can we just take a moment to appreciate the video production, pacing and narration was excellent

Dude you make all us 70's folk real proud. Craftmanship even for an rocker like you is par excelle'nt !!!

Respect you made them look better than they did when they were on sale 👍👍👍

Growing up, my one friend had a pair of these. We were always infatuated with the sound the potentiometers made when turning them. Loving the restoration, commencing with the watching.

Great job, so pleased to see a pair of old speakers been brought back to life.

I made my own speakers way back in 1976. They each contain one 15 inch woofer, 2 mid-range drivers, and 4 tweeters. The foam rings of the woofers eventually had turned to dust due to age. But for a cost of only $27, I obtained new rings and rebuilt the woofers. Once done, they were as good as new.

This was satisfying to watch. My father left me a set of vintage Pioneer speakers from the 70’s. I have to try them out!

Outstanding job for a pair of these outstanding quality Pioneers!

absolutely love it,,,,,,,,,,,, great job,,,,,,,,,,,,70's stereo equipment is the best and worth saving. it breaks my heart to see you revive these speakers,,,,,,,,,,,,,, love you for it, you have done a service to mankind.....

A few years ago, I found a nice looking pair of these exact speakers in a neighbor's trash. I was quite surprised to find that they worked! The only thing missing was one of the cloth font covers. I sold them for what was basically a song. These here look fantastic!

Beautiful! These were great speakers back in the day and still surpass in quality many modern speakers of today as well. Rebuild the crossovers with better coils and replace the aging capacitors and they'll sound much better too!

I bought my HPM-100 and HPM-40 along with a Pioneer SX-950 on Okinawa in 76. I was amazed at your skills Tom you made them look like I remembered them. Thank you for sharing your video with us. Ed

I remember hearing these at the store. Excellent sounding. The hpm tweeter was exceptionally clean and crisp sounding.

"Thats a lot of work, but well worth it, and they will last decade's. 100% on Effort. And what better way to Enjoy, hooking then up to that Beautiful Hifi. And a Beatles LP. Very interesting Video. Cheers Grant 😊

Gorgeous restoration !! I sold a boatload of HPM-100's back in my days at Franklin Music in Atlanta (Lenox Square). Still have my original JVC 501 receiver. You bring back very fond memories, Sir !!

Man this brings back memories. These were the first set of speakers I bought myself back in the 70's along with the Technics SA-700 receiver. Thanks for sharing.

Nice work! I just restored a pair of 1981 JBL Model 96 3-ways. I didn't have to put new wood veneer on mine...just sand, light re-oil, and used Minwax paste with a buffer (several layers). They turned out very good...but, not the same quality as new veneer. They sound better than new. The tweeters are original and perfect. I found factory direct replacement (JBL) new midrange drivers (same impedance, specs). The stock white woofers were toast...found some new Eminence 10" bass guitar drivers with pure copper voice coils that are a PERFECT match. No cutting, no new holes. Also utilized the factory hardware! 40-year old speakers with new life!!!!

Absolutely awesome job.... I love the classic speakers and receivers from the 70s and early 80s. Been looking for a 70s receiver and speakers to match. There’s a couple of HPM 60s and 100s out there but they’ve all looked a little tired. Maybe I should just get a pair and get them renovated over time.... Yours are truly beautiful

I have a set that I bought in Japan in the 70's. You are definitely making me want to do the resto! I'm driving mine with a Sansui 901DB receiver (70's also) that I restored. You have done a Beautiful Job!

This is why, despite being a vintage speaker, it is excellently beautiful, flawless.

I bought my son a very nice working pair of these for $4 at a carport sale last year! You did an awesome job on these and I'm going to send this to him and see if would like to PROPERLY restore them just as you did. Looks like you have some nice equipment and a nice setup. Thanks for doing this great tutorial!

This is so satisfying to watch, just amazing work by someone who takes pride in their work!!

Job well done... they cost an arm and a leg nowadays... why ?? dunno... but you brought them to another level...

Stunning! Beautiful job, Tom. I enjoy building speakers, myself. I find the sanding and masking THE most important part to getting a nice finish. The more time spent on sanding and prep, the better the finished cabinet will look. I remember these beasts when I was in my teens back in the '70's. I had the pioneer catalogue with all the different speakers in it. Wish I still had it!

