I keep complaining about being busy but I'm pretty sure that not being busy is probably not a good thing. I just had a big order for 112 camera straps from a photography store in Macau. I will be working hard to fill that order over the next week.

I went in to Seattle Thursday to pick up 3 hides for camera straps. I took the opportunity to drop off my Speakerlab Super Sevens. Speakerlab has been around Seattle since 1971. They specialize in kit speakers. While the Super Sevens weren't the top of the line, they were one step down and an one of the best speakers for rock.

That's one of the ads at the time I bought mine around 1975. That is a Super Seven. A 10" and 12" woofer, horn midrange and tweeter.

While they sold complete speakers, it was the kit that was their mainstay. I bought the kit (speakers, crossover, foam, sealant, front panel, and grill) without the cabinets and a friend who knew his way around a table saw helped me build the cabinets. I never did get around to finishing the cabinet so they are very weathered and stained (water) bare plywood. Around 1992 I took them back and had new surrounds put in. Speakerlab had grown very large and then went bankrupt. In 1992 they were in a small storefront on Roosevelt Way in Seattle. The surrounds finally went out again. Speakerlab is still on Roosevelt but in a larger storefront now. We decided not to rebuild the woofers and to put new woofers in. They lasted close to 35 years. They will probably be done today or tomorrow. I will pick them up later in the week. I can hardly wait.

update: The Speakerlabs are back. They sound as good as ever and that is good! The guy who worked on them (late 20s) had them installed in their listening room for a while listening to them at the volume levels they were meant to be listened to. He has been trying to build his own Super Sevens but finding that midrange horn has been difficult. I wish him luck!