Robinf
New member
Hi all
Bit of a fraud here: I do not now own and never have owned MLs. But I really want to! I have a line on a pair of Sequel IIs, one of which was apparently lightly damaged in shipping. I've been told that the front baffle has come off, the panel has been detached and needs to have 'three wires' reconnected. (I've asked for pics but haven't received any yet.) If I pay the asking price of $450 the seller will throw in a brand new panel.
Three questions:
1) Based on this description, is this repair/replacement something the average shmoe like me could do? I'm reasonably handy but I'm definitely not the kind of guy who can resolder his amp's circuit board, for example. I do know which end of a soldering iron gets hot, but that's about it.
2) Is this a good price for these speakers, given their age and condition?
3) If I decide against these speakers, which MLs are the best value on the used market under $1k? (I realise this must be a select little collection.) My setup is solid-state mid-fi at best and in an L-shaped room, the ground floor of a smallish townhouse. I'm currently using some elderly Magnepan .6QRs and the Sequels seemed like an affordable upgrade, although I wouldn't say that to members of the Church of Maggie.
Many thanks in advance,
Robin
Bit of a fraud here: I do not now own and never have owned MLs. But I really want to! I have a line on a pair of Sequel IIs, one of which was apparently lightly damaged in shipping. I've been told that the front baffle has come off, the panel has been detached and needs to have 'three wires' reconnected. (I've asked for pics but haven't received any yet.) If I pay the asking price of $450 the seller will throw in a brand new panel.
Three questions:
1) Based on this description, is this repair/replacement something the average shmoe like me could do? I'm reasonably handy but I'm definitely not the kind of guy who can resolder his amp's circuit board, for example. I do know which end of a soldering iron gets hot, but that's about it.
2) Is this a good price for these speakers, given their age and condition?
3) If I decide against these speakers, which MLs are the best value on the used market under $1k? (I realise this must be a select little collection.) My setup is solid-state mid-fi at best and in an L-shaped room, the ground floor of a smallish townhouse. I'm currently using some elderly Magnepan .6QRs and the Sequels seemed like an affordable upgrade, although I wouldn't say that to members of the Church of Maggie.
Many thanks in advance,
Robin