cambridge soundworks volume and balance control replacement

The cabinet is finished in an attractive walnut-grain vinyl veneer it is also available in black ash. If the jumpers are removed, the system can be operated in a bi-amplified or bi-wired mode. The two sets of gold-plated binding posts on the back, which are linked together by removable jumpers, accept wires, lugs, and banana plugs (single or dual). The cabinet has 3/4-inch-thick side and back panels and internal cross-bracing. The four drivers are concealed by a removable black cloth grille that matches a small cloth-covered section at the bottom of the front panel, which is 1 inch thick. Below that are two 8-inch polypropylene cone woofers operating in a vented enclosure whose port is near the bottom of the back panel.

At the top is a 1-inch soft-dome tweeter, and under it is a 5-1/4-inch polypropylene midrange driver operating in a sealed subenclosure.

The Tower II is a columnar speaker whose drivers are vertically aligned on the front panel. There are currently three models in the new Tower series: the Tower ($1,500 a pair), a three-way bipolar system the Tower II ($1,000 a pair), the front-firing three-way system reviewed here and the Tower III ($600 a pair), a front-firing two-way system. A couple of years ago, however, the company began opening retail stores and now has a chain of outlets in New England and California.ĬSW recently introduced its first floor-standing speakers, which are described as being equally suitable for music and home-theater applications. He was also founder or co-founder of several other companies noted for significant advances in consumer electronics, including Acoustic Research (AR), Advent, and Kloss Video.įor most of its existence, CSW has been known primarily as a manufacturer of compact and inexpensive loudspeakers and music systems sold by mail order. This reflects the technical expertise and quality standards of its co-founder, Henry Kloss, who has been responsible for many advances in consumer audio products, especially speakers, over the past four decades. I'd love to keep these speakers and re-use them in some new setup (with a new sub), but no idea where to start.Cambridge SoundWorks (CSW) has earned a solid reputation for the quality and value of its loudspeakers during the eight years of the company’s existence. The placement/flexibility of the volume control is also important, being on the right speaker isn't too bad.ĭistance between shelf and desk edge is 10cm, which would give a height to the bottom of the monitors of roughly 19cm, though possibly limit any direction of the satelites.ĭistance between the shelf and bottom of the monitors is roughly 11cm. I control EQ on the PC, so was tempted for the monitor approach (I also do occasional recording/streaming, but not enough to overly worry about). I also have a Scarlett Solo under the desk, so could use that for output, if it makes any difference to anything (maybe using monitors?), but I use that for headphones (switch my audio out on the pc to the Scarlett when I want to headphones, so I don't need to plug anything in. The satellite speakers are also connected with arbitrary speaker wires - another must. I currently have the sub sat behind me with an extension cable for the volume control (which goes into the sub), and so need to be able to extend cables between speakers and the sub with ease, static cables won't do, which rules out most Logitech stuff. I've been looking for alternative speakers which always seem to fail one requirement, usually the cable to the sub.

Like many, this setup has served me incredibly well for probably 25 years, the volume knob can't easily be replaced, since the original pots are impossible to find, but I'm nearly tempted to fashion a new enclosure for a new volume control. I have a failing setup, consisting of a 2.1 Cambridge Soundworks (common issue with swelling volume randomly due to failing pot in volume control).

Cambridge soundworks volume and balance control replacement