Acoustic Zen Crescendo speaker crossover capacitors ... who makes them?

Hi Grannyring. I am about to buy your old speakers. The black Crescendos. Anything I should look out for or should shipping be an issue since they will be shipped to me in California? Nothing will come apart? Also if I may ask, why did you sell them after all that great work? 

Mike

Shipping is always a possible issue depending on how rough they are on them.   In terms of why I sold them, well that’s what I do! Build.... sell.  Modify .......  sell.  It’s part of the journey. 

Thank you for the response. How did they sound when you finished and do you know if an Anthem 720mrx is enough to drive them? Thanks again for the info.

mike

Awesome speakers and with grannyring crossover mods, Superb!

Wig

I spoke with Robert Lee at Acoustic Zen recently because as I was attempting to extract the crossover boards out of my speakers(Adagio), there was so much hot glue under the boards that I damaged the boards to where they were no longer functional. I asked Robert if he could sell me another set, not mentioning that I was going to upgrade the caps and resistors, but he told me that he discontinued the 3rd order crossover configuration about a year ago and is building his own 1st order -6db crossovers for all his models. He agreed to sell me a set of his new crossover boards and before I install them into the speakers, I will upgrade for sure the caps. Robert said he would provide instructions for easy installation, this time using special screws instead of hot glue.
   I know this is an older thread but if anyone is interested in the results I get, I'll post back again later.