Speakers with questionable "upgrades"... post your findings here.

[Nat]

Ahh...

 

[damacman]

I don't know what these were :

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Worked for Rockford when these triaxials we're current offerings ... not my favorites. They had an audience though - mainly those seeking 4 Ohm full range door speakers with a lotta' sizzle.

Many talented speaker techs on marketplace as usual. Such discriminating taste on exhibit.

 

[ohm470k]

 

[mrk229]

Hey - The cabinets look nice. Tweets may be OK? A+ for color creativity.

 

[Tromatic]

Hey - The cabinets look nice. Tweets may be OK? A+ for color creativity.

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Bet those reek of meth and weed.

 

[Nat]

I don't know - the one with the original woofer shows careful work with the OP art (auto correct hits art history there), and the replacement woofers seems to have been used long enough that even its surrounds decomposed. Meanwhile, they didn't replace the tweeters, which suggests enough control no to blow them out over a long period of use. And the cabinets and replacement grills look very nice. Doesn't look druggie to me, though I certainly am no expert.

 

[made in china]

Hey - The cabinets look nice. Tweets may be OK? A+ for color creativity.

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I can tell these speakers played a LOT of Insane Clown Posse!

 

[Lavane]

I can tell these speakers played a LOT of Insane Clown Posse!

They kind of remind me of a time years ago when an idiot decided to slip some peyote in some . The things I saw

 

[macgolf]

Peoria, IL area, just listed FBM. "Free Porch Pickup, Pair of speakers with real woofer, tweeter, and horn. Rough enclosure but audio sound gem."

 

[tgmartin]

AAAKKK!!!!

 

[Lavane]

Peoria, IL area, just listed FBM. "Free Porch Pickup, Pair of speakers with real woofer, tweeter, and horn. Rough enclosure but audio sound gem."

Crusty! And who doesn't love a horn stuffed into a port!

 

[Nat]

Not a port - that's the tweeter cut out. Though it looks like it was engaged to fit the horn. Don't know how a hole impacts the low bass, but it must affect power handling.

 

[GordonW]

Not a port - that's the tweeter cut out. Though it looks like it was engaged to fit the horn. Don't know how a hole impacts the low bass, but it must affect power handling.

A hole like that is an improperly tuned port. Especially improper in a speaker that was not designed to have a port, in the first place.

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[Nat]

I was identifying the original purpose of the hole. Certainly you are right that any hole in a speaker enclosure acts as a port. And an improperly designed one, too, hence my comment about the effects on frequency response and power handling.

 

[OldGman]

Best hurry.......

 

[Lavane]

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A cheap paper cone tweeter would have been better than using a peizo bullet horn tweeter.

 

[slimecity]

No so much "upgraded" but trashed - but rest assured, they "Still sound fantastic. Tested and working...."

Only $400 NZ pesos.....

 

[OldGman]

Oh my.
I don't know what KEF uses for cone material in that series but not even an attempt to patch from the inside ?

 

[krautmaster]

Oh my.
I don't know what KEF uses for cone material in that series but not even an attempt to patch from the inside ?

"stiffened metal alloy" - (interwebs say it is Lithium, Magnesium, Aluminum) and that can happen if over driven by too much power for too a long time which causes metal fatigue. It takes a while to do it (30 min+) ...you know: young idiots partying with the volume knob cranked all the way up...

 

[OldGman]

Quite the concentric 2 way....way above my pay grade.
Lol
Yet I'd be one to try some aluminum epoxy and some Coke can skin.

Yup....call me wacky