jimmymcfarrell
pfm Member
Having had ARC speakers and active Nytech (CTA252 / CXA252) & A&R Cambridge (A60 / SA60) amplifiers in the past & sold (and regretted it) the amps but kept the speakers; I recently started again, first with a Crown D-60 amp (passive) then added a DBX Electronic crossover & a couple of (bridged mono) D-75s giving a sound that I prefer to what’s gone before; I’ve been looking for other options to make use of this kit. And got a bit carried away.
I’m now the owner of 2 pairs of Linn Sara’s. The first pair are too nice to mess around with (despite having one concentric circle Hiquiphon & one “Linn” plain black tweeter) so I bought a cheap pair that are supposed to be broken with a view to converting to tri-amp active operation. The seller thought the bass drivers were shot but it’s actually the tweeters. And the glue on one of the rubber surrounds on one of the internal bass drivers has dried out making a tiny section come unstuck. Can this be glued with rubber solution?
I’ve got the front baffles off both & got all the drivers / crossovers out. Trying to post pics but Flickr won’t give me a link (using an iPhone). Plan is to replace the tweeters with new Scanspeak D2008s like I’ve fitted to my ARC 101s as these Sara’s have these teeeters in at the moment. Hopefully repair the one unglued surround. Then I need to decide what input sockets I’m going to use (pairs x3 unless I use XLRs) and how’s best to mount them on the cabinet- directly through the wood or on some sort of metal/Perspex sheet. Finally give the cabinet woodwork some love & hope by then I’ve found a 4th D-75amp (so each bass driver can have its own bridged mono amplifier - but if not I’ve got more than enough to run them the amps stereo so each mid-bass driver will have its own amplifier channel as a minimum. How do I connect more than one amp to an output of the crossover? Will need Y connectors I guess as the amps don’t have a pass through. Final stage is to add a 2nd active crossover so I can crossover the rear bass drivers at a lower frequency to the fronts to see if this does indeed make a difference - will still need Y connectors because in this instance I’ll be connecting 2 crossovers to the one output on my pre-amp.
Hopefully by then I’ll have worked out how to get Flickr to let me upload photos to this and will update it as I go. Should be fun & keep me out of trouble for a bit.
I’m now the owner of 2 pairs of Linn Sara’s. The first pair are too nice to mess around with (despite having one concentric circle Hiquiphon & one “Linn” plain black tweeter) so I bought a cheap pair that are supposed to be broken with a view to converting to tri-amp active operation. The seller thought the bass drivers were shot but it’s actually the tweeters. And the glue on one of the rubber surrounds on one of the internal bass drivers has dried out making a tiny section come unstuck. Can this be glued with rubber solution?
I’ve got the front baffles off both & got all the drivers / crossovers out. Trying to post pics but Flickr won’t give me a link (using an iPhone). Plan is to replace the tweeters with new Scanspeak D2008s like I’ve fitted to my ARC 101s as these Sara’s have these teeeters in at the moment. Hopefully repair the one unglued surround. Then I need to decide what input sockets I’m going to use (pairs x3 unless I use XLRs) and how’s best to mount them on the cabinet- directly through the wood or on some sort of metal/Perspex sheet. Finally give the cabinet woodwork some love & hope by then I’ve found a 4th D-75amp (so each bass driver can have its own bridged mono amplifier - but if not I’ve got more than enough to run them the amps stereo so each mid-bass driver will have its own amplifier channel as a minimum. How do I connect more than one amp to an output of the crossover? Will need Y connectors I guess as the amps don’t have a pass through. Final stage is to add a 2nd active crossover so I can crossover the rear bass drivers at a lower frequency to the fronts to see if this does indeed make a difference - will still need Y connectors because in this instance I’ll be connecting 2 crossovers to the one output on my pre-amp.
Hopefully by then I’ll have worked out how to get Flickr to let me upload photos to this and will update it as I go. Should be fun & keep me out of trouble for a bit.
