Legendary speakers..

[miksin]

..and more:

One local friend uses a pair of 15-inch widebands. They look -and sound- pretty much as a Tannoy Monitor Gold- replicas on siberian steroids with whizzer cone instead of co-ax. Lomonosov factories produced those in former Leningrad in 80's, I think. Someone should know more?
IMHO they equals with all time best western equivalents.

and of course: Everything Ted Jordan has ever been involved in.

[felixx]

...do you have any links or pics of the russians?

[droptop]

has anyone ever heard an ESS tweeter? the bass was severely lacking, but the tweeters are amazing. i personally have the ESS 1b "bookshelf" but as they weigh over 30 lbs a piece, i don't see them on any bookshelf i have. the floorstanding models are over 90 lbs IIRC, and are just massive. it might be because they are a small company, but i believe they should at least make an appearance on this list. i love them when paired with the right sub.

[Mark25]

What make drive units does the NS1000 use? Do they have a port?

[Shaun]

It is all Yamaha. The enclosure is sealed.

[BHTX]

I was very interested in the NS-1000's recently, until I came to the conclusion that they just wouldn't suit my equipment very well (likely to sound a bit harsh), and would probably be lacking in the very lowest frequencies for my taste. I read that many people use them close to walls to help with the bass, which wouldn't work for me. And with sellers asking $600-$1000 for a pair, i'm guessing they're probably not really the bargain they used to be.

[Shaun]

I don't find them harsh. They're very detailed (revealing), though. They are limited ITO LF extension, though I find that it is something I can live with. Their low roll-off rate (due to sealed enclosure) makes the relatively high F3 less of a problem than it would have been with, say, a bass reflex enclosure.

[Dang. Amateur]

Originally posted by davidlzimmer
. . . . How bout Bozak? Anyone remember? The Urban?

The Urban was one of several cabinet styles Bozak produced for their various speaker models. You could also get matching equipment cabinets. I had the model 302 (12" woofer with dual tweeters mounted across it plus a 6" midrange) in the Urban style with the equipment cabinet, which I bought at a garage sale in the '70's. The beauty part was the cabinet came with a Marantz 7c, a Dynaco ST70, a Thorens TD124 and some tuner I don't remember. The 302's are a very accurate speaker, though I lusted after the 305, which had two of the 12" woofers. The problem with both, that they were floor-standing speakers that played to the knees, was mitigated only by the company's larger models, the Concert Grand and the Symphony.

Dang.

[davidlzimmer]

Dang,

Thanks for the memories!

[thermal runaway]

Electro-Voice Patrician , 30" , yes thats THIRTY inch bass driver !!!

Linn Isobarik

Tannoy Little Red Monitors

Cabasse Atlantis MC

Also , I know they have been mentioned already , but only once , so again for the Acoustic Research LST !!!