Recent content by richhutch

Evening all. I posted a while back about direct inputting from my CD player into a power amp. Well finally got round to doing it and it worked a treat. The source was my beloved 1986 Meridian 206 Delta Sigma CD player, the amp one of the Inter M 500s I got on Gumtree and the speakers an old...

Fair point. I was only thinking that superglue type adhesives can be a little brittle and I'm not sure whether that would be the best.

They appear to be, although no mention of Cyrus anywhere. They are described as 2 way reflex on the cabinet label. To be honest I spent so little on these that I am reluctant to spend anything on replacing the drive units and my first choice is to repair/glue the rubber surround back on to the...

The other one has similar issue but to a much less extent. Interestingly, although the paper cone is detached (a little) on that speaker, it does not seem to affect the sound (or my ears are really rubbish!). I suppose the worst case scenario is to try the repair and if it doesn't work replace...

This just in. Tried what Jim suggested and pushed the cone in gently and there WAS a scraping sound. On further investigation I saw that the paper cone had become detached from the rubber surround (sorry if I'm not using the correct technical terms) over quite a bit of its circumference (photo...

Brilliant tips guys (and girls). I'll try all of the above. Keep the suggestions coming!!

Thanks for that. What does the voice coil look like? Is it visible?

Putting together a retro vinyl playing system for a friend's daughter's 21st in May. Picked up a pair of Mission 781s for next to nothing and checking them out. One of the speakers has a very slight buzz/rattle when very bassy tracks are played (I've been using Kraftwerk vinyl to test them out)...

I already have a preamp for my "own" system, a Hafler SE120 with 2 Hafler SE100 power amps. This is just for a bit of fun so not looking to spend a lot (that's Scottish for anything!!).

Thanks for that. I would still want to give it a try and adjust the volumes by ear. Failing that, can anyone recommend what you suggest, a cheap decent preamp?

New to the forum so please be kind. I have picked up a couple of pretty muscular power amps (Inter M R500s) and I am going to have a play about with them. I read somewhere that it is possible to send a signal straight from source to the power amps and I fancy trying this. Clearly it would not...