Hi,
I'm new to the forum so hello everyone from Australia
I've just picked up a pair of OA12s, all of the drivers are in good condition, just very dusty, the cabs need refurbishing and the grills are a bit bent out of shape. What condition can I expect the crossovers to be in, will they need recapping or should I just do it anyway?
Thanks in advance.
It appears you have no replies! from 9 months ago. I haven't been on here for a while myself. I did a restoration / upgrade on a trashed pair I bought. I will tell you, for the upgrade I purchased a new crossover from grafpro (who I think you can find on here - if not, I have contact info), tailored to upgrade speakers. He makes 2 versions; one for "Satori" midwoofer, and a different version for Carlsson B65 midwoofer. Both upgrade to Obi T22 tweeters, which are sweet. I recommend either of those upgrades. The Satori is more expensive than the Carlsson by a bit. The Carlsson has a bit of a crown in the upper midrange - however, it still sounds amazing. Pairs really well with the Pioneer SX-750 receiver my son uses them with.
Yes the forum can be a bit dead but people do come by, I read your post but waited for somebody who actually knew for sure to come by. I did look up now what the info page on this site says about the filter, and it says among other things opposite of cheap (in an other word, “costly” kind of) and “future safe components”, which corresponds well which what I guessed that the caps were probably very time resistant.
Might be that OA12 receive a bit less attention in Sweden since many OA14 are available, maybe less people are very familiar with them, I don’t know.
Anyways it is nice to have people posting here, and interesting and impressive to see and read about that older project Joel!
