So Duane (Note 1) comes by today with a pair of Redlines. I've been hoping to find a pair of 60.2's to refurbish and put in the garage with a Frankensystem (Note 2) until I find a stacking system to match them with (Note 3). When he opened the trunk (Note 4) I thought maybe I'd get lucky, but alas, they were RL 60's Type 6503.
I explained to Duane they probably weren't worth the $50 he paid for them because of the foam rot problem with the ABR I read so much about on the old site (Note 5). I picked one up and shook it to show Duane, but wait a minute, no rattling sound.
I picked up the other, shook it, no rattling sound again! What do we have here? A fixed pair? But which fix?
A home brew refoam? A refoam by a professional, perhaps even Martin himself? A conversion to the bass reflex? Mike Cason's conversion with passive radiators?
Below is what one of the fronts looks like. They are dusty and need new cloth. But no scratches or dents. No accessories either, except for the small metal "lean on the floor" attachment.
Note 1. Duane works for me and makes just as much money on the side buying and selling at flea markets and on Ebay. I've bought about a thousand records from him in the last year for less than $200.
Note 2. The Frankensystem is currently NAD 7175PE (love this receiver), BG RX2 w/ MMC4, BC3300, Beovox S40, and some very cheap Magnavox DVD player. Used to have Beosystem 1900 in there with second pair of M70s, but the M70s were removed for a Top Secret Project.
Note 3. Probably a 5500.
Note 4. "Trunk" = "boot" 😎
Note 5. I remember one thread - think it was Leslie's - where Gunther complimented the refurbisher on the fabric by slamming my psychedelic M70 grills/frets. 😎 once again.
