Wharfedale melton restored

jomel68

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Hi guys i have been a member but have not contributed to any threads, but after reading from our posts i guess i am ready to be part of the forum,
Got a wharfedale melton for $40 australian that i recently restored.
After reading from the forum, just got the guts of recapping and restoring the speaker
 
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Purple tweeters are all in good condition, 12” woofers are working but the crossover network seems dodgy, i studied it, and got the guts to recap it, here is the "before and after" recap
 

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It says 8uf 50v on the caps and the resistor was10ohms, i have 2 4uf PIO Russian caps both 160 vdc paralleled together and then bought Murdoff resistor 22 ohm 20 watts . Pardon my soldering techniques installed it
The following are pics of what i did, thanks to the AK members input, i was able to restore this speaker.
 
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Pics
 

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New crossover network, will post the “done speaker”
 

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I was just shy to post my first restoration which was kef concerto cause i am just a newbie but the outcome was great
 
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Now this is how it looks, i went home to the Philippines last september and had the badge made
 

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I had the badge made when i went home to the Philippines and its ready, im going back to Phils this christmas for holidays and will pick up the new badge
 
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Made of solid brass, the caps are bought from falcon acoustics, i have another set of crossover network that i am planning on experimenting, i will be using mudoff and jantzen caps for the kef.
Sorry for the typo i am using my old reading glasses, cheers guys and thank you so much for the inputs.
I have learnet a lot!! from the forum.
 

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jomel, very nice work there! I always like to see these older speakers brought back to life instead of junked! Good job! You might want to post these in the Speakers forum, it might get a bit more folks looking at your post there possibly! Anyway, good job, enjoy them!
 
jomel, very nice work there! I always like to see these older speakers brought back to life instead of junked! Good job! You might want to post these in the Speakers forum, it might get a bit more folks looking at your post there possibly! Anyway, good job, enjoy them!

in time TimF, thank you
 
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