DarrylB

Thanks all. Great advice, especially about the caps. The cabinets look to have painted a dull brown, or it's a DIY project... I can't tell. But the inside is well constructed and laid out. There are small risers attached to the bottoms. No grill covers. I assume the cylindrical bits are the caps (?). One woofer has some damage, does this warrant a repair? I played some CDs and felt the sound was better, so it's probably the receiver. I have a vinyl album and a CD of the same musician (Stanley Turrentine), so I'll give that a listen too. Should be interesting. Four weeks and counting till I hear from the repair shop... gonna be a long time.

I inherited a set of speaker from a university dance & theater department when they vacated the space. When I moved in, the speakers were attached (hanging) to the wall and I took them home and later bough some vintage stereo gear (Yamaha M-50 amp, Yamaha C-65 Control Amp) and a new turntable (AT-LP240-USB). I thought the system sounded good, but never really had anything to compare it with. Fast forward to today (after a couple of years of not having a working system) I opened the speakers up and found the crossover board labeled E-2 (and Klipsch). Boy was I surprised and happy, but now to the problem. I have the Yamaha amp in the shop and the turntable is outfitted with a new stylus (LPGear VL), but connected to a RCA receiver in the interim. After I got the new stylus, I listened to a lot of my old vinyl and found the sound quality "muddy" and "muffled" (sorry, I don't know how else to describe the quality). I though perhaps the speakers were pretty old and perhaps needed a tune-up. A friend says to wait until I get the good amp back in play, and I'm guessing that probably is the way to proceed, BUT if I were to get the speakers to perform as designed, what might be a pathway? I fear the answers will simply further whet my appetite for more and more quality, but my retirement budget insists on financial caution. From the pictures I took it appears the woofer is K-22, Mid-range K-50 (it's smeared), and the tweeter is K-77. The speaker box is NOT from Klipsch, but crafted by someone in the academic unit. I'm assuming that one could/can but Klipsch components and make your own speaker system. (?) Thanks for any opinion, advice, or strategies... after reading a few posts here, I know I'm out of my depth, but it's never too late to learn. Darryl