Radioshack speakers new life

[SigurdJ]

Who has revamped an old pair of vintage radioshack speakers?

 

[imral3]

Hello and welcome!! Have you? Or, are you looking for advice and guidance?

 

[Johnny_Law]

Welcome and you came to the right place! Lots of good references on here!

E.g., http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/inside-the-minimus-7-repair-and-restore.66858/

 

[eizner23]

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/realistic-optimus-1-klh-6-copy.327382/page-1

 

[SigurdJ]

I revamped two pairs. It was fun. Curious who may have dabbled with mach 2s....and what did they do to make them work ( or better than stock)

 

[Rome]

Greetings to ya!

Rome

 

[pliskin]

I did new foam on both mids and woofers of my Mach 2's. It was my first foam job. I don't know if they are better than new but I love'em. They have been on my system for at least 10 or 12 years. I can't imagine any other upgrades would make a difference when you crank them up loud. But then again I don't know much.

 

[@udi0$lave]

Recently did a recap (my first one!), refinish, replaced the grill cloth on a pair of Nova 7b's. I love how they turned out and they sound great.

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• @udi0$lave
• Dec 5, 2018

Nova 7b

 

[Yodathedog]

Just finished refoaming 2 pairs of Optimus Pro 77s. The new foams were not exactly like the old and didn't have a lot of lip to attach to the frame. And the old trim rings were a total bitch to get off. I did make them work, they're not terribly pretty. Some day I'm gonna make new trim rings when a find appropriate material and a really sharp knife. I was proud that I managed to get the new inner rings underneath the cones without a major hassle.

 

[Marine0811]

Nice!! Keep rockin’

 

[rkgren1]

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Just finished refoaming 2 pairs of Optimus Pro 77s. The new foams were not exactly like the old and didn't have a lot of lip to attach to the frame. And the old trim rings were a total bitch to get off. I did make them work, they're not terribly pretty. Some day I'm gonna make new trim rings when a find appropriate material and a really sharp knife. I was proud that I managed to get the new inner rings underneath the cones without a major hassle.

Nice job on the surrounds. I redid a set and they were a pain due to their small size and the small overlap between cone and surround.
I run mine in parallel with with a set of Optimus 5B's and find them to be a nice complement to the 5B's.