smegger68
Mango Enthusiast
In my University gap year my system was in storage in Cardiff and I had no music while staying the summer with my parents. So I raided the attic and found my old Goldring Lenco GL-78, Ortofon FF15eMkII and Sansui 310 receiver, all of which were great sounding components. Unfortunately I had no speakers and even less money, so picked up a pair of Amstrad system speakers from the local junk shop for a tenner. These were the 3 way things that came with the £99 tower system they used to sell in Woolworths. Naturally, they sounded appaling. Desperate to see if I could improve things I took the backs off. The crossover was simply a capacitor to the tweeter and the midrange 'driver' was in fact a mockup - it had no magnet or voice coil. The simple act of removing these and employing the hole as a reflex port made them sound much better! I added some damping foam ripped from an old camping bed and rewired them with proper cable to replace the bell wire. I even replaced the shitty cap with something a bit better from Tandy. After this they sounded vaguely acceptable and provided me with 6 months of music. Never again though!