JohnA, after reading your reply I went back and took another ohm reading. I have entered the Twilight Zone, they now measure 6.4 and 6.5.
Sadly the higher reading did not help the weak sound. They sound half as loud as my other alnico K77 when run with a 2uf cap for comparison.
So it looks like I'm back to square 1. I don't really need them right now, was just looking at a future fix.
Thanks