I have been bitten by the hifi bug again after many years. Mostly interested in vintage gear, I get a lot of satisfaction in saving old but very good quality pieces of equipment from just gathering dust or worse yet a landfill. I have a soft spot for vintage Kenwood gear, recently acquired a KA-2000 amp and added the matching KT-1000 tuner. I am currently resto-modding some Acoustic Research AR8b's. The woofers need to be re-foamed after 40+ years, the tweeters look fine. I am also going to tweak the crossover by adding a low pass and a high pass filter, the original design has only a single 5 microfarad cap in series connected to the tweeter. Cosmetically the enclosures look pretty good for their age, but I plan on replacing the grill cloth the something with a 70's vintage beige tweed. I am putting money into this project but I was given the speakers for free. Hope to chat soon and also get some valuable advice.
Welcome aboard Vickiehifi!!
This is a wonderful place to spend lots of time at, and you will make new connections.
Yep, the satisfaction of restoring a vintage piece has a different ‘feel’ than building from new. I recently brought back to life a Heathkit AP-1800
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(There’s also a Kenwood KA-5002 in my stash)
This is a wonderful place to spend lots of time at, and you will make new connections.
Yep, the satisfaction of restoring a vintage piece has a different ‘feel’ than building from new. I recently brought back to life a Heathkit AP-1800
.(There’s also a Kenwood KA-5002 in my stash)
Howdy! Welcome to diyAudio.
I just finished bringing a Hitachi SR-5200 back to life for a friend. Next up is a Sony ST-S555ES tuner that won't find any stations.
Tom
I just finished bringing a Hitachi SR-5200 back to life for a friend. Next up is a Sony ST-S555ES tuner that won't find any stations.
Tom