Rebuilding old Sansui's

I use a pair of Saasui speakers in my garage that are a model or two down from yours but the same vintage. They are very adequate for that purpose, but I am wondering why you want to go to so much effort to restore them. Is it a sentimental thing- I know that many Viet Nam vets bought these Sansui speakers form the PX back in the day. If it is a sentiimental reason, I would say that you should buy another pair off Ebay and cannibalize them for original drivers, and then remove the original crossover and wiring from yours and upgrade the components to modern caps and resistors. As Tobias said, using different drivers from the originals is asking for trouble. Sonic Craft is a great place to get the crossover parts, and good advice.

I just finished rebuilding a pair of Sansui's - mine were a 12" 4 way design. I pulled all of the drivers and x-over, installed a new baffle and built a 8" 2-way system using a basic single order x-over I built from scratch. I had to stuff the cab with added foam, and did everything from trial and error. The result is perfectly adequate, but not state of the art. I also refinished the cab's with tung oil after sanding the veneer really well. They came out looking far better than I expected and I'm very happy with the result given what I put into them. I sold the woofers on Craig's list for what I paid for the speakers. No luck yet selling the other drivers though I haven't tried hard.

I am not expecting anything like what I have for my main system(Martin Logan SL3'S)but I built a pair of speakers years ago that sounded beautiful. I used Radio Shack speakers and crossovers and hand built a large cabinet patterned after Spica t-50's. I would like to find better quality cones that would either fit the original mounting holes or slightly larger and possibly find a better crossover or an adjustable one. I then would like to throw these in the bedroom with maybe a Jolida integrated or other small amp with remote.

if you use good quality components you'll be surprised by the results so long as you match the drivers and have the right crossover. Parts express sells excellent quality components and they tell you all you need to know to do a decent job of matching things up.