I am just in the final finishing touches in restoring a friends DCM Time Windows.
Sorry about the photos I resorted to using my phone camera.
This pair needed a new diaphragm for one of the Philips tweeters which I had kicking around.
This is the old diaphragm.
DCM's have always had the reputation of disappearing when listening to them and this pair does a pretty good job at doing that.
The design is basically two 6 1/2 inch woofers and two 1 inch dome tweeters in one speaker offset by about 30 degrees. When offset at 30 degrees it is the best for speaker dispersion.
So how do they sound?
The bass was pretty solid down to about 50hz, I was expecting a bit more considering these are ported and usually two 6 inch woofers should have the output of a 10 inch woofer, these did not nearly go as low as the Oxford Tannoys.
Mid range and highs is where these speakers accelerate and you get the sense that the speakers have disappeared in the room, extremely smooth and well dispersed. this creates a great 3 dimensional image of the sound field.
These are a really nice sounding pair of speakers and it is a pleasure to refinish these and have them to listen to for a short period of time.
I did buy new 1/2 inch foam covers for these and that is the last chore to do with these. I opted to take pictures before the foam grills went back on to expose the drivers.
There was a bit of water damage to the veneer on the top surface, a light sanding and Minwax took care of that and brought the veneer back to life.
I am sure my buddy will be stoked to get these back.
