Hoping this finds a few Castle Acoustics fans.
I am looking for complete dimensions (or heck, even if you had a beat up pair to sell) on the Castle Winchester speaker. I believe thy ceased producing them in the late '90's, finishing with a final version run of less than 100 pairs.
Would welcome cabinet makers to chyme in as I would love to discuss jobbing this out (I am in an apartment now so do not have wood working tool access).
Any cross-over and woofer/tweeter info and reverse engineering help is appreciated and I am willing to compensate for time and photos.
Much appreciated and I hope I can find help here,
Rob
raudioc
I am looking for complete dimensions (or heck, even if you had a beat up pair to sell) on the Castle Winchester speaker. I believe thy ceased producing them in the late '90's, finishing with a final version run of less than 100 pairs.
Would welcome cabinet makers to chyme in as I would love to discuss jobbing this out (I am in an apartment now so do not have wood working tool access).
Any cross-over and woofer/tweeter info and reverse engineering help is appreciated and I am willing to compensate for time and photos.
Much appreciated and I hope I can find help here,
Rob
raudioc
Canadian in Alabama - sounds like North America to me
Rob - sounds like this should belong in the multi-way forum
Rob - sounds like this should belong in the multi-way forum
Not sure if you're interested but some other designs have a similar layout.
http://www.coyoteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alpair-7-castle.jpg
http://www.coyoteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alpair-7-castle.jpg
What's the back story, Rob? Why reverse engineer a Winchester?
P.S. I have owned a couple of other Castle models.
P.S. I have owned a couple of other Castle models.
Went looking for some pictures, these turned up https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649410955-legendary-castle-winchester-speakers-for-sale/
I have had one set of Castle tru here, but this one is special, having loaned the name Castle to the speaker firing up configuration. Look to have a SEAS tweeter i may have a pair of those heavily tweaked for better performance.
Most often seen when referring to Castle microTower.
dave
I have had one set of Castle tru here, but this one is special, having loaned the name Castle to the speaker firing up configuration. Look to have a SEAS tweeter i may have a pair of those heavily tweaked for better performance.
Most often seen when referring to Castle microTower.
dave
Hi Dave,Went looking for some pictures, these turned up https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649410955-legendary-castle-winchester-speakers-for-sale/
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I have had one set of Castle tru here, but this one is special, having loaned the name Castle to the speaker firing up configuration. Look to have a SEAS tweeter i may have a pair of those heavily tweaked for better performance.
Most often seen when referring to Castle microTower.
dave
It looks like my Winchester is different from yours. Mine is similar to a promotion leaflet I found. See photos
- Richard
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Someone took the router to the edges on the ones you have pictured. The ones i did are pulled from a Canuk Audio Advert.
It would seem reltivelivey easy to clone. Either an end-loaded ML-TL like the microTower or a folder ML-Voigt. A good 2-way (or 1 way) with a midbass on top running FR.
dave
It would seem reltivelivey easy to clone. Either an end-loaded ML-TL like the microTower or a folder ML-Voigt. A good 2-way (or 1 way) with a midbass on top running FR.
dave
Right i often mix up VIFA and SEAS.
We clipped the little triptich cover off, and improved the flow out the back into the chamber.
dave
We clipped the little triptich cover off, and improved the flow out the back into the chamber.
dave
Has anyone noticed the date on this thread? It's 5 years old! 😳
I noticed that after tracking down a thread on the similar Castle Harlech.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...-front-top-mid-driver-x2-needed.324314/page-2
Bit weird it is 8 ohms. Don't really know what the crossover was.
I noticed that after tracking down a thread on the similar Castle Harlech.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...-front-top-mid-driver-x2-needed.324314/page-2
Bit weird it is 8 ohms. Don't really know what the crossover was.
Another undead thread. 
Not that it matters ~5 years after the fact, the Winchester was an early 1990s product that wasn't around all that long, but latterly fed into the Harlech and Howard models.
Not that it matters ~5 years after the fact, the Winchester was an early 1990s product that wasn't around all that long, but latterly fed into the Harlech and Howard models.
Bought a pair brand new around 1995. Still have them. We have the 'square' version, the 'rounded' one came a couple of years after. The only speaker we've heard since that was tempting was the Avalon Eidolon...my wife wouldn't hear of the Winchesters leaving, still won't. 🙂 Visitors to our home always remark on the sound coming from them..in a good way. I had to replace the foam at the rear port and the 3 stacked tiles in the bottom 5 years ago or so, but other than that they've been flawless.
Thanks Nick for the valuable information.
The Winchesters are great speakers. It sounds so real. Guess it could really goes deep down 25Hz as claimed. Castle don’t build speakers with frequency response range like these Winchesters anymore. Your wife is correct, I t’s a gem.
Yes, I acquired the Winchesters recently and was browsing for more information on it. There isn’t much available except photos. Some photos of Winchester units were different from what I have. Even Castle themselves didn’t mention much about it.
Now, your info clears my ambiguity as to my unit in the line of Winchesters series.
Thank you again, Nick.
- Richard
Hi, I just spotted this thread on Castle Winchesters and hoped someone could advise?
I bought a pair of Winchesters a couple of years ago, bit scruffy and one crossover looked liked it was replaced but they sounded pretty good.
I listen to a range of music and also do some experimental work with sound resonance and sine waves re old temple acoustics etc.
I bought the speakers as I understood they have a fairly unusual design and thought I could eventually upgrade them with new drivers crossovers foam etc. One of them recently failed (tweeter I think) sooner than I had anticipated so looking for advice on what could be done to bring them back to at least something comparable to their original sound or perhaps improve with good quality parts.
Also wondered if I blew a tweeter with an underpowered amp used at higher volume, I use a recapped/refurbished NAD 216.
I am not that knowledgeable re audio systems just looking for a realistic sound.
Thanks
I bought a pair of Winchesters a couple of years ago, bit scruffy and one crossover looked liked it was replaced but they sounded pretty good.
I listen to a range of music and also do some experimental work with sound resonance and sine waves re old temple acoustics etc.
I bought the speakers as I understood they have a fairly unusual design and thought I could eventually upgrade them with new drivers crossovers foam etc. One of them recently failed (tweeter I think) sooner than I had anticipated so looking for advice on what could be done to bring them back to at least something comparable to their original sound or perhaps improve with good quality parts.
Also wondered if I blew a tweeter with an underpowered amp used at higher volume, I use a recapped/refurbished NAD 216.
I am not that knowledgeable re audio systems just looking for a realistic sound.
Thanks