Most of the speakers I repair and work on and sometimes upgrade are vintage. There's some good ones out there. Worked on a few Snells to. I liked this video. I bet that ended up being a great speaker. Cheers. Matt

Congrats on the upcoming wedding! There’s nothing that can prepare a person for experiencing the launch of a top fuel dragster for the first time. Simply awesome.

@xxxYYZxxx

Жыл бұрын

First time I heard top fuel drag racing (from across the street @ Pomona), I figured the burnouts were the same SPL level as the actual race. 🤣

I recall that Snell speakers were designed with the x-overs compensating for the driver and not trying to match up pairs of drivers for the speakers. So, say you needed to replace a blown driver, the company would also send crossover components that needed replacement to get the balance correct again. Apparently, they kept graphs on every speaker they made. Maybe that is why you and Stereophile came up with different numbers.

@umrswimr8969

Жыл бұрын

I can vouch for that. I had a tweeter get damaged and they send a new tweeter AND crossover parts.

@PureBrew1

Жыл бұрын

Glad to see this pointed out. The Snell crossovers were hand tuned for each loudspeaker to a reference. So technically, the left and right speaker crossovers would have slight differences to compensate for the variations in the actual acoustic output of the drivers/loudspeakers. Atomic HiFi was set up with the references, parts and data by Snell to service all of the designs. As stated above, new replacement drivers will come with the crossover components carefully matched.

@ryanfitzpatrick3256

10 ай бұрын

Correct

always blown away by your new measurements. nice to see an old speaker get a new life.

I appreciate what your saying about installing new drivers in an old cabinet but the problems you address are easily remedied. Just have to use woofers that work well with that internal volume and that is easy to figure out using WINISD. Then use what ever midrange/tweeters one wants to use also taking impedance into consideration. And install a custom crossover. I Don't build a lot of speaker cabinets so I try to find a good used cabinet that looks great and is well built then increase the rigidity if needed or add sound insulation. Then install the drivers I want to use with custom crossover. Sometimes I can use the same crossover where I only need to replace the capacitors because old ones were shot. I don't waste a good cabinet as that is the hardest part of speaker building. I also use REW to check speakers before and after modifications to see if I have a flat response or need to make additional modifications.

TX Danny for: 1-the rewiring of the woofers to PARALLEL tip, the efficiency benefit is stunningly important; and, 2- your efforts believing these podcasts, I've been in this since the mid-80s and I learn things from you

@FOH3663

Жыл бұрын

Dramatic wasn't it? The lowering of the impedance means the speaker uses the power it's fed differently... more current being drawn and dissipated.

@EduardBroekman

Жыл бұрын

If you want to call the 16 to 4 ohm impedance change in the lows, 'efficiency'.. technically yes, but its just drawing 4x the power from an amp now which yields that +6dB. That said, I'm sure the lessened mid- and high attenuation is where sonic benefits will appear and solid state amps will like the new and much flatter 4-ohm impedance curve. I'm sure Danny knows the amp the owner has. The old XO looks more developed with NFB tube amps which have a more impedance-independent power output and distort less into higher impedances.

Love to see an old Snell get new life. These were built in my hometown and I've owned a few Snells over the years. Still have a pair of Type E.5 towers. They were my first high-er end speaker I purchased new as a teen (two years of xmas gifts actually). They are in the closet now and I've often thought to send them to GR to see what they could do...but they are massive and would cost hundreds to ship. By the way, the "V" in the name is the version...so this was the 5th iteration of the Type C line. Oh and your daughter was right about the hair ;)

@umrswimr8969

Жыл бұрын

You should totally send them in!! (sent by a fellow E.5 owner who would benefit from your experiment!)

Way back in the dark ages I had Ed Long 3way time alignment speakers, which had good quality wood cabinetry. I upgraded the internal wiring, applied 3-4 coats of boro-silicate, drilled horizontal holes in the tall sides and ran long length of threaded rod with large washers (ala Michael Green), plus inserted some cotton like material

Love my Diatones and Victor Zero 5. 40+ yrs old. New surround on woof. Next a couple new caps and bindng posts. Extremely awesome.

Thanks for the admission to your classroom!

Congrats for the great upcoming party. And the haircut looks awesome

Congrats on your daughters upcoming wedding!!! As for the haircut... this is what us Dads do for our children. L💞ve from Canada.

A Kevin Voecks design, as he took over after Peter Snell. I had the Type Ci and two pairs of C/Vs, one in black and one just like these in the light oak. I also had a pair of E/IIs. I suspect the Type E would still stand up well. Snell speakers were typically highly regarded for the integrity of their engineering and their sonics.

