Along with the Marantz SR1000 I picked up last week also came a mint pair of EPI 100V speakers.
This pair was in incredible shape besides the rotted foams, I decided that it was worth spending the $50.00 in decent Solen Caps, 12 gauge speaker wire, proper replacement foams and gold plated banana terminals.
If one speaker that I regularly come across and is worth the effort in re building it is EPI speakers. these speakers are really simple but with a few tweaks sound absolutely amazing.
First off here is the speaker upon arrival.
Here is the parts laid out for the rebuild, I have already glued one edge of the foams to the woofer.
The original caps ans whimpy speaker wire. These have to go as this is the weakest part of the system.
The original spring clips were bypassed with new gold plated banana plugs.
Inside I have the new Solen 10uf caps soldered in and ready to go.
Meanwhile I finished the re foam of the woofers using a 50Hz sine tone method with my iPhone and an amp. This will center the woofer without cutting the dust cap off and shimming.
Before I put everything back together more dampening material was added to help with the back wave from the woofer.
Now put everything back together and enjoy the openness and musicality of these amazing speakers.
This pair was in incredible shape besides the rotted foams, I decided that it was worth spending the $50.00 in decent Solen Caps, 12 gauge speaker wire, proper replacement foams and gold plated banana terminals.
If one speaker that I regularly come across and is worth the effort in re building it is EPI speakers. these speakers are really simple but with a few tweaks sound absolutely amazing.
First off here is the speaker upon arrival.
Here is the parts laid out for the rebuild, I have already glued one edge of the foams to the woofer.
The original caps ans whimpy speaker wire. These have to go as this is the weakest part of the system.
The original spring clips were bypassed with new gold plated banana plugs.
Inside I have the new Solen 10uf caps soldered in and ready to go.
Meanwhile I finished the re foam of the woofers using a 50Hz sine tone method with my iPhone and an amp. This will center the woofer without cutting the dust cap off and shimming.
Before I put everything back together more dampening material was added to help with the back wave from the woofer.
Now put everything back together and enjoy the openness and musicality of these amazing speakers.
