Hi...
Thanks for posting this. I do not meet many RS-1 owners in these parts. I use a Peavey 23XO but may give the Ashly a try if I find one for a good price - their claim is that the xover maintains phase, which is a must for these speakers.
I still have the original xover in good form and have spent some time troubleshooting. If yours has a hum I recommend you look at the 100 ohm resistors that separates the oc board ground from chassis ground. If goes into the screw holding the transformer chassis to case ground. It snaps easily after these many years. A $2 Radio Schack fix.
I never did find the "servo" a big selling point - Peavey sounds better to me. Will look for an Ashly to try on Ebay. If you are local we should coordinate to have you drop by and help me with speaker positioning. . What amps are you driving yours with?
Thanks,
Pepe
I was never planning on actually using these, but I found a pair of Yamaha MX 630 amps dirt cheap, $230 for the pair. One didn't work but it was just bad solder joints on the main caps. The 630's have enough power and sound respectable for man cave system. I have never had the money to try some amps on either the Beta's or the RS1b's, but I am still looking. You need to be sure to use amps with enough power, from what I understand the biggest reason for driver failure is distortion from under powered amps. I bought both the Beta's and RS1b's used, and both had blown EMIT's. I have had the Beta's for 25 years with no issues of my own until the magnets on the EMIM's de-laminated, which is why I bought the RS1b's. Having a backup source for the EMIM's I decided to repair the EMIM's using magnet kits from the auction sites, which are fantastic.
There are easily $2600 worth of EMIM's alone on the RS1b's so I can never loose money even considering the Ashly and the amps, if I ever need to sell them or part them out.
I like the sound using the Ashly, so I will probably never go back to the Infinity crossover, it would be different if it was an active servo like the Beta's.
Mike
IRS Beta
RS1b
ESS AMT 3
Pioneer HPM 100
Klipsch KG4
Yeah I'm a collector........