Vintage European speaker help

[Audi0]

Just picked up these sonab OA 14 as a project. Besides the obvious foam Im going to have to order I need some thoughts on wiring.
Overall I want to keep these original as possible so I don't simply want to cut the wire. Which is the easy way out. Its a male 2 din pin on the bottom. How would you wire these to something more modern? I'm sure there's going to be a few different answers here.

I tried 2 din pins before from China and the plastic melts when you try to solder anything to them.

 

[Audi0]

Logically my thought is to look for predone 2 din pin wire and strip the one end. They even sell that any more? Got results for the ends for diy wire but not a complete cord with the 2 din pin on the end on it.

 

[Audi0]

Foam done. Waiting on the connectors which will come eventually. I was hesitant to use the diy ends to make 2 pin din. As previously I found the plastic melts and the metal insert falls out when you bring the iron up to it. So I found these. Screw terminal 2 pin din and to finish it off lil piggies to go into them.

 

[Audi0]

Hopefully this helps some one else with sonabs.

 

[tarior]

I have a bin drawer full of those stupid things. Had I a pair of speakers that used them, I think I would drill for five-way binding posts.

 

[Audi0]

It crossed my mind several times to reroute the wire through the cabinet and put a binding post at the bottom. However its a odd design and maze of plastic in the middle. Also the wire comes right through the port. I tried to keep to keep them original as possible even though its outdated.

I have them setup currently and they are talky in the top end but that must be because of the 4 tweeters per. Also I tried to make them fit in my setup and they should be on the floor.

 

[Nat]

Try them on the floor. Probably more bass, which might help the balance, and given the spouting out high frequencies in various directions except horizontally, having them ear level is unimportant, or maybe unhelpful.

 

[rherber1]

With regard to the leads... I simply just cut off the original connectors and soldered on female 4mm banana sockets purchased on Ebay. I left the leads dangling but they could be held captive to some degree by using a cable P clip screwed to one of the old socket mounting holes.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5Pair-C...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

On my pair which I have just rebuilt with new cabinets the link sockets number 1 - 4 from the centre spigot on the top panel. The position in which the link is shown in position 3 - 4 in your first photo removes all tweeter attenuation resistors so they probably will sound more "talky". Move the link to the other end to connect both the 1.8 and 2.2 Ohms on the x-over in series with the tweeter. The x-over diagram is shown on this page http://www.carlssonkult.se/OA14.aspx

You can check with your Ohm-meter by measuring the resistance between the link sockets and comparing it with the x-over diagram. First, remove the shorting link.
between 1 - 2 you should measure open circuit
between 2 - 3 you should measure 2.2 Ohms
between 3 - 4 you should measure 4.0 Ohms

Attached pics are my finished refurbishment

 

[Audi0]

With regard to the leads... I simply just cut off the original connectors and soldered on female 4mm banana sockets purchased on Ebay

Trying to keep things stock if I can.

 

[kfa888]

I have some of those tweeters, I like them. That cab design is interesting. I bet those can sound pretty good on the floor and out into the room a little.

 

[tarior]

The smoothness of a good paper cone tweeter is very enticing.

 

[Audi0]

Truth be told I was going full hoarder mode. Took alot of my gear threw it in storage.
I've simplified things. Well since these pics were taken. Then somehow 50% of it made it back lol. However these sonabs are up against steep competition.

The design of them is interesting for sure. Its like a transmission line design with multiple tweeters.

 

[Audi0]

The smoothness of a good paper cone tweeter is very enticing.

I'm a big fan of the tweeters they use. Maybe it's because there peerless alinco drive.