Excellent video Tom - thanks for sharing your knowledge and skillful craftsmanship !!

Nice video , We all dream of redoing our speakers and this is the outcome of excellence !

WOW, that is one nice job! Lots of work but well worth it.

Great resto Tom. I really enjoyed how thorough and professional you approached this. Well done.

Now THAT is a work of art that belongs in a museum!!

OMG you brought back so many memories, I had a pair when I was in the Army stationed in Germany.

You have made me want to do my HPM's but I have a few but nothing like getting these baby's looking like new again. Great video, well done and above all enjoy!

Great craftsmanship. Well done. Enjoyed watching and learning the process, thanks

Awesome! I'm from Argentina and i love this kind of old high quality speakers, incredible restoration and attention to detail, if u have more intresting things like this yo upload do it. Thanks

I only stopped on this because I thought these were the same model speakers I used to own. They were not, nor was the video what I thought it was, dealing with the cabinet rather than the electronics. Still watched the whole thing, as it was a great video, and a craftsman at work, but most of all, the voice over was awesome. Dude ought to be doing nature shows or something, like an American David Attenborough or something.

Outstanding craftsmanship, Tom. Those look way better than new ! Thanks for sharing your video, it is quite inspiring ! I have a complete all - Pioneer, all -`70s system, with several restored components, I can picture your HPMs in place of mine :-) For those who may wonder (or question) the power-handling ability of the HPM-100, I`ve had mine for 25+ years, and have driven them with a Pioneer SX-1250 (160 wpc), a Luxman R-117 (160 wpc), and a Carver M-500t amp (250 wpc). They have been cranked to very high levels, with no issues (and no distortion). I took the plunge, and recently purchased a MoFi One Step copy of "Fragile" by Yes....man, does it sound GOOD through the HPMs !

Nice work. Now I really long for a few sets of speakers I had back in the 70's and 80's.

Beautiful job with these. I love to them come back to life. My first audiophile experience came in 1977 with my college roommates JBL L-100s hooked up to a nice Marantz receiver. I've never forgotten that sound. These, I'm sure, sound quite similar.

Congratulations. They look more beautiful than new!

Absolutely beautiful job, and since I owned these speakers back in the day, it really struck a nerve with me! If we could just go back in time, I loved those speakers and have no idea who I sold them to, sure wish I had them now.

So good. I just came in from the cold garage sanding down a pair of Realistic Nova 10s for my daughter's first stereo in her room, xmas present🎁. I WAS really pleased with how it was coming along...

They look like they came right out of the store , awesome job, thanks for showing us!!!

Similar to my Pioneer CS-303 speakers from 1983 which I am still using today. I had my '82 Akai AM U01 amp in for repair (capacitators) last year, and the engineer checked over the speakers mentioning they were in very good condition. Old tech amazes me sometimes.

OMG! I had that exact model back in the day! Bought them new at a now defunct stereo shop.

I bought a pair of these speakers in the late 70s and still have them and the finish is still really good. I had to replace both tweeters because the cone seemed to have shifted and was making a rubbing sound. I found a place that sold an exact duplicate.

These were mass produced speakers so you shouldn't have any expectation of the wood grain matching. Very nice job on the restore!

Sublime work and such craftsmanship, those speakers are looking like new !

Thank you for the pleasure of watching the professional work ! The result is excellent. I assume that you have a lot of experience working with speakers and materials to improve the appearance. Спасибо за удовольствие от наблюдения за профессиональной работой ! Результат прекрасный. Предполагаю, что у Вас большой опыт работы с акустическими системами и материалами для улучшения внешнего вида.

They looks amazing, I have a pair myself. I wish they would be professionals like you in Va since mine are in need of some TLC

Это одни из самых моих любимых акустик, огромное уважение Тому и его золотым рукам, такое ощущение как бут - то в сказке очутился, просто здорово, здоровья Вам и дальнейших успехов, с Уважением Юрий.

Excellent work! They're look as good as new! They sound great as well! 👍🙂

Tom Very nice My father had a set of Utah speakers like that i listen to so many record thru them and receiver setup like that as well brings back so many memories.

Beautiful work. Makes me want to try restoring a set of speakers myself.

