[HAM] V-20 Diaphragms

[William Mark Bristow]

Guys,
I have a friend - (this is info only - I make no profit from this), Dave
Phipps at Opti-Case/Opti-Sound in Henderson, Texas who manufactures a direct
replacement to original specs for the V21 driver.  The phone is (800)
637-6635.  I have not heard one of the units - but Dave is a Hammond long
time Hammond man and has done my road case work for years.  He is a top
sound man, as well and does work for many top groups in the rock & country
field.  Last June I was in his shop and he introduced the line of drivers to
me -- he has them in stock (at that time).  Don't know the cost.  I think he
just does the diaphrams - don't know if complete driver replacements are
available.  Call him for info.

Mark Bristow
EIS B3 Chop w/pedals with 2 Bill Beer 122's
XB5 w/pedals with 2 JBL equipped 760's
both with custom road cases by
Opti-Case/Opti-Sound (Dave Phipps)


-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Scott Hawthorn
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [HAM] V-20 Diaphragms


At 04:38 PM 11/19/2003, ElSeveno at aol.com wrote:
>However
>I have heard with the Ruby diaphragm a couple of holes have to be punched .
I
>may be wrong about that but that is not a very good sign for something that
>has a tight tolerance. Maybe someone with better authority can answer
>(hopefully).

I have it on good authority that they suck. You are dead-on about the
holes/tolerance. That's an unbelievable oversight, and makes the thing
practically worthless AFAIK.

-SH
"Battling Suckage Since 1950"