ovinewar1
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| Green Mountain Audio Carpathian, if you are curious, I probably would not have been as eager to restore had I even passingly considered the issues I would be facing. But now that I am in… no quitting. | |
| Green Mountain Audio And if anyone else is considering veneering over cultured marble with a variety of angles……… I wouldn’t recommend it. I have found a successful process, but it is a pain. I intentionally have let them set for a few months to see if the adherence i... | |
| Green Mountain Audio What I would love to do but won’t, is cut the top 4 inches of the speaker off, the obelisk, and make it flat. Veneering those is an absolute bear. I had every finger bandaged from razor cuts on the first one. The reason I didn’t start the second w... | |
| Green Mountain Audio Jackd i won’t do anything beyond the veneering and surrounds until I listen for a bit. I will look things over on the cover to make sure no leaking caps but otherwise no immediate changes. I have a decent number of high end caps in my tool box s... | |
| Green Mountain Audio Thank you Kenjit. I will make sure to do that. | |
| Green Mountain Audio Nope. I have 1 veneered. It got pretty frosty and my barn isn’t heated. I also got distracted with a zillion other things. I am committed to completing. I do appreciate your continued curiosity. | |
| Custom Tuning Conspiracy Kenjit what you propose already exists for those willing and able to pay for it. Everything else is a progressive or regressive form of compromise based on affordability. I struggle to see the problem? This is similar to every manufactured good w... | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment I have recapped 5 amps- I left them unplugged for weeks on end; made sure the caps were fully drained; and replaced with higher quality caps of the same micro-farad value from Digikey. I am handy but not electronically trained. It wasn't that hard... | |
| Klipsch Speakers I have several models of Klipsch Heritage. I have pulled the horns and used dynamat on all, and I now use a 45 watt tube amp. I have also used some vintage ss amps, Bryston, and even a 6 watt tube amp. I have Thiel, Vandersteens, Ohms, B&W, Ad... | |
| Green Mountain Audio I will figure out how to post some pics when I finish and let everyone know how they sound. Small delay as I am working on some other projects temporarily- namely a motorbike for the grandson. One speaker has been fully veneered and looks pretty g... | |
| Green Mountain Audio No idea. I haven’t mounted the drivers due to the veneering project. All the dang angles on these things have me slicing my fingers up with razors as I trim the veneer. Veneering box speakers is a breeze. Marble geometric, not so much 😉 Another f... | |
| Green Mountain Audio That didn’t work 😞 | |
| Green Mountain Audio Thanks for asking. I have all the drivers rebuilt. I also have the wire grills reshaped. Just tonight I veneered one of the speakers with an exotic grey walnut. To say it was a challenge would be an understatement with all the angles. I don’t know... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Robert Cray Strong Persuader | |
| Green Mountain Audio So for those willing to attempt a replacement of a surround; It wasn't bad. If you remove the dust cap you can shim the voice coil so it is centered. I would recommend practicing putting your glue on some scrap first and understanding its working ... |