Woofer-01 Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Looking for suggestions on a FABRIC textured grill cloth. Here are some pictures from my restoration project. These were original owner speakers I purchased in 1974 and dragged all over the world during my 25-year military career. Rebuild crossovers, New "Human Speakers" Driver (thanks Huw Powell), and internal bracing added I have ad a few samples I have tried and am not happy with the results. The most promising ended up being a plastic product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Nicolai Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 I have a set of EPI M100 Speakers in walnut veneer. I purchased them in the fall and rebuilt them over the winter. The original grill cover fabric was in good shape, but I've never been a fan of the EPI black fabric so I replaced it with an off white linen, very similar to what you would find on early AR speakers. I did not add the EPI logos that came with with the speakers to the grill cloth so the look is very clean. Also, the linen had a good WAF compared to the original black, so it was a keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Nicolai Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 After my previous post I have been meaning to post a photo of how the EPI 100's look with a white linen grill cloth. Not the original EPI look, but a "Classic" speaker look just the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffS Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 You're speaker now looks like it's very close relative, the Epicure 10. It's a great look! Here's a picture from the Human Speakers website: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Nicolai Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 It is a great look! But more than a great look, they also have a wonderful sound, very natural and non-fatiguing. I can listen to them all day long. They are the early model M100 speakers with the original rubber surrounds and inverted paper dome tweeter mounted on Masonite. When I got them late last year I refinished the wood cabinets, beefed up the internal wiring, replaced the single capacitor crossover, and swapped the existing speaker terminals for binding posts. I fooled around with different receiver pairings and settled on a restored vintage tube receiver, a Sherwood S8000IV. I don't have the system hooked up to a turntable, but I listen to a good deal of FM and some digital music through a DacMagic 100. They are the speakers for my bedroom system and even my wife approves of their appearance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Nicolai Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 The M100 without grill cloth: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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