I came across this pair of speakers a month or so ago, made in Canada. At first, I thought they might be white van speakers, or haut-parleurs du camion blanc, as they might say in certain provinces. The "busy" sticker might suggest this, as it has a frequency response graph, the word "digital" twice, plus TMI (too much information) references to the features of the drivers and the cabinets. But there is also a 10 year warranty on them (long since expired), and the tweeters look very much like those I've seen in Alesis and Linn designs. After a little research, I found that these are quite rare and pretty well regarded speakers, so I forked over the cash for them. They look very similar to Paradigm speakers. Plus I'm a sucker for clear poly woofer cones.
All of the woofer foams were shot, I managed to get some suitable ones from Rick Cobb. The dust caps pulled off easily, so I was able to shim the voice coils. The crossovers are very simple, with just an inductor and a poly cap, no need to recap. I cleaned the cabinets up, one had paint spots on the top, I removed this with some goof-off and fine steel wool. They did have risers on the bottom of the cabinets, but the wood was soft from sitting on a damp floor, so I removed these.
I couldn't decide whether I liked the pictures with the camera flash, or without, so I uploaded both. Look at them, standing tall like a pair of CN Towers in the room (OK, I'll stop with the Canada references now). At 41 inches tall, they dwarf the AR94s next to them, these are not small speakers themselves, and remember, this is without the risers. They are actually more efficient than the AR94s, which in turn are more efficient than the KEF 104aBs that were sitting there before.
Lee.
All of the woofer foams were shot, I managed to get some suitable ones from Rick Cobb. The dust caps pulled off easily, so I was able to shim the voice coils. The crossovers are very simple, with just an inductor and a poly cap, no need to recap. I cleaned the cabinets up, one had paint spots on the top, I removed this with some goof-off and fine steel wool. They did have risers on the bottom of the cabinets, but the wood was soft from sitting on a damp floor, so I removed these.
I couldn't decide whether I liked the pictures with the camera flash, or without, so I uploaded both. Look at them, standing tall like a pair of CN Towers in the room (OK, I'll stop with the Canada references now). At 41 inches tall, they dwarf the AR94s next to them, these are not small speakers themselves, and remember, this is without the risers. They are actually more efficient than the AR94s, which in turn are more efficient than the KEF 104aBs that were sitting there before.
Lee.
