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Rare Holy Grail Frazier Model Elevens

RS Steve

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This has turned out to be the score of the year, or maybe lifetime depending on how you look at it. A fellow AK member posted about the CL ad showing that these Model Eleven Fraziers were for sale in my area, I had to grab them. I had lost out on a chance to get a pair before that were in Tenn., so this time I didn't hesitate. They are on their way this morning thanks to my brother-in-law, he has an enclosed trailer and the proper moving equipment to load the 250LB beasts.

The reality of finding a place for them to rest has sunken in, they will displace my AR-1 surround speakers, and the JBL L-220's :sigh:. Having only heard about their quality build, and sound stage, I'm hoping that they will work well in my listening space.

Since there were so very few of these big Fraziers ever built, I plan on really documenting their design, and help the curious in understanding how they were built.

I will take pictures upon their arrival, and give my impressions after getting a good listen to them. I'd really appreciate any imput from anyone with model Eleven knowledge, or interest. :thmbsp:
 
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The monsters are here! They show some wear, but to be expected for their age and what it takes to move them around. The sound is huge, maybe a little muddy from out of spec caps.
 

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interesting/ I would be very tempted to remove a the top baffle and build a new one (if done carefully you could replace later to restore to stock) and set the two stacks of mid cones side by side for improved coupling and for tighter focus and the piezo devices beside and above. If possible vertically above the mid stack it it will fit that way. I would also build some stands to get the mid divers up to seated ear level. The way the mids are now it will spay mid range all over the place and your image focus is going to suffer and there will be lots of polar lobes both horizontal and vertical. These look lik they can play loud and clean. Keep us posted. Best regards Moray James.
 
Very cool, never heard of those. I had the same thought about the midranges, but you'll want to listen to them and see how you like them before considering anything. How old you reckon they are? Will they need a recap?
 
Very cool, never heard of those. I had the same thought about the midranges, but you'll want to listen to them and see how you like them before considering anything. How old you reckon they are? Will they need a recap?

I have not vetured inside to look at the way the crossover is built, I would imagine fresh capacitors would be a good start. Can't seem to find any web info on the crossovers yet.
 
Most crossover caps can be read to get the values. You'd want to do that anyway even if you had a schematic, because 'official' schematics can differ from actual production runs. I usually just open them up and make a list.
 
I'm curious to see what they did with the crossover.

Also, curious to hear what you think post recap. Certainly they are not sounding factory right now.

Congrats on a nice grab :thmbsp:
 
Wow is there a lot going on inside these, crazy looking!

They had to take quite some time to put together.
 

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Huge congrats to you! I love the build on those. The entire build, double wall sides, cross members, etc., just oozes top quality. Not to mention, the drivers. Truly a lifetime score. Right on.
 
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