Dynaco A25 Speakers

My keen eye spotted a local pair of Dynaco A25 speakers offered up locally with no labels on the ad, I recognized them by the backs of the speakers.

Back in 2017 I had a pair of Dynaco A25's and in 2016 I had a pair of Dynaco A35's and now I get this great pair of 25's to listen to again.

 

 

 This pair of A25's are in great shape with all corners square and the grills in perfect condition. The usual sanding and re oiling to cabinets will be in order. I currently have these hooked to my 2 watt tube amp in my office and I am loving them. 

The bass is better than the KLH Model 17's I have, on par with Advents that I have had in the past. I may replace the crossover cap with a new Solen one.

I am happy to have these speakers again and I think they will be sticking around for awhile.

November 11th update, I have replaces the original capacitor with a Solen polypropylene cap and sanded the cabinets, a coating of Circa 1850 Terra Nova Naturoil has brought the cabinets back to their glory.

The water stain is going to stay in one speaker and the small scratches have been smoothed out pretty good in the other.

 

 

Dynaco A25 Speakers

My second set of Dynaco's after the A35's is the smaller brother the A25.

I enjoyed the A35's when I had them and found them best suited to a Solid State amplifier, these A25's I feel are the same. They do  not pair up well with tube gear.

There is plenty of information on these speakers and they were proven to be wildly popular in the 70's for good reason.

These have wonderful SEAS drivers in them and are extremely well built with a mid century modern wood finish.

Genesis Model 1+ speakers

I have had these speakers for a few months now and they were in need of some crossover attention when I bought them.

Genesis is a spin off of EPI or Epicure speakers of which I am always a fan of. Very simple designed, requiring minimal crossover components. The woofer and tweeter are designed to roll off at their crossover point naturally.

This pair I bought already had the woofers refoamed, the crossover panel was worse for wear. The spring clips were broken and the glue holding them to the cabinet was no longer bonding the plate to the cabinet.

I opted to use MDF 5"x5" board that I cut. I installed new gold plated binding post to accept banana plugs. Upgraded the capacitor to a Solen polypropylene cap, and installed 18 gauge audiophile speaker wire.

The cabinets were a bit rough, some wax was on the vinyl veneer and on the speaker grill cloth. I cleaned all that up.

This pair of Genesis still had the QC tags on the front baffle, I opted to leave them on as you do not see this attention to detail in today's gear.

I kept the original serial # tags as these speakers are 20 off each other in production.

I always like the sound of the EPI 100 and the Genesis Model 1 is the equivalent to the EPI. Excellent bass from a sealed 8 inch woofer and the inverted dome is smooth as silk. These are highly musical speakers. The bass is almost on par with the  New Large Advents with 10" woofers and the mid range and highs or on par with the Dynaco A35's.

These are truly a wonderful speakers and always a pleasure to restore. I think I have done at least a dozen pairs now.

Dynaco A35 Speakers

Legendary Dynaco A35 speakers arrived today in mint condition, this is one speaker that I have read plenty about and have yet to experience until today.

Most of the time I hear more about the Dynaco A25's that are bass reflex, the A35's are acoustic suspension in a larger cabinet.

I prefer acoustic suspension speakers due to their tighter bass response.

So far I am really enjoying the A35's and have them hooked to the tube amp.

Imaging is very open and transparent but not as efficient as other speaker in the collection. I will update the listening session in a few days. So far I like what I hear.