@richieroo4844

Жыл бұрын

I bought Type D ,light oak pair abt 12 years ago , super rare here in NZ , and had them for five years , they were fantastic overall one of the best sounding i have owned , probably should have kept them., a bit average in the looks department if that matters, Voecks was a great designer imo

Thanks for explanning front baffle diff.🤗👍

Congratulations Danny on your daughters wedding. Great shirt , nice job done on the Snell C/V

Your welcome for the shirt Danny. I used to drag race back in the 60's early 70's in Southern Calif. I had the first altered wheel base '62 Chevy SS driven on the street back in the day. Keith Black hemi. I started to drive Thommy Grove's funny car after his accident but that didn't work out. I still love going to the drags, it's in the blood I guess. All my speaker kits I built from you sound better every day. Keep up the great work for us music lovers. Ted Allen

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

Very cool and thanks again for the shirt. It is awesome. Here is one of my races driving my Dad's S-10: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYydsKaEl6qTfZc.html These are street legal cars that have seen time on the road.

I use m&k s1b in my main system (until I get my magnepans ) got to say they use peerless drivers as well . Fantastic sound

Great shirt and nice tight haircut. Your daughter's request was spot on.

I took a pair of bose 501 IV and put in all new drivers and crossovers. Basically a whole new setup. The results are fantastic

Nice shirt I miss Hot Roding, drag strips and buildings engines in from the late 70s to the late 80s. the good old days. We breathed, ate and shit Hot Rodding. There were so many speed shops back then here in Houston. In the 70s Radio shack was nothing like now. I started building speakers from there drivers and speaker parts.

I wish to your daughter happiness and love in her life fr Greece you are magician 🇬🇷💜🤗👍

@georgepyrgelis4217

Жыл бұрын

@GRReseach the best gift is your work on hi fi 😆😄

Hey Danny. Your hair look’s great! It suits you. Best wishes!

Love the NHRA tshirt Danny!

Hi Danny, i like the shop vid's. Congrats on your daughter's wedding.

Danny your hair looks great!! Makes you look youthful!! Nice job on the video!!

@toby9999

Жыл бұрын

Longer hair makes people look younger. Less hair equals older. Bald is the worst.

As always love the video's you make, some of these speakers I've heard of and others not. One quick question I would like to ask is, what would your recommendation be for a budget friendly tube amp be. I have a small room that I use for my toys and I would like to throw together a turntable and one of my old pairs of speakers with a decent tube amp to jam to while I'm rebuilding or modding my RC cars

Bought some ELAC S20 locally for 50€, they are a bit forward in the 500 and 2-4k hz region, but responded well to equalization and now perform absolutely fantastically. Imaging is really precise and surprisingly wide giving the precision. Bass is impressively fast, crisp and goes down to 36hz in my room (about -3db at 36hz). Mids are well articulated but the least impressive part of the speakers I would say. Treble is super detailed but not fatiguing. For the price I honestly feel bad for how well they work in my setup lol

@gino3286

Жыл бұрын

Hi could you please tell me something more about the equalization? Thanks Gino

Thank you for a great video

Interesting. I've owned a couple pair of C/Vs over the years and liked them a lot. Would be curious how the upgrade changes it.

Thank you for another great video. Being an engineer, I enjoy your scientific approach. I have had my JBL L5's since the early 90s. Do you have some advice on what I can do to upgrade/improve/maintain these speakers?

Awesome hairstyle! Looks Fresh

Great video, I think there is lots of interest in vintage speakers. Have you ever refurbished /crossover upgrade for Kef 104s?

literally was thinking about the haricut and the shirt. Both fit you great. Also, you're daughter has good taste :))

The hair looks great!

Congrads on your daughters wedding Danny! The hair is stylin'

Congrats on your daughter's wedding, and cool shirt!

In regards to drag racing, I grew up in Pennsville,NJ during the 60's & 70's and NHRA star Hank Endres lived two streets over from me. He kept the car and trailer at his house and he would occasionally fire up that monster and the entire neighborhood would shake. Hank held the world record at one time which was undeniably cool for us kids in the neighborhood. There's one or two videos on YT showing his epic crash which was horrific. Hank passed away around five years ago.

Would love to see the Danny Ritchie rebuild of a Type A. That was a beast.

@Mrsteve4761

Жыл бұрын

My Type A/II have something around 20 electrolytic capacitors each; 3rd order xover if I recall correctly. These things restored are quite remarkable. At the time, Peter hand tuned each speaker, using small value electroyltics in bundles to attain a specific MFD.

I miss the version of Danny with a mullet. I hope those deco home speakers come back someday and are still 50 SpaceBucks a pair. I'm curious what Danny would think of them. The drivers seam really nice for the price, and you could do any mods you want without fear cus they're so cheap.

That is a shirt and a a half! NHRA for the win!!!

Hey Danny thanks for a great channel! Have you ever considered making an external /outboard adjustable crossover that would work for a variety of drivers. You just rewire drivers to bypass internal crossover straight to rear connection and out to the external crossover connected to the amp. Thanks in advance for your answer. Wishing you all the best for the Holidays.

