SBirmo

Progress Update - no progress. I bought everything to refinish these and just thought I should test them to make sure they worked before I went to a lot of effort to make them look good. I hooked them up to an old Luxman L-5 and an old TEAC CD player and that is all. I've listened to them daily in my new man cave and I haven't had the desire to turn them off for refinishing. I am wondering how to best tell if the caps really do need replacing. The sound is quite good as they stand.

Right now, I only plan on replacing the caps, refinishing back to original walnut and recovering the grills. I may have to go to a black grill instead of the original cane fabric as I don't seem to see that anywhere. I would ask about the sealing or reinforcing the back panel? Is this for some sound improvement? One back panel only has 2 screws. Would anyone know the proper replacement?

Thanks to you all. What a great forum. I am really excited to get going with this project. These speakers have been in my family their entire life. My brother saved up and bought them when he was 16 and I was only 8. I was always enamored with them (probably because I was not allowed to touch them). Fast forward many years and he had passed them on to his grown boys who didn't really appreciate what they were getting. They moved them around numerous times - and probably painted them. When my nephew asked if I wanted my brother's "old stereo" stuff, I wasn't sure if the speakers still existed. He said the speakers he had in storage were black and didn't have any markings on them - so I was expecting they had sent the good speakers to a landfill years ago and replaced with something they thought was an improvement. I went to pick up the "old stuff" and I ended up with some late 70's components and much to my surprise - the Heresy speakers. I will post pictures of the project as I make some progress. Thank you for all the responses.

I've rescued a 79 Heresy Walnut pair. They have not been loved lately and were painted black at one point. Id like to use them and have them close to the way they were originally. What will be the most likely issues from a working/sound standpoint? What will I most likely need to test/replace? What suggestions for aesthetics? I will want to strip the paint. They even painted the tan grills black. I guess I could flip the fabric over? - but the badges are gone. I am just looking for any suggestions so I don't miss anything.