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Audio Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: OldiesButGoodies on September 08, 2012, 08:53:30 PM
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Found these Kappas for $40 in excellent shape except the woofers. Put in new foam surrounds from Simply Speakers and Dynamat'd the basket of the woofer per F1nut's tip (that made a difference, IMO). These are very nice towers with a bit deeper bass than the Reference 3as so they can be played w/o a sub just fine. Still playing with positioning and tweeter, id controls. No x-over upgrades yet. Just glad to have saved them from the trash heap!
OBG
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7958984624_c0bc653317_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958984624/)
kappa09 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958984624/#) by JSifontes (http://www.flickr.com/people/jsifontes/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/7958984932_12f3e45172_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958984932/)
kappa08 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958984932/#) by JSifontes (http://www.flickr.com/people/jsifontes/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/7958985242_f4d9869f36_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958985242/)
kappa07 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958985242/#) by JSifontes (http://www.flickr.com/people/jsifontes/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/7958986070_8a4d81e381_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958986070/)
kappa04 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958986070/#) by JSifontes (http://www.flickr.com/people/jsifontes/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7958986776_41e0b9d307_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958986776/)
kappa01 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/7958986776/#) by JSifontes (http://www.flickr.com/people/jsifontes/), on Flickr
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So - these speakers could be approaching 20+ years. What caps should I replace? I assume the NPEs should be falling out of spec by now - what about the polys? [maybe it is time I buy a meter that measures capacitance ah?]