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

If only that were possible. The crossover doesn't just create a slope, but has to be custom designed to control each driver within the range they play. I have never designed a crossover that was the same or that would work in anything else that I have designed.

@MichaelDavitt1

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyrichie9743 Danny thanks for your kind reply. Your logic makes sense. Have you ever designed a better crossover for the B&W 801 Matrix (original square cabinet) they had a "Variable Bass Alignment Filter & Equalizer" you could purchase to smooth the bass response. I'm interested in an upgrade for these speakers. Thanks Sir!

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelDavitt1 I did. I turned the upper section into a two way design and the customer added a subwoofer plate amp to the lower woofer. This improved sound quality by a LOT and added flexibility down low.

I have a pair of vintage Acoustic Research AR9 speakers that have the felt/foam pads around the mids and tweeters to lessen diffraction similar to the Snell, but it is deteriorating into dust. Do you have a recommendation for a self-adhesive acoustic felt/foam pad I could cut to size and use to replace the old stuff that would offer similar performance? The old 1/2" thick felt that covers the main space around the drivers is fine, but not the thinner pieces they used around the drivers in cutouts in the thick foam that were velcroed in place. The one around the tweeter is Ø4.5" and the rectangular piece around the upper mid is 8.5" X 5.75". Thank you!

Nice haircut. Good vid. Cheers.

How did you acquire your knowledge of how to upgrade speakers? I would love to learn how to upgrade and/or repair some of my speakers and subs but have no clue where to start. I wouldn't even be able to assemble one of your kits with my current lack of skills.

Nice shirt Danny, we just had top fuel running down here

Great shirt!

i have a pair of snell type A dated back to the mid 1980 these have a pair of white coned becker 10" woofers a pair phillips 4" midrange (which were used in the dahlquist 10) and an audax 1" soft dome tweeters, which i replaced with the new version with very satisfactory results. i drew out the schematic of both and checked it twice before replacing the capacitors. and to be honest i didnt hear much difference in the caps. just my thoughts

The cut looks good, hope the wedding goes well.

Hi Danny! I have a question: if I can't find the original drivers to replace the old ones, can I use a replacement with the same size and impedence or the T-S parameters have to be identical to be a proper match? Thanks for the video and the answer!

FYI how much was kit for this? Just in case someone sees a set of speakers and would like to know what an upgraded pair would cost. Thanks

video subject matter aside - - very cool shirt Danny - - NOTHING like a fuel car doing it's thing!

Have you ever taken on an Ohm Walsh 2 speaker? That would be an interesting one.

That's a fine set of speakers

"Dad-dee, you're not planning to wear THAT shirt to the wedding are you?" Well, I got my hair cut didn't I?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

She picked out my attire as well.

Yes can you upgraded a Vandersteen Model 2ce

How did you manage the impedance not dropping further by going Parallel?

An extremely popular 70's-80's speaker was the DCM Time Window. Can you review that one?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

I am not really a reviewer. If someone sends one in though, I will take a look at it.

I've been trying to learn this stuff but man I tell you what I'm not getting very far with it

I have a pair of Type D which is at same design except it has a woofer instead of two. I would much appreciate if Danny can give me some suggestions in regards to possible upgrades.

@zackobrien2223

14 күн бұрын

The same upgrades.

Accordinding to some of the reviews at the time, some of the ultimate vintage speakers would be ADS L810 and L1290. Unfortunately, as you said, all of the value is the drivers.

I have a question I see a lot of the mods you have for some of the speakers better crossovers crossover parts would it be bad to buy an electronic two-way or three-way crossover and triumplify a set of speakers then you wouldn't have to be bothered with so many parts of a passive crossover your opinion

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

That comes with a whole new set of problems and variables, plus cost more.

Why aren't the vertical lines equidistant on the frequency response graph?

Hey Danny Looking sharp with the hair cut Question for you , I bought a used set of your braided cables on Canuck audio mart here in Canada My jaw dropped at the difference all people hereat the time heard. Which made me wonder is there any plans in the works for even better cables? Thank you for one of the best channels with the best content

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

We have interconnects in the works now too. So that's coming.

I have a pair of Snell Q s Bookshelf speakers.

Has GR ever reviewed a pair of Dahlquist DQ10"s ?

From the era where Snell soon discovered home theater, and not long after Keven Voecks left to form Revel. I owned the C IV, last of the 3-driver versions … in some ways better than the III and in some ways not so much. From the ‘80s, Snells were sold as marched pairs (within .5db or whatever) and if you blew a driver you had to supply the speaker’s serial number so that they could supposedly pick a driver for you that measured within the expected range of that speaker. Sounds like B.S. today, because I don’t know that Snell actually kept records of how each speaker paid measured.

The hair - looks good. Smart daughter!

