Odd mod 19's!

[Drugolf]

Original crossovers secured!
Unfortunately no grilles.

And in the effort, the estate sale company owner struck a deal with me. There was a pair of Heresy HBR that needed a little attention so he traded me taking care of that for him for a set of Seeburg Disotheque speakers. !

The Seeburgs have the Altec 806A and 811b horn combo along with 2 15" Utah woofers each. Some crappy crossover, all in a horizontal orientation. There are several threads around about them and what others have done for up grades to get what they can out of them.

As far as the Heresy's, one of the woofers was unbolted from the baffle so I remedied that and all seems fine. The owner messed with these a bit as well, building a new baffle with two round ports flanking the tweeter up top. Seem to sound fine. Wonder if he just liked to run big power and felt the need to give these some air. I had Heresys several years ago and I can not recall if you had to turn up your amp pretty good to get them to jump to life like these seem they need. Wondering if that is due to the ports.

 

[Katalyst]

Pictures of the Seeburgs please. Your luck with the exception of the grills seems good.

 

[Drugolf]

Got one of the two sorted out and is up and running.
Put a little time in for now cleaning off the front baffle of all the grime. Yuck! Now will need some new Watco.
Also removed all the extra insulation that was added and the wiring to the 2nd set of binding posts.
The 802 tested at 6.9 so that's good. I think this guy drove everything hard so I worry about that. I should check the resistors on the crossover.
I installed a pristine 416-8a I had and all is good.
The one sorta positive is the guy added some glass tops and remarkably they are in fact.
For now I am jumpering the posts. I just have a small The Fisher 175 receiver here in the garage.

 

[Drugolf]

SeeBurg SSD-1

 

[Katalyst]

Very nice. The glass on top will add mass as well as protecting the finish. On the Seeburg are both the woofers playing the same range? Or is one a helper( low only)? Automotive polish and wax on the Formica will help.

 

[Drugolf]

I believe they are both playing the same range, but I have not looked into the crossover yet. On the other crossover, the caps are pretty much blown apart. Great info on the formica, thanks.

 

[rogerfederer]

gordonw might be a seeburg guy if you are looking for advice. think it was his avatar for a while.

 

[Drugolf]

gordonw might be a seeburg guy if you are looking for advice. think it was his avatar for a while.

Yeah, I found threads on his version. Pretty much completely different driver horns etc. There is a Zilch up grade crossover that apparently does magic on these. I am not interested in doing much with them other than that. One of the woofer tests open too.

 

[watt]

One of the woofer tests open too.

Open woofer, blown open crossovers. I’m thinking equipment in that space lived a hard life. Those speakers may be happy to be with you.

 

[Drugolf]

Well, I couldn't resist getting the 2nd one up and running for a quick run.
Big sound!

 

[marantzfan]

Well, I couldn't resist getting the 2nd one up and running for a quick run.
Big sound!

They’re starting to look familiar again.

 

[Drugolf]

Oh yeah, switched out to my The Fisher TA600 tube receiver and whalla, mucho better yet!!

 

[Drugolf]

Got some additional good news today. The estate sale manager called and they found the 2nd 416-8Z woofer! We're going to meet up so I can get it. GPA can put these back together "like new" as Bill says for $145 each plus shipping. Are you guys of the opinion this is they way to go?

 

[ICTWoody]

Got some additional good news today. The estate sale manager called and they found the 2nd 416-8Z woofer! We're going to meet up so I can get it. GPA can put these back together "like new" as Bill says for $145 each plus shipping. Are you guys of the opinion this is they way to go?

Yes. He does fantastic work. My 416's in my Onkens are GPA recones, as well as my 414's in my 614 cabs.

- Woody

 

[Fran604g]

Yes. But I tend to be a purist when it comes to such things. Even when it might not be the optimal choice. If you're not happy, you can switch things up, I wouldn't think the 416s would lose value after the rebuild. If anything I have to believe they'd perform better than original aged ones.

 

[Drugolf]

Oh, these are a disaster.