I have found a pair of M75 speakers with stands on the BC mainland at a fair price. Supposedly they are in excellent cosmetic condition needing only the woofers refoamed.
I am attending the All British Car Meet at VanDusen Gardens in Vancouver next weekend so if the M75 speakers are anything like my S75 speakers I would love to acquire them, making the $140 ferry ride all the more worth it. My spouse wants to see the car show, I want the speakers. with luck, everyone wins!
So what is the difference in sound quality between the M75 and S75 speakers?
Jeff
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Guys,
I purchased the M75 speakers and believe I have a winner. Five hours taken up with the ferry ride, but worth it, I think.
The veneers are virtually flawless and the black stands are excellent.
The woofer and the mid-ranges require re-foaming, but so what?
The aluminum trim is oddly yellow so I started with Simi-Chrome polish and thought, it is nearly 9:00, best left for tomorrow.
I will find out if all the speakers function tomorrow (which I expect) and will take them in for re-foaming on Tuesday. (Monday is a holiday here)
I will check if I have enough fabric to do the frets, and if so, renew them tomorrow. (Thank you Soren for showing me how.)
Here are the pictures.
Another photo.
One more.
Congratulations Jeff. Those look outstanding. You did great.John
Thanks John, I really appreciate your kind words of encouragement.
It was a LONG day, a good one, but a very LONG day. The BIG thing is to see if all the speakers work. If so, the rest is easy.
Fingers crossed.
Beautiful veneer - and shows the difference in woofer - not so beautiful - I am confident it will be soon looking as good as new!
Peter
Hi Peter,
Thank you very much, yes the veneers are stunning.
However one of the speakers is dead, no sound and I need to get inside to find out why.
Tried from the front, but that didn't work, so I tried removing the back, and was unsuccessful.
I read the manual but it offered little guidance.
These speakers are like 99% flawless and I do not want to damage them with guesswork.
So how do I gain access to look for the main problem as well as remove the woofer and mid-range for re-foaming?
Unscrew the back panel screws, unscrew the front woofer screws. Remove the woofer. Use your hand to poke through the woofer hole and push the back panel of. The back panel is tight to push of. Remove some of the sound deadening wadding for improved internal vision as to where to push.
Be carefull as the crossover electrics are on that back board. May have to desolder a few things as the back panel comes of, but work slowly and you will see.
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May have to desolder some stuff WHEN the back panel comes of so as to remove the panel completly.
Thank you Martin.
Oddly enough, this is what I already did, BUT I was afraid to push hard enough on the back panel. Even tried a rubber hammer.
I need to remove the woofers and mid-ranges for re-foaming anyway, but now I know how to get in an investigate.
Now I gotta hope that the fault is obvious enough for a layperson to recognize.
Could it possibly have anything to do with the over-ride protection? Had that issue with my MC120.2 speakers and had to bypass the protection circuit as switch are not available. (You might remember all that....)
Thanks Cooker and Martin,
Opened up the M75 and this is what I found.
I checked the outlet for corrosion but the outlet was pristine. No broken wires, and the caps all look good. I swapped speaker cables just in case, but not the cable.
There is NO sound of any kind, so is there anything else to do other than send the board off for proper testing?
Photo number 2
And photo number 3.
The last photo maybe the most important. Maybe.
All looks nice and original.