Guest bamacoo Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Hi guys, as I mentioned I picked up the Large Advents for $90 and the grilles were very bad so I went off to FabricLand here in Toronto and bought some very light black and tan coloured cloth total cost $3.42 and recovered my speaker grilles and neatly replaced the emblem as well. Not too bad for a newbie. I never made stands before. They are 18" tall from base to top. I bought 2 8' pieces of 1 1/2"x1 1/2" and cut them into 10 pieces and also bought a piece of pine 16" x 48" and made the base 16"x16" and the top 14"x11" and viola, speaker stands. Never realized it was so easy. I plan to stain/varnish them later. I rubbed some good old "English lemon oil furniture polish" on the speakers and what a difference to the cruddy vinyl.Hoping my son-in-law comes around tomorrow so we can hook them up. Here is my rig:Conrad-Johnson PV2 modified with Jan-Phillips and MullardsHarman-Kardon Signature series power amp 170x170 into 4 or 8 ohms.Shanling T100 CD playerCryogenic speaker wire.Cryogenic interconnects.Feet of Silence for the CD player.British Racing cones for the Conrad-Johnson.Gemini XL-500 MKII (made by Technics) T/Table with Goldring MM cartridge.Looking forward for some "heavenly jazz" tomorrow.Cheers guys and happy new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKent Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Very nice. How 'bout a close-up of that cloth? Looks like it's nicely transparent. Good tip on sprucing up cruddy vinyl, too. I've been using 409 cleaner and Armor-All to polish, but will give the English lemon oil a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shutupuface Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Very nice. How 'bout a close-up of that cloth? Looks like it's nicely transparent. Good tip on sprucing up cruddy vinyl, too. I've been using 409 cleaner and Armor-All to polish, but will give the English lemon oil a try!Hi! Nice job on the speaker stands! Did you use solid pine, or, plywood? What is the thickness? Also, what did you use to secure the 2 x 4's to the wood? Thanks, for the info!Best regards,Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bamacoo Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Hi! Nice job on the speaker stands! Did you use solid pine, or, plywood? What is the thickness? Also, what did you use to secure the 2 x 4's to the wood? Thanks, for the info!Best regards,RobThey are not 2x4 but 1 1/2 x 1 1/2. I used #8 2" wood screws with #2 robertson driver. I pre-drilled all the holes on both sides of the uprights and the plinths and bases.Actually it was easier than I thought. The base is 16x16 the top is 14x11 centered to the base.The polish is called "Old English lemon oil" polish does a remarkable job. Just finished auditioning them with my son-in-law as promised and he is totally impressed. As a matter-of-fact he bought a pair (walnut) mind you for $160 today and they are in mint condition. I think I struck gold. Would you believe that they sound better than the JMfocals Spectral that I had last year. I tested them with Archie Shepp/Dollar Brand LP-vinyl called Duet, and the sax was so sweeeet!Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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