My Prosonic PQR-9963 ** The 11 Band Boombox from Canada

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Cpl-Chronic

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Reli said:
By the way, if you have dimensions on those DiVinci woofers I might be interested for another project. You say they are 4.5", is that the cone diameter or the basket diameter? And how about across the screw holes, what's that dimension? And what is the depth? Thanks in advance.
The woofers are 4.5" mounting hole pattern, diagonal but I did have to use deadmat around the edges because the squarish basket edge had gaps around the sides. I still have some internal cabinet tweaking to do to improve bottom end response. So far, midbass is warm but kickdrums sound a bit weak because the cabinet is so huge compared to the woofer sizes...

The depth of the woofers I did not measure but the magnets on these 4.5's are rather huge. If you use modern large magnet drivers, you will have to swap locations, top to bottom with the original Mid/Highs since the cord compartment & amp board would interfere with the woofers when mounted in the bottom corners...

Cool thanks, I have them in mind for a different box (a 3-piece). I love the chrome cones. Too bad they're 8 ohm though. Most vintage boxes can handle 4 ohm.



Thanks Reli! :-D yeah, the chrome woofer cones look like the business to me too. Here's a couple of pics of the original woofers with a ruler to give you an idea of the mounting size:

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Cpl-Chronic

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docs said:
What was wrong with the original speakers were they broke?
Heyya Docs! :-D

Nope. At the beginning of this thread & I posted a before & after video of the orignal sound vs. the improved sound with the Davinci woofers. The originals were just way too stiff to give a decent, clear sound in the lower mid/bass area of sound. The overall soundstage lacked warmth & accuracy for my tastes. Plus, I liked the looks of these Davinci 'Chrome' woofers & they fit in the upper locations without any modifications to the cabinet or internals. They are 8 OHM drivers which is a light load since the originals were 4 OHM but sound much better & handle the power of this monster very well without distorting. I'm now refreshing the grills with some gloss midnight blue paint & tweaking the cabinet with deadmat & egg carton foam back treatment to seal up the cabinet. All of these changes can be reversed so you die hard traditional collectors can rest assured I won't go too far with this unicorn. I only heavily modify the more plentiful grails like the 777Z, M90, or M70's etc.

once all my modifacions & improvements are complete, I'll move on over to the Reso forum & post more there...

Cheers,
Cpl :afro: :clap: :rock: :rock:
 

Reli

Boomus Fidelis
Can't find their website but here's a photo off Ebay. Is this the set you got em from?


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