RL-140 Recap pic.s and notes. Industrial strength hot glue gun is your friend for this kind of project. I've really appreciated this kind of help from others in the past, so here's my chance to pitch in. http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/w...40Recap008.jpg 2nd speaker completed and I'm enjoying my "reborn" RL-140's very much

RL-140 Recap Report Got the first one done yesterday. Actually went much easier than I thought it would. Was able to fit all the new cap.s on the PCB, two of the bypass cap.s were mounted on the bottom of the PCB. The speaker wire terminal replacement went as easily as I thought it would. The binding post item from PartsExpress has the same center to

[quote user="joeybo[quote user="joeyboygolf"] I always rated them very highly, even defending them against the Penta sheep. Especially so when driven by a QUAD 405 amplifier, as B&O did not have an amp to do them justice at the time. [/quote] Check it out, you're part of this guy's sales pitch. http://cgi.ebay.com/Bang-Olufsen

[quote user="ouverture"] well done Stephen, they are super speakers when they are in tip top condition they should really be identical mirrors of each other, so you need to know which one to copy, so they end up both right - do you have the proper stands to sit them on as well ?? [/quote] Thank you. Yes, I have the correct factory stands.

[quote user="tournedos"] At least my smaller RLs (60.2 and 6000) are identical with each other, i.e non mirrored both technically and cosmetically (straps + the logo). Same with the Pentas, midranges on the left and the tweeters on the right. I would expect the 140s be this way as well - if yours have the type sticker left, they should both

I'm still working on finding optimal positioning for my 140's which has raised a question. The speakers in my pair are not mirror images of each other which means that positioning can never be symmetrical. As in if placed vertically with both tweeters inside, one pair woofers will be at the top and the other woofers at the bottom, for instance

Obviously I expected your Caddy to be a bit more of a rarity in Finland. A very nice ride at any rate. Vintage SoCal (if that's where it came from) cars are prized as the climate is very dry, and the rust cancer not so prevalent in them. That car tax must have been a killer if relief from it makes shipping something like a '62 deVille economically

A beautiful example of that glorious American style of excess and exuberance so freely exercised in the late 50's/early60's. That Caddy has got to be the baddest ride in all of Finland. Speaking of which, how did that thing wind up there? That's got to be a good story.

[quote user="tournedos"] Thanks for the compliments. Finnish is actually quite an easy language, even the kids speak it over here [/quote] Maybe I should try Finnish instead of Italian. [quote user="burantek"] ...and I thought your excellent language skills came from reading Cadillac manuals! [/quote] Tournedos, Do you have a Cadillac

Tournedos, You give sound capacitor advice. I have used foil types almost exclusively for recapping speakers in the past. The sole exception being once using bipolar electrolytic in parallel to the woofers in my Klipsch Chorus. I didn't think of it, the kit I used from a well known Klipsch shop that provided it for that purpose said there was no