1970 wharfdale speaker kits

[jhoskins]

I have two wharfdale speaker kits consisting of 8" woofer and 1' dome tweeter plus 2x ferrite cored coils and 4 mfd capaciitor.
I am anxious to find the wiring diagram for these kits.
The year of manufacture was approx 1968 to 1070.

Can you please help?

 

[Guest]

Usually the crossover (if the coils and cores you refer to are mounted on a circuit board) carries lettering which shows the correct connection polarity and HF LF markings.

Not to rain on your parade but I owned the Wharfedale Dentons which used drive units (probably) like the ones you describe.

I soon traded them in for some serious speakers by KEF. I stayed with KEF speakers for about 30 years, despite working on the Rank Leak/Wharfedale advertising account (much to the irritation of the Leak's Brand Manager).

 

[jhoskins]

Usually the crossover (if the coils and cores you refer to are mounted on a circuit board) carries lettering which shows the correct connection polarity and HF LF markings.

Not to rain on your parade but I owned the Wharfedale Dentons which used drive units (probably) like the ones you describe.

I soon traded them in for some serious speakers by KEF. I stayed with KEF speakers for about 30 years, despite working on the Rank Leak/Wharfedale advertising account (much to the irritation of the Leak's Brand Manager).

The crossover components were sent loose and are designed to screw to the wooden box interior.

 

[Guest]

Most crossovers follow a basic design -- if you can find a diagram for speaker crossover of a similar vintage you should be able to improvise.

There are lots of vintage hifi sites on the net.

Good luck -- test using a multimeter to make sure your circuit returns roughly the right impedance. Finally, use an amplifier that you can afford to blow up (or which has fuses).

 

[jhoskins]

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