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"Margaret von B." wrote:

"MINe 109" wrote in message
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Howard Ferstler wrote:

The conclusion: you can sometimes get away with installing a
different brand and cheaper center speaker in combination
with some upscale L and R jobs and get good, or even
excellent results. In a way, that makes such things into a
crap shoot.

Thanks.

Maybe I could get away with other used Linn speakers of a similar age,
such as the little bookshelf model, as they used basically the same
tweeter. There was a center speaker available contemporaneous with the
Kaber, but I don't know if the tweeter was the same. It would be
shielded, though.

I don't think my Radio Shack LX4s will work...


I got a pair of LX4, 2 pairs of LX5 and a pair of LX8.

IME, one of the Optimi (?) with dipole Linaeum tweeters would work better in
CC duty. The single monopole tweeter directly ahead of you beams like hell.
OTOH, as a properly aimed stereo pair the monopole sounds better. Also the
tiny LX4 is awful prone to go BLAT when T. Rex approaches the hapless
cavemen... But what do you have to lose by trying? I've been wrong before.

Yep, that's more or less my experience, dynamics wise. Not bad for
casual listening.

Not a good candidate for matching the Linn tweeter!

BTW, Dick Olsher has a terrific DIY mod for the LX4 if you are handier with
a soldering iron than I am. :-)

Oh, yeah. Capacitor replacement? I gave up on the idea when I couldn't
figure out how to open the box by removing the woofer.

Stephen