kswitzer Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Hi All: I bought the mysterious RB-76 speakers from ebay last week. No mystery after all, as it was just a typo. Both arrived in Illinois from Florida in perfect shape (as in no shipping damage). As the ebay pictures showed, one of the speakers had some potentially severe scratches on the top. Since I didn't want black cabinets anyway and planned to refinish, the first action was to take everything apart. Grills are in 95% perfect shape, so don't have to worry about them. Horns and front piece also blemish free. That's a serious tweeter. All the tags on the inside parts match the OEM parts for RB-75's. Inside the cabinet, there's a second tag. Here's the inside in case you wondered what it looked like. Seriously heavy construction. Oops, said I have maxed my upload. More on this later. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Congratulations! What is that round dowel looking thing, a brace for shipping? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwsplking Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Congratulations! What is that round dowel looking thing, a brace for shipping?Looks to be a pen, possibly to give an impression of relative size of the horn loaded tweeter and magnet.Sent from my SM-G988U using Tapatalk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Glad they got there safely. If you have them all apart, you might stop by a custom cabinet shop to see what the cost would be to veneer them in the flavor that you want. I would want something exotic, such as burl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC39693 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Thanks for the “inside” pictures... I’m not sure I’ve ever seen any for an RB-75. This will be a nice thread for your updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kswitzer Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 3 hours ago, lwsplking said: Looks to be a pen, possibly to give an impression of relative size of the horn loaded tweeter and magnet. That is correct. Just a pen for scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kswitzer Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Inside the cabinet as I started to post before. One cross brace, but everything bonded with copious amounts of glue... I cut and then pried the rubber feet off the bottom. All came off intact which is cool. Some scratches on the bottom too. This is where I did my stripping test... I though the wood veneer type was pretty obvious. Anyone want to guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 24 minutes ago, kswitzer said: Anyone want to guess? Ash And congrats...they truly are fantastic sounding speakers. I listen to mine pretty much every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 are you going to veneer the cabinet or simply strip the paint and stain -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Why is this in the Garage Sale section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kswitzer Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, wuzzzer said: Why is this in the Garage Sale section? Cuz I'm a noob and posted in the wrong area? Is there a way to move this to a different thread? Otherwise I'll start it over in a more appropriate section. Edited December 11, 2020 by kswitzer imcomplete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 hour ago, kswitzer said: Cuz I'm a noob and posted in the wrong area? Is there a way to move this to a different thread? You broke the rules, so there has to be a trial. @dwilawyer might be able to help to move the thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwsplking Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 You lucky dog! As soon as I saw the post for the 76s I went out to grab 'em up but they were already gone. I am flabbergasted they were shipped without the magnets breaking off, congrats! I managed to find a pair locally that are in ok condition. Had to replace a woofer and have some refinishing to do as well. I am interested to see your your refinishing journey goes. Sent from my SM-G988U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 6 hours ago, lwsplking said: I am flabbergasted they were shipped without the magnets breaking off, congrats! My cherry pair arrived safe and sound from Tacoma, Washington to Kissimmee, Florida. It helped that @darylomer12 packed them to survive a bomb blast. Bill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, willland said: My cherry pair arrived safe and sound from Tacoma, Washington to Kissimmee, Florida. It helped that @darylomer12 packed them to survive a bomb blast. Bill Wow, that has to be close to 3k miles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 3563 miles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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