipping (thanks, budgophille!). The cabinet looks good, but the tweeter is missing entirely and the woofer surround looks a bit stale, with a dented dustcap. I believe I can suck the dustcap back into place.

I called EV and they have the tweeter and woofer available, but they cost a pretty penny. I have contacted Tom Colvin at the Speaker Workshop in Fort Wayne to see if he has any parts available, including knobs and grill panels.

Several questions:

• First off, this is not a solicitation - I have a post in BarterTown for that.
• How good are these small monitors? I have a pair of JBL 4410, so I know what a good monitor sounds like.
• Has anyone done business with Mr. Colvin?
• Does this woofer surround look familiar to anyone?

Here are some picturse of my orphan:

 

[Tinman]

The EV's are very good. Hard to kill, too. I have 5 of them, oddly enough. They do come through the recycling yards here as well. Studios going out of business, etc.

A shame. It IS a good monitor. The foam for the tweeters is ALSO still available.
I think EV's support for these is amazing.

Good luck. And they like a little power, once you get them hooked up.

Marc

 

[Sam Cogley]

I LOVE my battered little Sentrys. They've become my permanent bedroom speakers, and probably get more run time than my main system in the living room.