So I bought a pair of EV EVS-15Bs with 10" woofers (for $20) and I need some help. This may end up being more of a "lesson learned" than "great score!"
So the biggest glaring problem with them is the fact that the woofers are replaced. Not just replaced, but replaced with speakers that appear to be from "white van scam" speakers...
Also there is a fuse near the bottoms if you look closely at the pictures. Is this original? I'm thinking not. The mids and tweeters seem to be original though. I havent had the nads to check the crossover yet.
Firstly, do you think they added the fuse just as protection to the speakers and whatever they are connected to because they dropped in these el-cheapo drivers?
Secondly what model 10" woofer did they use for these? EV made a 15B speaker, but I think that is a later 15" bass amp speaker. Also if anyone can source originals, that would be nice.
Thirdly do you think they mucked with the crossover?
Fourth..ly? If I decided to go with a modern driver. Like lets say the lowest model 10" that parts express sells for vintage speakers, or the Dayton one they sell, what if any modifications would I need to do to the crossover? I am no engineer. I may know a little more than the average consumer, but I am still no wizard with a soldering iron. Everybody seems to talk about modding crossovers when adding new drivers. In this case though, the Parts Express/Dayton drivers are designed for vintage speakers and have similar power limitations. I wouldn't expect them to sound original (maybe better bass) but I wouldnt think dropping them in on an unmodded crossover would make them unlistenable.
Should I just throw up my hands and admit I bought 40lb door stops?
Preferably I would like to make them original, but I wouldnt want to spend as much or more making them original as I could buy another pair. Plan B would be dropping in replacement woofers like the ones I mentioned. I'm guessing at that point, thier only historical or financial value would be that of a poorly concieved homebrew Speaker that looks like a classic.
My main two questions are what drivers I need and if I would be commiting some sort of sin by dropping in better replacement woofers without mucking with the crossover. And if it would be a sin, what would I need to do to the crossover (in baby talk).
Also here is the PDF spec sheet:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...GymoEg&usg=AFQjCNHGRHYLS6maReB0troe9VZ9PKBnRA
So the biggest glaring problem with them is the fact that the woofers are replaced. Not just replaced, but replaced with speakers that appear to be from "white van scam" speakers...
Also there is a fuse near the bottoms if you look closely at the pictures. Is this original? I'm thinking not. The mids and tweeters seem to be original though. I havent had the nads to check the crossover yet.
Firstly, do you think they added the fuse just as protection to the speakers and whatever they are connected to because they dropped in these el-cheapo drivers?
Secondly what model 10" woofer did they use for these? EV made a 15B speaker, but I think that is a later 15" bass amp speaker. Also if anyone can source originals, that would be nice.
Thirdly do you think they mucked with the crossover?
Fourth..ly? If I decided to go with a modern driver. Like lets say the lowest model 10" that parts express sells for vintage speakers, or the Dayton one they sell, what if any modifications would I need to do to the crossover? I am no engineer. I may know a little more than the average consumer, but I am still no wizard with a soldering iron. Everybody seems to talk about modding crossovers when adding new drivers. In this case though, the Parts Express/Dayton drivers are designed for vintage speakers and have similar power limitations. I wouldn't expect them to sound original (maybe better bass) but I wouldnt think dropping them in on an unmodded crossover would make them unlistenable.
Should I just throw up my hands and admit I bought 40lb door stops?
Preferably I would like to make them original, but I wouldnt want to spend as much or more making them original as I could buy another pair. Plan B would be dropping in replacement woofers like the ones I mentioned. I'm guessing at that point, thier only historical or financial value would be that of a poorly concieved homebrew Speaker that looks like a classic.
My main two questions are what drivers I need and if I would be commiting some sort of sin by dropping in better replacement woofers without mucking with the crossover. And if it would be a sin, what would I need to do to the crossover (in baby talk).
Also here is the PDF spec sheet:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...GymoEg&usg=AFQjCNHGRHYLS6maReB0troe9VZ9PKBnRA