What a difference east and west make. A pair of AS-101 just sold in NC for 200.
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What a difference east and west make. A pair of AS-101 just sold in NC for 200.
They are in beautiful condition--but way overpriced for AS 101's (or Valencias) IMHO..... Those are the original capacitors in the crossovers-same ones mine had.....
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Recently, I heard a pair of Valencias at my tech's home and they were very impressive. So I decided to own a pair for a while to see how I like them over an extended period of time. I sorta lost control and ended up with two sets of the Heath version and one set of the Valencias. The Valencias were more open and airy sounding to my ear, but I let a friend talk me out of 'em. Now I'm back to the Heaths and they sound somewhat dull by comparison. I haven't opened them up, but I assume the crossovers are all original. Is there someone who would happen to know the values of the original Heathkit crossovers and the Valencias? I understand that there is a slight difference, but I haven't found a good source for information on them. Help?
And what a difference time makes....Originally Posted by bowtie427ss
I can remember people giving those big speakers away to anyone who would take them and seeing them sitting at the curb for the trash man. Unfortunately, back then I didnt care.
My As 101's had 604's in them. : ) Hope you get them straightened out. I noticed big differences between the receivers I was driving them with... that might be something you can look at too. : ) BTW welcome to the nuthouse.
Yes, as AB mentions I recapped the Heathkit AS 101's that I owned a couple of years ago. It made a noticeable improvement in their sound and I highly recommend replacing capacitors that are that old (approx. 40 years old). Their values have probably shifted quite a bit in 40 years. That recap was my first thread here back when I joined this forum in February 2009. It's embarrassing for me to read this thread--I was really ignorant when I joined this forum (even more than now!). Here is a quote from the thread that gives the capacitor values and some pics. I got some great assistance from members here and also had a similar thread at LH and got some great help from members there also including Zilch. Hope this helps....
The three that are in there say 8 mfd 50 vdc, 10 mfd 50 vdc, and 11 mfd 50 vdc...... The original caps say "chicago condensor corp" +/- 10%.....
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And the XO's could use some new caps. Very clean looking pair though.Someone took care of them at least.
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