4a Overhaul
Faustin
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Working on these 4a's as a college graduation present for my daughters boyfriend. His parent's bought him a vintage Technics tt and I am selling them a vintage CR-620 as part of the package. These 4's were a little rough so I re-veneered with flat cut cherry PSA, stained and applied 6 coats of hand rubbed satin poly. My first veneer job and I am very pleased with the results. Much thanks to westmassguy for his advise and guidance. Waiting for the caps and resistors to arrive to do the c/o's.
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Those look very nice. Those 4's will sound very nice with the Yamaha. My first Yamaha receiver was a CR620 with a SL BD22 Technics tt & it sounded very nice with Polks (thanks to Mhardy recommend). I think they will enjoy that alot..
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Looking good Bruce!Home Theater/2 Channel:
Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer
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boston1450 wrote: »Those look very nice. Those 4's will sound very nice with the Yamaha. My first Yamaha receiver was a CR620 with a SL BD22 Technics tt & it sounded very nice with Polks (thanks to Mhardy recommend). I think they will enjoy that alot
Thanks. I think it will be a nice starter setup for the young man. The tt is a q series (don't recall the exact model) but it is a direct drive and had some very good reviews. He seems to want vintage equipment, but I hope I am not starting him down the "RABBIT HOLE". -
westmassguy wrote: »Looking good Bruce!
Thanks Dave. My next project will be the 12c's. -
Sweet looking 4a's! Mine are black - still sound find but are looking a little rough.
Those look so nice - hard to believe they're 24 years old!Receiver: ONKYO TX-NR929 7.1 AVR 130wpc
Mains: 2x Polk RTA 8TL's
Center: Polk CS245i
Surrounds: 2x Klipsch RS-41ii (because they fit perfectly over the door and window)
Rear Surr: 2x Polk M4a '90
Subwoofer: Speakerlab DAS-SW dual-voice-coil 10" '88 30Hz-150Hz
Subwoofer Amp: ONKYO A-8019 AMP '85 100wpc
Display: Samsung 55" UNC55-8000 3D LED
Console: Xbox360
DVR: custom MythTV rig w/ 3 tuners OTA
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Sweet looking 4a's! Mine are black - still sound find but are looking a little rough.
Those look so nice - hard to believe they're 24 years old!
Thanks! Actually the dates on the c/o's and drivers are 1982. Hopefully last another 30 years after the c/o overhaul. -
Well the little 4a's are done and ready for a new home. Kinda hate to part with them but I think the new owner will enjoy his first set of Polk's
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Really nice job. I'm sure your daughters boyfriend will appreciate your thoughts and efforts.
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They look beautiful, well done!Home Theater/2 Channel:
Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer
dhsspeakerservice.com/ -
Thanks men. Was a fun project.
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Am I not seeing any pics because I'm on a iPad?Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis -
That's-a very nice-a!Yamaha RX-A2050 AVR (5.0.2); LG OLED77C2 4K TV(4) Polk Monitor 10B's w/SoniCaps, Mills, and RDO-194 tweets (R/L F/R)(2) Polk RC80i (Top Middle)Polk CS300 center channelAnalog: B&O TX2 Turntable, Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1Digital: Pioneer CLD-99 Elite LD, Panasonic DMP-UB900 UHD Blu-RayBedroom: Arylic Up2Stream AMPv3 driving Polk Monitor 4's w/peerless tweets
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Very nice work! I think you need a pre-nup for those. If they break up, you get them back. j/k
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Beautiful :cool:Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Thanks guys. They were picked up yesterday evening by the young man's parents along with my CR-620 Yamaha receiver. I think he will be quite happy when he see's them. He just has to figure out how to get them from Illinois to California in one piece!!