Hello Thank you for what you do for AUdio I have a set of Jim Thiel 3.6 from say 1989 from when they came out i said in this price range i could not find a better sounding Spker even at double price Now my Issue is my Friend OCD want to sell me a pair of pbn Liberty spkers will this make me fall back into my chair again thank you

Looks way better. Is Snell the one who designed those big box wide baffle 2 way rear ported speakers that pissed off a bunch of people because it was made cheap but sounded good?

@Sooopa_Doopa

6 ай бұрын

Snell is the one that Audio Note copied and was a big influence on John DeVore

Looks like your stock of air core inductors is running low 😉😂 Hope your big Family Event was an Epic success and keep the videos coming. 👍🏻

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

That is just what we pull from to fill kit orders. We have a LOT more than that in stock.

Danny, would you say these are still worth acquiring in the $600~ range? Or what floor stander would you recommend? (Can be used or new) Coming from Thiel CS 1.6 (my current mains), Snell Type D, Apogee Centaurs, Mordaunt Short 442

Hi Danny. Good video. I have a pair of Snell E/III’s that I bought new in 1993 for $800. I loved the open sound, the drums boomed and cymbals sounded like symbols. My test CD while shopping for speakers was “The End” by the Doors. I listened to a lot of speakers and walked out. But when I heard the E/III, I said “Sold”. I had to replace drivers a few years ago. But my question is, do you have any thoughts on how to modernize them? Thanks, Paul

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

There is not much I can tell you haven't not had one in house for measurements and evaluation.

@MrSwedjen

Жыл бұрын

The coating on the tweeters usually flakes and cracks due to age. It's tough to find replacements or the correct coating. I've got the J II'S.

As a father of a recent bride I can relate. However, damn, ... mullets are back and strong as ever! Yep, the ol' Kentucky Waterfall is what I'd rock ... that is, if I hadn't been shaving my dome for 40 years!

Have you ever upgraded a pair of AR90's?

Interestingly, Snell Acoustics has hand-tuned crossovers to the actual drivers in each speaker. At least in the earlier speakers. This is the 5th generation Type C - very different from the first gen.

Happy haircut!

I think the PSB Stratus series of the mid to late 90s used Vifa drivers. They would be candidates for something like this since they are more common and still a nice speaker.

@FOH3663

Жыл бұрын

Weren't those designed with access to the Canadian Research facility... anechoic chamber etc.?

@vintageguy6520

Жыл бұрын

@@FOH3663 I believe you are correct. Nice speakers.

What about the Dahlquist DQ Ten?,

Dahlquist DQ-20. Worth a refurbish? Quality stock crossover (I think). Who’s done it or where can I buy the guide to rebirth?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they might be a good candidate for an upgrade. I have not done one though.

A question with an Aleph 5 60 watt pure class A power amp is it possible to drive Snell Type-Cs, thank you

@zackobrien2223

14 күн бұрын

Yes, just keep volume level reasonable.

Curious if anyone has experience with the snell B model. I have the full size version, they are over 150lbs each.

Please why not have top 20 speakers like Top Gear has on cars. Love from Sweden. Is Monitor Audio Gold 300 5G a good speaker to play Bob Dylan to Sepultura?

what do you think about duntech spreakers? do they cut too much corners ?

@FOH3663

Жыл бұрын

Duntech Sovereign High performance via moderate quality drivers. Very well designed for the era.

Has Danny ever upgraded the Realistic Mach 1’s?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

I have not.

I have yet to hear a modern bookshelf that compete with my 1985 vintage stand-mounts

@RennieAsh

Жыл бұрын

What's are they? I have some of a similar vintage that are great for listening for long periods. I can hear where they aren't as good as some newer offerings but they are good enough to keep around

Howdy yall nice haircut just like my brother inlaw

Congratulations to your daughter

congratulations

Cool haircut.

Nice 'Do Danny!

I would like to send my old Infinitys and have you go through them!

Can you make an improve crossover for Snell Type D?

@zackobrien2223

14 күн бұрын

It’s literally the same.

Full Dad points to you for the cut Danny.

Finally something he likes))

Two things. Congratulations on your daughter's wedding. Wish them the best! And Model S Plaid?

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and the Model S PLaid is bad ass.

@glenncurry3041

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyrichie9743 But what does it do to drag racing when a silent car beats a flame throwing rail? It's like an iPhone doing 20-20khz at 110dbSPL? 🙂

I need me some NX oricas!

hey man nice hair. 😎

Always great videos with great stuff. 🔉😂 Regards from Portugal. 🇵🇹

@dannyrichie9743

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck to your countrymen in the rest of the world cup games. You have one of the best players in the tournament. I also watch almost all of the games.

@franciscorompana2985

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyrichie9743 🔉 and ⚽ Best 😂

Much prefer the lighting in the shop.

congratulations to your daughter.