Hi Mika, I now have this nice lady's whole B&O system she puchased new in Copenhagen in '83. She had these speakers buried in storage before and has now given them to me simply because I bought the beocenter and C75's and she like's me, I guess. So I'm acquainted with her enough to know they had to have come this way. It comes

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[quote user="Søren Mexico"] [quote user="stevepe"]Thanks for the link. I'm having success with lacqeur thinner. I'll see if acetone is speedier. The wipe-on poly is probably similar to what you describe for a finish. [/quote] I dont use Poly for my Beo woodworks, but sand down with 200 grain and 400 grain, and then

Thanks for the link. I'm having success with lacqeur thinner. I'll see if acetone is speedier. The wipe-on poly is probably similar to what you describe for a finish. The rear aluminum trim is perfectly flush with the cabinet, so re-veneering might not look so good. Steve

These cones seem to be paper with a coating. One dust cap had been majorly dented and won't return to it's shape very well with the vacuum treatment. Thanks for the link to the dust caps. Steve

I'd like to hear opinions, please, about foam vs. rubber surrounds for the S80.2 woofers. I stayed with foam rings on my C75's, but good_hifi says that rubber surrounds were used with this speaker by other makers. Rubber would last longer, and it would be valuable experience for me to try this operation with rubber and the different glue. I

Thanks for the advice, and the nice welcome. I'll track down a replacement electrolytic here in town, then. These speakers still sound nice after 28 years. I'm listening to them in a medium sized room with a couple of eight inch 6 ohm sub woofers. The capacitors will last exactly 30 years and then fail, right? The foam was still intact when

Hello, First post here. I'd like to ask about replacing the crossover caps in this speaker. These were purchased new by the PO in Denmark in '83. The top and bottom drivers are not tilted like I've read about. All four had foam surrounds, no rubber. Japanese drivers. C-75 Type 6323. I think I read that some of this style came with 63v caps