Отличное видео! Очень приятно наблюдать за работой мастера. Привет из России!Great video! It is very pleasant to watch the work of the master. Hello from Russia

That was an amazing transformation of taking something old and making it new again.

Wow! What a beautiful restoration job you have done here! You've inspired me to restore my own set of HPMs!

Absolutely beautiful speakers and beautiful work done to them!! 👏🙌

Nicely done. They turned out excellent, and all the careful prep work was worth it.

Amazing restoration, I love watching videos like these. I learn so much. Looking forward to seeing your future projects.

I had a pair in 1979-1985!!! loved them!

Great job, and very good video. Felt like watching The New Yankee Workshop!!

They are so beautiful!

All the work sure pays off just beautiful

the end result is fantastic, thank you for sharing! I have similar Technics speakers...I need to find someone like you in my country to restore mine.

Incredible woodworking, more than I could do in a lifetime! Nice to watch real workmanship but that's about it. Not my bag. I slept through woodshop.

fantastic job and attention to details. awesome. ill do the same to my old Koss speakers from the 80s

Absolutely Amazing Work. I had a friend that had 4 hooked up in his small living room. Audio Nirvana.

They are awesome speakers great restoration of these pioneer speakers.

What an incredible amount of work. Great job!

Bring me back memories I had technique back in the 80s the sound was very beautiful

Excellent job Tom, no doubt better than straight off the production line.

Man, awesome job. I just got a pair of these and will try and replicate your process. Thanks a lot for posting this.

First-class job Sir. I am impressed. They look fantastic.

like I watched a PBS special. Nicely done.

Very nice and good work! Good to see You makes rare thing in this world - where almost everybody use "buy-use-drop away" cheap plastic shits. I love vintage audio, I also repaired, rebuilt or renewed several vintage goods from wooden case receivers to loudspeakers. In our days this hobby is very expencive so about 5 years ago I selled my old-fi collection. Loved every piece but I had a full room of them. Best regards, good health and work!

Really fine. Love to see how it was done. I like to do some work with my speakers to. Now I I'm not so insecure about weneering. I have a pair of HPM 50. But they are just black vinyl.

thank you so much. I learnt many things. "Man's prime duty is to serve mankind"

Simply superb!! Thank YOU so much sir, very nicely done. Starting my project with this HPM 100… not so professionally like you, but shall try my best. 😊

Those look awesome!! I just picked up a pair of these today. I learned that there were 2 versions of these speakers. A 100w & a 200w version. These are the 100w as they don't have the silver ring around the vent hole. The 200w version does. Anyway, this is what I want to do to the pair I have.

Great job you really got this brought this speakers back to life

most excellent work!!!!! Wish I could have had my 4 advent loud speakers restored like that!

The one thing that I learned from this video that I know I can actually do,is go out and buy a bar stool with a spinning top. That is a really handy idea.

Great job Sir..

Really beautiful work, hope to see more like this in the future...

I think they looked good without the Vernier but still really nice clean simple restoration

Had a pair back in the 70s. Loved them

Very good work indeed. I have a pair of the same Pioneer HPM 100 which I purchased some years ago with cabinets in very poor shape. Repaired them as best as I could, but far from your excellent work. Best speakers for 1970/80 music. Congratulations

Nice set-up, older speaker like that just have a good sound.

Turned out very Beautiful

You are a true artist! Stunning job!

Very nice restoration of these speakers. I had mine for 25 years and still enjoy the sound they create, but cabinets has some dings on the corners.

I have a pair, awesome speakers, really enjoy them. Awesome job you done on these speakers

We have DSP stuff today that is amazing, but does not last because it is made disposable. The 70's was indeed a good time to be a fan of well made hi-fi.

I had a set of these. Well worth putting the time in to restore. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent craftsmanship

Nice shop! I always envy people who have shops like that. I have all the tools and i love wood working and electeonics work but my garage is a multi duty single car garage that i use for electronics, woodworking and storing a car. So i always have to move stuff around every time i want to start any project.

Beautiful speakers. I hope to own a pair soon. I love pioneer 70s and 80s hi fi stuff

Amazing work! Please upload some more!

Best video on this subject goes to you kind sir

Awesome speakers, I use to have those Pioneer HPM-100, they cover the whole audio frequency spectrum, congratulation for your restoration!

Wow! Brilliant job! Mad skills.