Pioneer CS-53 made in Belgium?
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Cathead45
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Went ahead with the 4 speakers for $30.00. They are nothing special but when I'm out putting around in the garage I will have some tunes. They look great and vintage. The gal I bought them from told me her 64 year old father brought them back from Germany in the late 60's while in the armed forces. Sounded good to me so I bit. I will list the other 2 for $50.00 on CL.
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Cathead45
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Well assessed all 4 and found that two of them had tweeters that did not work. pulled them out and both registered nothing across the +/- on the meter. We have a gentleman in the town over who rebuilds and sells used speakers and parts. I drove over and we found 2 used tweeters with the same specs in his vast collection, gave him $20.00 for both. The sound with the working tweeters is actually quite a surprise. Punchy bass and very crisp highs. No, they are not on the same level as the KLH 5's but I am happy and think I will get some tweeters for the other two. I really like the period correct looks and the veneer cleaned up nice with a little light sanding, Howards restore-a-finish and some bees wax. A rewarding little project with good results, now the garage needs a 1967 GTO to go with them.
Scott Ucman
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I found a pair of these locally and bought them for thirty bucks. I replaced the capacitor in each of them. I felt that the speakers sounded a bit tubby. With the new capacitors, I was very surprised at the tight bass that resulted. I have a pair of Axiom t-22 bookshelf speakers on top and I like the combination.
Gábor Nagy
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Hi! I have the same speakers, and wish to recap. Could you please advise me about the replacing caps specs, manufacturer? In my speaker, the originals have only a nr 4. sign, and nothing else. Thanks, in advance!
Scott Ucman
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I’m at work today. I can’t remember the specs but I will crack open one of the cabinets tonight and I will let you know! Have a great day
Gábor Nagy
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Hey Scott, thank you very much for your kind help in advance! I am looking for this information since a long time! I appreciate your effort to give the information!
Scott Ucman
Member
I placed a 4 uf 250 volt 5% capacitor in there. They sound great.
Gábor Nagy
New Member
Thanks a lot for checking this to me! J
I see the photo, it is a Dayton cap for 150V. Now, I try to find it where to buy, and make my speaker sing!
Lance A.
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I picked up a pair today. Recapped them with Dayton Audio 5%'ers. Had high hopes for the bass because when I had one on the bench it sounded nice and tight... like a JBL. But together they sound as if they are out of phase and cancelling each other out. I've run many a tests to make sure everything is hooked up right; they image pretty well. But something wrong with the bass, like a woofer is wired wrong (but they image
Nevermind. The bad bass was speaker position. I now have them on the floor and the bass is nice... JBL like. And they image well.
well so...). Only thing left I guess is to put them back on the bench and run speaker pop on them. Anyway, here's some pics. Single 4uf cap in them
Nevermind. The bad bass was speaker position. I now have them on the floor and the bass is nice... JBL like. And they image well.
well so...). Only thing left I guess is to put them back on the bench and run speaker pop on them. Anyway, here's some pics. Single 4uf cap in them
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Artie
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Straight from the owners manual. I did not photoshop this. I hope that tape recorder's line out has a bunch of "watts-per-channel."
(I know. That's not what they meant. But it's still funny.)
inperson
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I bought a pair off ebay last summer. Made in Belgium versions and as mint as mint can be. Since their efficiency isn't too bad, 94db. I figured they'd go well with a tube amp. I couldn't find any tube amp that sounded good with them. Just bright and muddy. BTW, I did re-cap them. I simply put them aside and figured I wasted my money. A few days ago I decided to try them with a similar period amp. I used my Nikko TRM 1200 and that worked with the speakers very well. They sound like different speakers. I am amazed how some things go together when a lot of amps wouldn't work. Why does this amp work with these speakers?
