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That "Wet Look" product looks like the answer to my concerns...that and the dessicant for the crossovers. What a great response to this thread...thanks for all the input.

Too picky about a good soundstage to do the window thing! Plus I'm out on the porch because wife doesn't understand the higher noise level thing!

The dessicant idea is great...thanks so much for that.

Hey guys...I found a pair of Heresy's that sound great but they are old beat up cabinets. I spend a lot of my leisure time here in Charleston, SC on our screened in porch and really enjoy listening to music out there. I am considering putting these heresy's out there but have a few concerns about our humidity levels, corrosion etc. on crossovers, speaker cone paper, etc. I can certainly keep them out of the rain and mist but I can't control the temperature swings and humidity levels. I'm sure that the anal rententive types are going to chime in and say "...don't do it...they need to be in a temperature controlled environment!" I would really like to hear from folks that have used their Heritage speakers outside for extended periods of time and to see if they had problems or not. Thanks in advance for your help!

I bought a pair of P-Audio 15" full range drivers for a cool old pair of vintage mahagony cabinets. The P-Audio's are magnificent. I run them with an old Dynaco SCA-35 and a cd player and they are really amazing. I'm a musician who has been on countless stages and the accuracy of these speakers to reproduce real instruments is fabulous. The seperation of instruments is great and the resultant sound stage is glorious. It's easy to identify where the instruments / vocalists are placed. I know I'm gushing but I've had them for about 8 months now and they are the best audio purchase I've made and I've made many. I still enjoy my Heresy's but they are not my first choice for critical listening. Hope this helps.

It should be able to be restored as a nice little amp. I would personally find a different one to restore...it appears that the whole topside has been coated in a silver paint. Before I sank alot of money into it with a restoration, I would want to know if the transformers were rusting on the plates...the paint makes that very difficult to see. I suspect they were rusty which is why they got sprayed to begin with. Plus I think the silver paint makes it look a bit cheesy. I used to do lots of these "rescued from the curb" type of restorations but I don't anymore...you almost always end up with too much parts and labor in these and they just don't command that much from the market. My two cents, look for a really nice unsprayed unit that's been pulled out of an old stereo console and someone else has already done the work...I've got several of these for under 200 bucks and they are absolutely terrific. The only time I would depart from the above advise if there is a sentimental attachment "with a story". For example, if this came from my favorite Uncles Hammond B-3 and I wanted a cool momento from that relationship. Best of luck.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll read up on 'em. I'm looking at the PAudio speakers also.

Peter Gabriel's "So" album. Sledgehammer is a quick one that will show any shortcomings.

Sure they'll take Klipsch woofers but I'm not familiar with a 15" Klipsch full range speaker. Maybe someone will recommend one plus a horn that will do nicely in these units... By the way, we are getting snow down here in Bethlehem!

Thanks for the tip.

The interiior dimensions are as follows: Height 23 7/16" inches Width 18 13/16" inches Depth 17" The "mountable surface" on the baffle interior is 19 1/4" tall and 15 1/2" wide. This is NOT enought room for the Heresy's woofer/mid horn/tweeter combination...I just measured my Heresy's and the compenents require another 3/4 '. Perhaps I could mount the tweeter on the side next to the horn... Thanks for your interest.

OK...I bought a very cool pair of older mahogany speaker cabinets that originally housed an Altec 605A with a N1600 crossover. This is a 15" speaker with both a driver and a horn (Duplex). I bought them because they were very similar to a pair of cabinets my father made back in the early 60's. They warm my heart. They have a little overf 4 cubic feet of volume. I need some guidance in what to load in these things. Here are a few early thoughts. Find a pair of Altec 605 A and load 'em back up. Problem with this option is I'm choking on the cost...probably around $1000 for a pair on evil bay. I'm considering buying a pair of ragged out Heresy's and making a new baffle for my cabs and loading the Heresy components in the new baffle. This is pretty affordable but I"m not sure that Heresy components will sound good in the larger cabinet...I suspect they will though! Last option I'm considering is to buy another pair of "duplex" type of 15" like Jenson's or University's but I'm not very educated in what a good selection would be...I don't want a pair of lame ones that I'll end up replacing. I'll be using these with either a Dynaco SCA-35 or a Dynaco Stereo 70. Your thoughts and collective guidance would be very appreciated.

Your first reply was dead on. I've owned a small Dukane tube amp that was converted to a guitar amp. The schematic was on the bottom cover. Low end is pretty accurate...it was still solid stuff but I was never impressed by the output transformer in mine. Build quality was ok but nothing jaw dropping. I sort of dug the industrial gray paint though...sort of like a diamond in the rough. I've seen many other Dukane pieces both in person and eBay and they are all sort of unremarkable. I've never seen anyone hold up a Dukane peice as their prized possesion and that tells you something! I like the Stromberg Carlson stuff of the same era...nicer than the Dukane and Bogen stuff and better build quality from my perspective. Better output transfer quality as well. Hope this helps a bit.

So what tap should I use off my Dynaco ST-70...the 4, 8, or 16?

I'm a little vexed over what impedance I should be targetting with my setup. Here's some background. I'm running a Dynaco Stereo 70 which has 4, 8, and 16 ohm taps on each side. I'm using a Dynaco PAS 3 as a preamp. There is no subwoofer output or center channel output available to drive a subwoofer so I must utilize the "speaker wire input and output" patch bay on the back of the sub to get a signal to my sub and then out to my speakers. I'm running a pair of Heresy II's which are 8 ohms each. I've got a JBL subwoofer driving a driver of unknown impedance. It's not anywhere on the literature. I used my meter to check the impedance of the subwoofer + Heresy "chain" and it registered 198 ohms!. My meter is fine...I checked the single Heresy and it registered about 5.8 ohms which is where it should be for a published 8 ohm speaker. Can anybody shed some light on this? Is this an acceptable way to drive a sub off of a Stereo 70 using the 4 ohm tap? Should I not do this? Anyhelp would be appreciated.