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[zylan]

I was cleaning out the closet of my house which hadn't been open in a long time. I saw a pair of old Altec Lansing model 5 speakers from the 80s that my late grandfather had purchased. The last time it was used was like 6 yrs ago and i recall sound was a bit static...not sure if it was the connection or tweeter issue. My question is, how difficult is it too find a tweeter(assuming that was the problem) for it being that the speakers were made back in the 80s. Also, how difficult to replace it and is it gonna cost an arm/leg for it? I really dont know much about speakers. Let me know. Thanks.

 

[Swerd]

I was cleaning out the closet of my house which hadn't been open in a long time. I saw a pair of old Altec Lansing model 5 speakers from the 80s that my late grandfather had purchased. The last time it was used was like 6 yrs ago and i recall sound was a bit static...not sure if it was the connection or tweeter issue. My question is, how difficult is it too find a tweeter(assuming that was the problem) for it being that the speakers were made back in the 80s. Also, how difficult to replace it and is it gonna cost an arm/leg for it? I really dont know much about speakers. Let me know. Thanks.

Does the back of those speakers look like this photo? Try turning the knob back & forth. It's called a "variable L-pad". Does the static come & go as you turn the knob? If so, the contacts of the L-pad are corroded. They can be cleaned with Caig Deoxit or if too far gone, they can be replaced.

 

[zylan]

yes, they look exactly like that. i will try and see.