Goodwill speakers

[jyankeefan2]

Picked up a pair of ADS L710 for $8.51 at goodwill today. Great shape only problem is one tweeter is out. Don't know anything about these speakers. Can anyone help with repairing or replacing it?? Thanks

 

[jyankeefan2]

Tested the as soon as I got them home sound great except for the small tweeter being out. Took it apart and the connection looks good. Even the covers are in good shape

 

[GD70]

Score of the day!
Let's see some pics!

 

[jyankeefan2]

I'll have to load the pics up tomorrow. Speakers are in the garage. I'm in bed

 

[Beatnik]

Check the fuses on the back ?

 

[jyankeefan2]

Fuse checked out ok. Is there others inside the cabinet?

 

[bhebbel]

The tweets are available on ebay all the time.

 

[gbroot]

Great score! Unfortunately there is no fix for that tweeter nor are any available so the speakers are basically trashed. Since I collect trashed speakers, you can go ahead and send them on to me. Of course I will pick up the shipping charges. And of course I am totally full of s**t.

All the best to you in figuring out the tweeter issue. If it were a KLH I'd start with changing out crossover capacitors, but I can't speak to the ADS's. I swapped out some gear earlier this week with a guy that's got a bunch of speakers and he said his 710's are his favorites. Then he heard my KLH Model 5's and thought they were in the same league as the 710's. Good luck on the tweeter issue!

 

[jyankeefan2]

Speaker pics

 

[savatage1973]

Great find!!!

Pull the "dead" tweeter, remove the leads and put a DMM on it and see if it reads a value or just "open". If you get open--it is dead, so hit up ebay. If you get a value, start checking downstream.

 

[musical maze]

great score

 

[jyankeefan2]

Thanks for all the info. Will pull the tweeter and test it as suggested and search eBay for a replacement. Best thing about this goodwill find is they were supposed to be $7.99 each and only got charged for one!

 

[mech986]

SWEET! Nice and you got them for even less! Time to buy a lottery ticket!

 

[Leben]

Fantastic score, congrats!

 

[Drugolf]

Yeah, that's a great find. Congrats!
Look up Richard SO for other needs and ideas.

 

[-reverb-]

Those look really well cared for. A little tweeter work and some Howards - should be good to go.

Congrats.

 

[jyankeefan2]

Those look really well cared for. A little tweeter work and some Howards - should be good to go.

Congrats.

Sorry I'm very new to all this when you say Howards what are you referring to?

 

[savatage1973]

Howard's Feed N Wax--furniture treatment for the wood veneer. I am partial to Watco Danish Oils, but a lot of people swear by the Howard's

 

[jyankeefan2]

Ok. Thanks. There is some water rings on the top. Any advice on that? Can they be sanded and refinished?

 

[Hanleyster]

Where do you live?

Are they dark or light rings?

Restore-a-finish works wonders on the whiteish water marks.

L710s benefit greatly by the loudness button at low volumes. At least I thought so! Really brings out the bass.