Legendary speakers..

[marce]

TDL reference per chance
http://digilander.libero.it/piani/ca...generale-2.jpg

[Salas]

Yamaha in Japan actually started as a 19th century musical instrument maker, hence the 3 diapasons (tuning forks) on its badge. It was only after 68 years that they made their first bike. Its a unique company that had the vision and had taken the risk to cross, not on a whim, but based on research and knowhow. They are truly successful from tennis rackets and golf clubs to R1 bikes. They reign in pro sound too.
What the pianos and outboard engines share in common, is the ability to practice engineering and material knowhow on any challenge, IF, its your knowhow.

[pinkmouse]

Originally posted by salas
They reign in pro sound too.

Indeed. Just been playing with the new P7000 amp today, very nice, and not horrendously expensive either.

[Russell Dawkins]

Originally posted by Hanginon
Yamaha, pretty amazing company. Audio equipment, musical instruments, snow skies, motorcycles, outboard motors, etc., etc.. All this different stuff, and it's all good to excellent. Like, what does a piano and outboard motor have in common?

I agree. Their motorcycles dominated the world's racetracks for years in the early 70s, the NS1000 was probably the first Japanese speaker of any type to be taken seriously in the west, they led in consumer and pro digital and analog recording equipment, including synths and good reverbs. They make virtually every instrument in the orchestra and band, and most extremely well.

Most amazingly, they own the resources right back to the ground - they own forests, mines, sawmills and, I suppose, refineries.

On the other hand they have reassuringly human fallibility. Remember that speaker with the large ear-shaped bass/mid diaphragm from around '74? Their advertised reasoning was that since our ears are that shape, didn't it make sense for the speaker to be that shape, too?

An amazing company, indeed.

[Russell Dawkins]

Have Beveridges been mentioned?

http://www.bevaudio.com/Beveridge_History.htm

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Russell Dawkins
Their motorcycles dominated the world's racetracks for years in the early 70s, the NS1000 was probably the first Japanese speaker of any type to be taken seriously in the west, they led in consumer and pro digital and analog recording equipment, including synths and good reverbs. They make virtually every instrument in the orchestra and band, and most extremely well.

Yeah, we were fed a lot of anit-East propaganda back then.

Originally posted by Russell Dawkins
Remember that speaker with the large ear-shaped bass/mid diaphragm from around '74? Their advertised reasoning was that since our ears are that shape, didn't it make sense for the speaker to be that shape, too?

That was them??!! LOL

Originally posted by Russell Dawkins
An amazing company, indeed.

Indeed...

[jekman]

I'm somewhat of a coaxial nut and if done right this has produced some great sounding speakers. Has anyone mentioned some of these:

Tannoy G.R.F. w/15" coaxial "Gold" driver
Tannoy Berkeley w/15" HPD 385s
Altec Lansing 620a w/604-8G

Others I have had the pleasure of owning or hearing for extended periods:

Rectilenear III
AR 3
Ohm A
JBL Hartsfield (Exact reproduction is now being made for a mere $15k)
Revel Ultima Salons (maybe not old enough to be a classic yet)

[Russell Dawkins]

By the way, the amp that was used to develop this speaker was, I am told, the Crown DC 300. Consequently they sound good with those - in any event, with lots of power to spare. Crown Macro Reference??

[Magnetar]

Best commercial speaker I ever heard was the KEF KM1 fed by a master recorder =

[miksin]

RCA LC1A.

IMHO, that should qualify as a legend. Sightings, anyone?

Ensemble PA-1?

Monsieur Salabert's original 8-incher with copper coil. I like it more than
those newer "SAG"-versions, but this is perhaps just a matter of taste.


Axiom 80.

..altough I might be biased with the last three.

Among them, I rank the last one in the first place, with a great marigin.