Rebuilding BURHOE "White" Speakers

Adam Czepiel
Adam Czepiel Posts: 46
edited August 2013 in Vintage Speakers
Winslow Burhoe / Burhoe Acoustics "White" model

These came to me almost trashed and the cabinets had very deep scratches, and nneding surrounds..
They guy I bought them from was actually was listening to them without the surrounds
"Kinda Tinny sounding " he said :eek:

With lots of love & attention, I had the woofs repaired, and did a huge sanding & refinishing job on the cabinets.
I've been using "General Finish" Gel stain, and found out they make a clearcoat, so I'll add that to my toolkit as well.

I can't believe how well they came out. I received my order from Mouser Electronics , and will
redo the xover, and clean the "L Pads"

I need to make grills, assemble and give them a whirl..

I'm hoping they will sound good, and were worth all that $$$ and effort

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* The Trouble with Doing Nothing , is that you Can't Tell if you are finished *
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  • Adam Czepiel
    Adam Czepiel Posts: 46
    edited August 2013
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited August 2013
    Those look vvery nice. I hope when you do get them complete they sound wonderful. Great job man :)
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  • Adam Czepiel
    Adam Czepiel Posts: 46
    edited August 2013
    Woofers are HIGHLY over rated..

    and not much help
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited August 2013
    If i remember correctly Berhoe was the designer and engineer behind EPI and his famous 2 way xover. Anything he did is prob pretty nice
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • Tekkis
    Tekkis Posts: 120
    edited August 2013
    Adam Czepiel wrote: »
    Woofers are HIGHLY over rated..

    and not much help
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    Looks like that woofer digs deep enough
    System Details:
    Marantz SR 5010, Rega RP1, Marantz CD 5004, Denon DRR-680, Carver M-4.0t
    Polk SDA 1C (modified), Definitive Technologies BP-10, Polk Audio CS400i
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  • Adam Czepiel
    Adam Czepiel Posts: 46
    edited August 2013
    Should have named him TROYBUILT he rototills the snots out of the yard. :mad:
    He loves dirt
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited August 2013
    Might have to "cap" that woofer
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • mhanig
    mhanig Posts: 10
    edited August 2013
    I took the liberty to cap him for you.
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  • Adam Czepiel
    Adam Czepiel Posts: 46
    edited August 2013
    :cheesygrin:
    * The Trouble with Doing Nothing , is that you Can't Tell if you are finished *
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