Apogees are in the house

[BobM]

Pete is apparently burning it in for me to try out.

I do have an "RFM Special" on my preamp though. It's a combination of 2 different gauges that I experimented with to good effect. He's not offering that on the website though. It was an experiment.

[evan1]

BobM, have you got one of Pete's 8awg PCs on your McCormack yet?   I've very eager to hear it!

I do , but my amp died the next day and haven't tried it out yet

[tmazz]

BobM, have you got one of Pete's 8awg PCs on your McCormack yet?   I've very eager to hear it!

It was a big time winner on my amp. 

I hope it does as well on yours. 

[Triode Pete]

Pete is apparently burning it in for me to try out.

I do have an "RFM Special" on my preamp though. It's a combination of 2 different gauges that I experimented with to good effect. He's not offering that on the website though. It was an experiment.

Currently burning in (1st stage Hagerman FryCorder & now on 2nd stage with a high current (>12 amp) load bank) with a 20 amp IEC... Will be ready Friday! 

Audios,
Pete

[mdconnelly]

Pete, I've got a serious power cord itch in need of scratching 

Keep me posted and count me in!

[BobM]

Here's a pic of one speaker pre-renovation. The original owner tried to use some wood putty to fill a gap in the seam, rather than gluing and clamping it. Not a pretty site.

[BobM]

Here's the guts

[BobM]

and the rebuilt crossover

[BobM]

and a new refinish ... fill, sand, paint, sand, paint, sand, paint, ... ad infinitum. Not perfect, there are still a few small blamishes but it's far better than it was and I can live with the rest. I also had to dampen the panels in a few places. These ribbons are old and they do buzz and flap a bit down at 30Hz. The dampening did a pretty good job of getting rid of that without harming the rest of the sound.

[stereofool]

Nice job in reclaiming your speakers...looking much better  !

[StereoNut]

They look pretty damned good to me Bob.  Nice job.  I hope you enjoy them! 

[richidoo]

Wow! Awesome Bob! xo looks nice!  What color is that, metallic dark gray?

[BobM]

It's Lowes metallic silver spray (the darker one that they sell). It does a much better job of helping the speakers to look less obtrusive in the room than the matte black of the original. It's kind of like a Wilson silver, if you know what I mean.

I've still got to finish up the right one. Hopefully today once the temperature rises a bit so I can spray, spray, spray.

[richidoo]

It's kind of like a Wilson silver, if you know what I mean.

That was my first impression too. Looks really sharp. The metallic give some pop like a high gloss job but without the work.

[tmazz]

It's kind of like a Wilson silver, if you know what I mean.

Holy cow! You know we are an obsessive bunch when somebody can identify a paint color by linking it to a equipment manufacturer and we all know what he is talking about.