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    Who made the Drivers for the Speakerlab K's

    in Technical/Restorations

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    2 hours ago, Jim Fitting said:

    Only The super seven's and super K's came with T-350's with ferro fluid in both tweeter and (Atlas) mid drivers. Standard seven's and K's came with EV T-35's with no ferro fluid. I have one pair I built from plans in 1976, and one pair that were factory built. After refinishing the factory built ones, I must say, I did a better job with attention to detail. 

     

    The WA4000 tweeters that came in the SK's I picked up last September had ferrofluid in them along with the Atlas mids.  I removed it from both; they sounded better. Not to mention it was 40 years old.  But I'm not using those tweeters in my rebuild.  

    Funny Speakerlab SK listing on FB Marketplace by a Little Rock flipper

    in Alerts!

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    7 minutes ago, Marvel said:

    I think the only part of "making fun" would be the price. They made different versions of the SK, and certain ones wee very close to Klipsch, and sounded very good. The new lower price on the listing might sell. Considering what Khorns are selling for, they could be a good deal. IIRC, @DizRotus had four that he hauled around for dances.

     

    I'm not sure "making fun of" was the thing; it's more the false information this guy usually puts about stuff.  Like Klipsch buying parts from Speakerlab for many years, for instance.  Even at the lower price, that's going to be a tough sell.  SK's just don't go flying off the shelf that easily and that price will have to drop more.  The guy takes the worst pictures ever of the same angles.  Why can't he post pics of the back side to show if they're enclosed or not.  Someone did actually build new tops for them, or did that in the beginning, as they never came as a "collared" top nor did the plans show that.  That's what I'm doing with my SK's that I got from Gil's brother Joe...making collared tops, all new grills and using black cloth similar to Klipsch.

    McIntosh MC275 vs Dynaco ST70

    in Talkin' Tubes

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    I definitely enjoy my Dynakit ST-70 that's using a pair of older 7199's plus a matched quad of JJ KT77's, which is what Kevin from Dynakit likes and had recommended.  I have no complaints with it and it sounds spectacular running my quite upgraded/modified Speakerlab SK's.  It also sounds great on the Klipsch Epic CF-3 v1's.  I'm sure there are some things that could be changed on it that might eek out a little more from it but not sure I'd really hear them.  But I'm definitely glad I decided to keep it.

     

    I wish it wouldn't have made the picture so big...

     

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    Found! Grills for Epic CF-4

    in Garage Sale

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    4 hours ago, jjptkd said:

     

     People do part these guys out on eBay every so often you may get lucky there but who knows when? Just an idea here you might want to hit some CF-4 owners up for the dimensions and good pictures maybe you can make a set of your own? I wouldn't think it would be too hard to throw something half way decent to get you through until a stock pair shows up, which may take years unless you get really lucky. 

     

    @triceratops  That's what I was thinking, too.  Gonna be hard to just come across a set unless someone has a trashed cabinet pair or just likes parting things out.  They wouldn't be the hardest things ever to make as they only have 6 contact points to the speaker.  I build a set of grills years ago for a pair of JBL L100T's based on dimensions I gathered from others and they turned out great and were quite an interesting build.  Had to do the same thing with a pair of Infinity RSIIIb's that had broken particle board framed grills.  But I guess having spent 25 years in home/car audio/video and doing custom & high end installs for both made it easier to do those things.  

     

    One place you might try calling is Speakerworks in Tulsa, OK and see if they are still building grills and if they would be able to do those.  It shows they are still doing grills but not sure for what kind.  I know Dave did many for JBL.

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    What internet speeds do you have available?

    in Lounge

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    Starlink is crap anymore. It would be a step above Hughes etc or Viasuck I guess. We live right over city limits line where there was no internet so I've been using manipulated tablet plans from AT&T for 4 years and added a T-Mobile $10 business tablet plan on in a 5G modem where I can lock in on 5G SA bands. Getting 300 down and 10 up typically...for 10 bucks a month.  I also do this for my inlaws who did live out by a lake and only options was Viasuck.  Dropped that and added an outdoor modem that was way better and faster.  Moved them to town due to health issues and kept same setup since it's cheaper.  

     

    But as luck would have it, they buried conduit and will be putting in fiber over next 2 months. I'll still keep the TM tablet plan for backup. 

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