Couldn't pass these up for five bucks. I'm not too fond of how they sound. They sound a bit muddy and I have to apply heavy adjustment on my receivers tone controls to get them sounding anywhere decent. I'm guessing new caps should help? Also cabs aren't too bad a few nicks in the veneer and some scratches that some howards and 000 steel wool should take care of.
5 dollar Coral BX-300s
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These are what could be considered the better of Coral's offerings IMO.
These are 3-way with a ten inch vented AlNiCo woofer, Coral paper mid, and an AlNiCo horn tweet. The Coral speakers of old knew not how to build a proper crossover, and that's probably the most of the muddiness you're experiencing.
These are 3-way with a ten inch vented AlNiCo woofer, Coral paper mid, and an AlNiCo horn tweet. The Coral speakers of old knew not how to build a proper crossover, and that's probably the most of the muddiness you're experiencing.
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mhardy6647
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Coral's good stuff looked like this:
toxcrusadr
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I see a 1 uf nonpolar electrolytic in there, and a rather ancient one at that. Replace those with some Dayton metallized polyprop film caps for a couple bucks and I bet those speakers will sound a lot better even with the simple crossover design.
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The Coral BX series to me is a bit like CS series Pioneer. Both have a lot of crap models to shovel through to get to the decent stuff.
They aren't the best Coral offered, but they are so far from the bottom of the barrel kabuki offerings they had at the time that I would most definitely consider it a "good" Coral.
Ex: Coral BX 1500
They aren't the best Coral offered, but they are so far from the bottom of the barrel kabuki offerings they had at the time that I would most definitely consider it a "good" Coral.
Ex: Coral BX 1500
Well, i've started liking them a bit more after i've listened to them some more. Maybe they just needed a bit of exercise after sitting so long. I also noticed one of the binding posts is damaged. It looks like something hit it and damaged the plastic piece that holds them. Is this an easy to find replacement part? I 'm thinking about putting in something that can accept pins or banana plugs.
toxcrusadr
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That's an old style of post that will not be easy to find a match for, but, while you're getting caps from PE (or wherever), get some 5-way binding posts for under $5 each and replace them on both speakers.
http://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-dual-binding-post-1-red-1-black--090-475
http://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-dual-binding-post-1-red-1-black--090-475
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I should mention that these speakers are very picky in their positioning. These are meant to be on their sides so that the horn is positioned at the top right and the badge is positioned at the bottom right. It should pretty drastically improve the imaging if you haven't tried them this way.
To me these speakers have a really unique sound that I've never been able to match to anything else. Perhaps it's simply because it's the only AlNiCo speaker I've owned. I'd call the sound warm, but in a much different way than I'd call a more modern speaker warm. They're just simply not fatiguing at any level of volume, the horn is very detailed but at the same time is incredibly soft and easy to listen to.
To me these speakers have a really unique sound that I've never been able to match to anything else. Perhaps it's simply because it's the only AlNiCo speaker I've owned. I'd call the sound warm, but in a much different way than I'd call a more modern speaker warm. They're just simply not fatiguing at any level of volume, the horn is very detailed but at the same time is incredibly soft and easy to listen to.
macgolf
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late to the BX-300 party
I had previously installed the 2H-15A horn from a set of BX-300 in my Santanas and being impressed with them decided to find a complete set of speakers. Picked up a pair 2 weeks ago off of CL and listened to them until the new caps arrived. The horn didn't sound the same until I recapped them today, very muted. After recap wow its the same tweeter I was familiar with. The mids are still a little lacking. I get mid tones but they seem to come as much from the 10" as the 4" mid cone. Hoping a little more time on the mid and caps will help. I do have them running on a receiver with mid tone controls to assist. Really happy with them on their side and woofers to the center as xplus93 suggested. Warm and non-fatiguing is my take also.
I had previously installed the 2H-15A horn from a set of BX-300 in my Santanas and being impressed with them decided to find a complete set of speakers. Picked up a pair 2 weeks ago off of CL and listened to them until the new caps arrived. The horn didn't sound the same until I recapped them today, very muted. After recap wow its the same tweeter I was familiar with. The mids are still a little lacking. I get mid tones but they seem to come as much from the 10" as the 4" mid cone. Hoping a little more time on the mid and caps will help. I do have them running on a receiver with mid tone controls to assist. Really happy with them on their side and woofers to the center as xplus93 suggested. Warm and non-fatiguing is my take also.
toxcrusadr
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Did the OP get some new caps and binding posts? You won't regret it man!
Willy Wonky
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I am running 1...with some satellites, and it sounds like a pair. Fantastic buy! Has everybody left the party?! I do need a partner for it....anyone?
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