P45s Mexico

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mexking
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Posted December 30, 2012 at 15:59 GMT
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Had time to check my P45s yesterday.

The speakers has never been opened since they left the factory, the drivers was like glued in, the back even so, with all gaskets in place.

Numbers

 

backside, needs cleaning

Front, needs new cloth, on the other speaker the P45 sign is missing (Martin maybe has one??)

 

Front plate, all 4 drivers moves freely

 

Fret back, press wood looks like new

No loose magnets, all 4 drivers OK

The other driver

Crossover, looks like original, no repairs done.

Location: Mexico city

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dmacri (archived2)
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Posted December 31, 2012 at 01:24 GMT
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Great news - I'm glad they made it to you ok.
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Posted December 31, 2012 at 03:01 GMT
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DMacri wrote:
Great news - I'm glad they made it to you ok.

I was nervous about the magnets, but they are OK, the glue used must be different for different series, or it has to do with where the speakers were stored or used.

Location: Mexico city

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orava
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Posted December 31, 2012 at 09:40 GMT
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Do elemens back plate have small sticker dot on middle? All 4 a like?

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Posted December 31, 2012 at 21:25 GMT
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Orava wrote:

Do elemens back plate have small sticker dot on middle? All 4 a like?

Orava, As I dont have the space here to work, (still visiting in McAllen) I assembled the speakers again. I will check when I´m back in Mexico-

 

Location: Mexico city

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Restored various 1960-70 items
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orava
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Posted January 1, 2013 at 10:18 GMT
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Søren Mexico wrote:

Orava wrote:

Do elemens back plate have small sticker dot on middle? All 4 a like?

Orava, As I dont have the space here to work, (still visiting in McAllen) I assembled the speakers again. I will check when I´m back in Mexico-

 

Those with dot were, or looked like older series, prehaps.... And weaker gluing. Others without dot had clearly more glue when looked down to airgap.

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eugene1960 (archived2)
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Posted January 1, 2013 at 20:29 GMT
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Orava wrote:

Søren Mexico wrote:

Orava wrote:

Do elemens back plate have small sticker dot on middle? All 4 a like?

Orava, As I dont have the space here to work, (still visiting in McAllen) I assembled the speakers again. I will check when I´m back in Mexico-

 

Those with dot were, or looked like older series, prehaps.... And weaker gluing. Others without dot had clearly more glue when looked down to airgap.

I hope you were able to at least glue the magnets. I will light another candle and rub the Bhudas belly for your trip back to Mexico.

 

Anymore after being stung by the faoled magnets a couple of times I now make it standard proceedure to re glue all the driver on any vintage set of Beovox speakers. Might be a bit of over kill but it makes me feel better.

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richhaffner
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Posted January 2, 2013 at 18:24 GMT
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eugene1960 wrote:

Might be a bit of over kill but it makes me feel better.

And as everyone knows, if you feel better, the loudspeaker sounds better.

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GlennB (archived2)
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Posted January 11, 2013 at 08:01 GMT
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Unglued P45's take no prisoners, your a lucky man!

As for mine, three of four locked drivers received Orava's magic touch... a real champion! 🤒

Now on the wall they look beautiful and sound... well, they sound like a new project is about to begin in the form of a beomaster 2400-2 restoration 🙂

 

 

 

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mexking
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Posted January 11, 2013 at 14:36 GMT
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The drivers apparently survived the 1100 Km drive down to Mexico city, packed in 4 layers of bobble plastic and two door mats in the trunk of a Honda Accord, (thank you Honda for soft suspension).

I will test the speakers with my BM 2400 this weekend, and then change the caps in the crossovers, if time allows, do the wood and the frets.   

Location: Mexico city

Retired
Printing machine technician
Restored various 1960-70 items
Rock and Roll music
Collecting Vinyl
Restored Jukebox Wurlitzer 1050
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