New to this forum but was glad to find it in the nick of time. Sadly I must brush in "broad strokes" here for I am not by any means educated in this industry. Have a nice (new equipment) home theatre system. 53" HD Sony TV, Digital reciever, 12" JBL sub woofer etc. Seems my only weak point now is my left and right front speakers. They are 6 year old bookshelf 2 way 6" driver JBL's When I want to really "crank" the stereo music mood seems they just start to give up at the level I like it. Have a chance to trade these for a pair of Kenwood 3 way speakers with 10" subwoofer drivers. The Kenwoods are extreamly well built (like tanks, nice hardware etc) front double ported cabinets with +2 and -2 adjustable crossovers. Sadly they are older speakers from around 1970. The old paper cone tweeter and such. Elderly couple had these since day one. 10 inch drivers had good foam in them but no doubt once I crank em they will take a dive. To my question... I think that I have one heck of a foundation to make a nice set of speakers. Would I not be able to send out the 10" drivers to be rebuilt by a reputable firm brining them to new life? Some of the older sub drivers (magnets, construction etc.) beats the devil out of some of the new stuff or so it seems. Then, find the T/S specs. on the tweeter and mid range and upgrade them? If I match all the specs of the drivers would they not match the calculations originally done on the cabinet? Hope that I am on track here and I look forward to any help that you can give me.
Thanks tons!
Thanks tons!