vintage 5" full range id please

vaughn · 17th September 2011, 12:25 AM

Picked up a pair of these today, look a lot like vintage FE103's but they are 5", any ideas?

planet10 · 17th September 2011, 02:08 AM

Coral... there was a 5 (yours?) & an 8" that i've seen and in creme or black cone. You have the rarer alnico, most of the ones i've had thru ere were ceramic.

I have a single 5" alnico and have been waiting for a 2nd to come along... sigh

dave

vaughn · 17th September 2011, 02:18 AM

thanks Dave!

Not to add salt to the wound but I actually found a pair of Stephens 80fr's yesterday

and last week a pair of Quad ESL 57's

planet10 · 17th September 2011, 02:21 AM

cool...

dave

DYNABLASTERTUNERS · 17th September 2011, 07:24 AM

are the surroundings stiff/hard?

vaughn · 17th September 2011, 01:29 PM

Surrounds seem to still be good

DYNABLASTERTUNERS · 17th September 2011, 05:52 PM

congrats

vaughn · 17th September 2011, 07:35 PM

I say the surrounds seem fine but I don't really know how compliant they should be.

I'm pushing in slightly at the edge of the cone with four fingers evenly distributed and I would estimate the cone travels about 1-2 mm. Does that sound about right?

vaughn · 18th September 2011, 01:03 AM

I made a simple little contraption to measure the distance the cone travels and it looks like 2.5mm. That seems about right to me but who knows?

Tomorrow I'll put them on a baffle and see how they sound

DYNABLASTERTUNERS · 18th September 2011, 08:04 AM

when you touch the surround on the inner side- like the first driver/ left on the picture, then it got to be soft!

17th September 2011, 12:25 AM	#1
vaughn diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	vintage 5" full range id please Picked up a pair of these today, look a lot like vintage FE103's but they are 5", any ideas?

17th September 2011, 02:08 AM	#2
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Coral... there was a 5 (yours?) & an 8" that i've seen and in creme or black cone. You have the rarer alnico, most of the ones i've had thru ere were ceramic. I have a single 5" alnico and have been waiting for a 2nd to come along... sigh dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	cool... dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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17th September 2011, 02:18 AM	#3
vaughn diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	thanks Dave! Not to add salt to the wound but I actually found a pair of Stephens 80fr's yesterday and last week a pair of Quad ESL 57's

17th September 2011, 01:29 PM	#6
vaughn diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	Surrounds seem to still be good

17th September 2011, 07:35 PM	#8
vaughn diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	I say the surrounds seem fine but I don't really know how compliant they should be. I'm pushing in slightly at the edge of the cone with four fingers evenly distributed and I would estimate the cone travels about 1-2 mm. Does that sound about right?

18th September 2011, 01:03 AM	#9
vaughn diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	I made a simple little contraption to measure the distance the cone travels and it looks like 2.5mm. That seems about right to me but who knows? Tomorrow I'll put them on a baffle and see how they sound

18th September 2011, 08:04 AM	#10
DYNABLASTERTUNERS diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2009	when you touch the surround on the inner side- like the first driver/ left on the picture, then it got to be soft! __________________ some of my Designs www.dynablaster.deviantart.com/gallery

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