Having purchased 4 of these speakers new in the 70's for a QX-949a Pioneer. The biggest problem I found was be very careful handling them. The large round magnet on the 15 inch speaker will slip and freeze the voice coil. So don't pick the cabinet up and accidently drop it they may slip. Those magnets are just glued in place. There were two new original raw speakers in the box on Ebay a few years back for $200 I wish I had bought them. Nice video!

if u want to figure iout hown to mount head over to audiokarma or DIY audio where this was developed

If some excess glue oozes out the edges, can it simply be wiped off? Or will it smear and make things look worse?

Why did you build a new box for these chassis ? I think they deserve it.

That looks *amazing*! I'm with you, the light wood really goes well with the classic, entirely silver-face X50 series. I've got an SX-750 that I plan to re-veneer--and I bought some tamo wood veneer to do it with, which should be pretty stunning. (The SX-750, I believe, should be easier to do than yours, since no bending/applying to metal is necessary.) I plan on leaving it natural, and possibly just using a Danish oil finish on it.

Bag of rags from the big paint stores will work great for the corners and sides balled up . Another guy recommended it that he uses it and he ships a bunch of heavy stuff. Might be worth trying, even with the shipping costing a few bucks more it could help you in the long run

How much to go through my 2020 and do what you did to your last one? Mine works and I listen to it but want it good for the next 20 years.

How much to send a receiver in to have this work done by you? Thanks

I just bought one of these for 25 bucks in really good condition. When I turn it on just for a split second it has a static type sound but go away immediately and works great. Should I put the mica on after doing a cleaning with the spray to keep it from breaking down the road? Thanks

I will pick up a pair of these monsters when I arrive in USA next month. Hadn't really planned any major upgrade but is it sacrilege to paint the speakers in a wild colour like metallic pink?

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Hello, I own a Pair of NAD Model 240 Floor Standing Speakers. ( 8" Woofers and 1" Tweeters ) The large White Painted 3" NAD logo with 4 White lines is on the lower 1/3 of each of the Black Speaker Boxes. Have you ever seen these Speakers before? I was wondering How and When they came about.

Great M7 mod video. I found that covering the front baffle with self stick felt helped the sound and imaging....Keep up the good work!

What an awesome video! Great work. I'm the proud owner of a pair of NLAs I bought off the original owner. A4 is the production run so I think they were built around 78 or 79. They are the walnut veneer bullnose versions and the PO took amazing care of them. Little to no scratches on the cabinets. He had them refoamed a while back and had to replace the fried egg tweeters under warranty after partying a little too hard, lol. Enjoy your Advents!

That portable radio on the top shelf looked like the best thing in the lot there. My local thrift shops here sell everything online themselves, there's no deals to be had. All I find there is nicotine soaked, beat up, low end junk. The best deals are at private estate sales and yard sales.

That last one looked like a bass speaker.. kinda looks to me like a late 90s peavey that someone took the label off of

People like you are one of the problems with prices today... Price gougers ruin places like Goodwill for the rest of us!

I’m subscribed and enjoy the diy videos. However, I don’t see the parts list for this upgrade. I just purchased a set of baby advents that need foam so I figured what the heck? Can you give me parts name/numbers and purchase source. Thx

I did some free work for a buddy a long time ago He bought me my can of chew each day gave me something to do and gifted me a couple fisher speakers. The tower ones with the tweeter the mid and I don't remember what size the subwoofer was tbh. Could of been 10 or 12. They got stolen from me :(.

Talented, no sarcasm, pride in what you do! Dude; just keep it up!

Does Re-store ever have gear??

Matt, do you ever see anything good at valü villagé

The price on the bose subwoofer is actually good. I sell them on ebay for around 70-100 from time to time.

Nothing at those prices.

Goodwill does not sell quality items in their stores; those are saved for online sales, where they make significant profits.

Stéréo sound on the FM on mine yet only one channel when playing cd. I gotta push mono to get tsound (which sounds close to stereo...). One day ill take it to someone like you, in France :)

I have a pair of those altecs and they actually sound pretty good.

You look like a clearance Jeffery Dahmer

Excellent work by you sir,enjoy your time with your vintage loudspeakers 😊

i would wear gloves to do that too

i see the stereo indicator

which light is the stereo fm indicator?

Is the fan on? Looks like the smoke is going straight up

I have a Nakamichi Receiver from the 80s. Sounds great but uneven sound levels on left and right channel had certain volumes sound gets staticky. could just be the volume knob or dirty pots. Can we discuss service?

Very Cool. Nice job. The comparison was interesting. The advance seemed a bit more defined but slightly sharp. I like when people restore the old stuff. New hi-fi has gotten out of control with their prices and many speakers on the market are so harsh they can’t be listened to for more than an hour. The old speakers were meant to be listened to all day. Nice listening room.

i think what hurts more than knowing $400 for a very clean pair is a great deal and not having the space to buy them, is that someone just dropped those off at goodwill, for free lol. like should i park myself at the driveway haha

I recently inherited a set of these speakers from my grandfather who passed away. They're in great condition, but I haven't had a chance to listen to them yet since I don't have a receiver. I've learned that I need an amplifier with at least 80 watts per channel at 8 ohms to power them properly. Anything more powerful might damage the tweeters. Could you recommend a newer receiver that can power these speakers well and also has HDMI and Bluetooth support? I'd like to use them as theater speakers. Preferably something I could purchase second hand or budget friendly

I love this, I got a cr-2040 thinking it was massive and then I see this bad boi, 20/10 man.

It depends on what your goal with the gear is. If you only want to restore it to operation and then it's going on a shelf or into storage, then only replace bad caps which means open or shorted, or high ESR. Being out of spec to a degree only tends to matter in certain kinds of circuits. If you want to restore the equipment to regular use, then I would say yes, replace the caps. If it's tube gear check the values of the resistors. Carbon resistors tend to go up in value as they age. Replace selenium rectifiers with diodes.

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very cool spot - thanks

I have one

Have you ever considered teaching?

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Finally someone that doesn’t flip things. Thank god. It’s ruining the hobby. Mad respect bro.

Great video. Keep going!

In 1970, at 17, I moved to Madrid and lived there for a year. My favorite “discotheque” was in a basement in Plaza Callao called Jota Jota (JJ). Great memories!

I had a pair with a bigger binding post board inductor was top corner. I just used that. There’s a third hole for it if anyone makes a board can use that too

WHERE IS IT? Theres a place like this called morts in bristol PA

Yes, I’d love to know where this store is!