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- From: grego@bit.UUCP (Greg Sanguinetti)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Replacement drivers for Mission 770 speakers
- Message-ID: <463@bit.UUCP>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 19:46:19 GMT
- Article-I.D.: bit.463
- References: <Nov02.064515.70397@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <1992Nov2.124632@trc.amoco.com>
- Reply-To: grego@bit.UUCP (Grego Sanguinetti)
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- Organization: BIT Portland, OR
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- In article <1992Nov2.124632@trc.amoco.com> znpt01@trc.amoco.com (Norman P. Tracy) writes:
- > ...
- >Loudspeaker drivers do not as a rule wear out and require replacement.
- >A driver built out of QUALITY parts will last decades with little or
- >no change in its sound. Witness the collect ability of old JBL, E-V,
- >and Western-Electric speakers from the 60's, 50's and even the 40's!
-
- As a matter of fact I am using two Altec 8" drivers in my center channel
- speakers that were built in the late fifties or early sixties. They still
- sound good. They are not what you would call transparent, in fact they
- have quite a colored "warm" sound. They are perfect for the application.
- more on that in my next post...
-
- -grego
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- Grego Sanguinetti, Bipolar Integrated Technology | Water, water everywhere,
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