ess amt 1c

[crs1]

was wondering if these were worth the time, effort and $ to restore . they need new rubber surround and i need to build new cabs but honstly thay do sound pritty darn good the only reason for new surrounds are there is 1/4 crack on each driver

[Zero Cool]

I had a pair of 1D's years ago and loved them! In fact every time i run into my old roomate he talks about them. too bad they were stolen while in storage.

[crs1]

Originally posted by Zero Cool
I had a pair of 1D's years ago and loved them! In fact every time i run into my old roomate he talks about them. too bad they were stolen while in storage.

i thought they sounded good as hell for finding them in the trash and siting in the weather for a few days

[planet10]

The cabinets were trash from new, the woofers likely need surrounds (if they are the alnico ones prossibly worthy... what these are best considred as is a Heil tweeter donor. Mate with 1 or 2 nice midbasses.

dave

[JohnL]

I'll have to agree with Dave, they make a good tweeter donor. However, I'll bet they do sound nice. My first exposure to the heils was a pair of 1Bs I bought from a friend at work for a song. The sound blew me away, but really it's the heils. The rest of that speaker is remarkably un-spectacular.

[planet10]

Originally posted by JohnL
The sound blew me away, but really it's the heils. The rest of that speaker is remarkably un-spectacular.

The hardest part of listening to them, is reconciling the different character above & below the XO point.

dave

[crs1]

Originally posted by JohnL
I'll have to agree with Dave, they make a good tweeter donor. However, I'll bet they do sound nice. My first exposure to the heils was a pair of 1Bs I bought from a friend at work for a song. The sound blew me away, but really it's the heils. The rest of that speaker is remarkably un-spectacular.

what really impressed me was the punishment they took when i tested them i didn't have any of my receivers here so i ran my QSC RMX2450 power amp into them and they took it

[crs1]

Originally posted by planet10
The cabinets were trash from new, the woofers likely need surrounds (if they are the alnico ones possibly worthy... what these are best considred as is a Heil tweeter donor. Mate with 1 or 2 nice midbasses.

dave

bet that would sound good just not into the whole bookshelf and and seperate sub home theater sys. i like the old 2&3 way with 12 to 18 inch woofer's and or verry odd shape cabs i wish the woofers were bigger in these but i like the shape but that's just me

[planet10]

dave

[crs1]

i like the bottom ones verry nice