Dahlquist DQ-10 fuse holders and other upgrades?


I am refurbishing my DQ-10s that have been in storage for about 25 years. Years ago I "modified" these great speakers with a mirror image, ribbons, new tweeters, felt, and cap upgrades. I'm re-foaming the woofers and plan on replacing the binding posts and fuse holders, but I can't find high quality panel mount fuse holders anywhere. Any suggestions, as this seems to be a weak link after upgrading cables, posts and everything else? Also please advise as to any other suggestions to properly bring these great speakers back to useful life in the Twenty-First century.
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Showing 1 response by mingles

Remove the fuse. It's a relic from 20+ years ago that had it's place when speakers were inefficient, and underpowered amps were often driven into clipping which resulted in driver damage. If your amp is 100+ watts and you keep the SPL under 103 dB, the fuse is unnecessary. Dahlquist never published the sensitivity for the DQ-10s, but it's speculated to be about 85 dB.

You should check out the Dahlquist group over at Yahoo. A lot of good folks there that are willing to help:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dahlquist/

Best of luck!