Got my spares from Martin yesterday, 4 drivers for the RL 140s and a
lot of caps for the rest, ofcourse I had to start emidiately and the
first thing was the crossover from one RL, changing the caps is easier
than I thought, both crossovers was finished in 40 min. and its the
first time I do it.
I assambled one RL and connected it to a 20 year old Sony
reciever/amp, 2 x 10 wats, FM station and sound came out, sounded OK.
Before I started the repair I tested with the same Sony and it was bad,
distortions and with volume at max. the RLs did'nt play as loud as the
original crab Sony speakers.
Today I assambled the other RL and connected both, there was a
differens in the middle tones between the speakers, distortion in one
speaker, audible even for me, my ears are old and tired, I started
checking and saw one string of Rockwool insulation hiding in one corner
of my garage, that string goes into the bucket where the middle tone
driver is located, so open up again, add the rockwool string, connect
again, and bingo, same sound in both, good sound even with this bad amp.
and now louder and much better than the old Sony ones, I'm happy.
As I bought the drivers from Martin I have to give him some roses,
these drivers are better than new, check the pic below, there is no
signs of glue rests anywhere, the new surround fits perfectly and the
drivers looks better than the original.
PICS
Martins Driver
Crossover before
Old caps out
New caps inn
Ready to assamble, here I forgot to put in the insulation in the bucket, amazing what this little detail do to the sound.
Beosound 3000, BL 4000, BL 8000, BG 2404,BG 5000, BG CD50, Beocord 5000, BM 901, BM 2400, BM 4000, BV S45, BV 3702. There is nothing we cannot do, but a lot of things we don't want to do!!