I have a pair of KLH model 17's with okay condition drivers, new capacitors that I installed, and I painted the front baffle and put new grill cloth on the frame to make them look more up to date. I resealed the drivers into the box with some foam gasket as well. I bought them for $10 for the pair and put maybe $20 into them.
I am considering replacing the drivers with more modern ones to get better bass response. Additionally, the coil seems to rub when they are removed from the box and pushed in and out gently. I am not sure whether this is due to an extremely low xmax and I pushed them past their bounds when I was rebuilding the set (despite being gentle). There seems to be a slight bass distortion. I am running them on my ep1500. I was wondering if anyone knew the current klh 17 frequency range? They seem to have better bass response than my technics but I wouldnt mind getting some CV style bass.
I am considering using a set of pro audio 10's. I like the idea of using these boxes for my speaker building because of the fact that the box is fairly beat up cosmetically but I will probably restore the outside finish at some point, and the boxes weigh around 20 lbs each with the stock drivers which for a pair of small bookshelves is promising.
I am considering replacing the drivers with more modern ones to get better bass response. Additionally, the coil seems to rub when they are removed from the box and pushed in and out gently. I am not sure whether this is due to an extremely low xmax and I pushed them past their bounds when I was rebuilding the set (despite being gentle). There seems to be a slight bass distortion. I am running them on my ep1500. I was wondering if anyone knew the current klh 17 frequency range? They seem to have better bass response than my technics but I wouldnt mind getting some CV style bass.
I am considering using a set of pro audio 10's. I like the idea of using these boxes for my speaker building because of the fact that the box is fairly beat up cosmetically but I will probably restore the outside finish at some point, and the boxes weigh around 20 lbs each with the stock drivers which for a pair of small bookshelves is promising.