| salas |
One of the most commercially successful speakers that shaped rock ears, was JBL L100.
A speaker that participated in the majority of modern recordings is the Yamaha NS10. Discontinued now, and with known flaws , but omnipresent. |
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| chops |
I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned the...
Carver Amazing Loudspeaker
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| salas |
| Was it ever a success? Stereophile described a struggling prototype saga ,and not a good finished speaker. Became finished and sold enough afterwards? Never heard of it again. Sure it looks nice though. |
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| jeff mai |
These belong here as much as some others previously mentioned:
White Van speakers |
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| Cal Weldon |
Jeff, I agree. Some of these "legendary" speakers Ive never heard of but I think everyone knows the white van speakers.
I'm wondering if we are confusing a high quality speaker with a legendary one. So far I have loved the idea of the Minimus 7, the Altec A7 and 604 series, the Infinity ref 1, the Bose 901, JBL L-100, the Yamaha NS10, the B&W Nautilus and the ESL's mentioned. Those, among others, are truly legendary. (in my world anyway) |
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| pinkmouse |
| quote: | Originally posted by salas
A speaker that participated in the majority of modern recordings is the Yamaha NS10. Discontinued now, and with known flaws, but omnipresent. |
Anyone mentioned Auratones yet? :) |
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| tubewade |
Many of these that are listed so far are legendary indeed, whether by their famous or infamous reputation. The Minimus Sevens are legendary and quite good for their size and price. The Mach Ones are legendary, too, but maybe for the opposite reason. I always think of Altec A7-500s, Klipschorns and Sweet Sixteens, but I can't believe no one has yet mentioned The Jensen Imperial. I attended an outdoor concert a couple of years ago and the low frequency system consisted of eight 18 inch woofers in four Imperial style enclosures. The ground very literally shook under my feet and you could feel the sound completely in your chest from some 40 or 50 metres away. After that experience I have resolved that one day I'm going to build a pair of these to use when I need really high SPLs. I think one of these used inside of a building could possibly damage its physical structure.
Best regards,
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| AVWERK |
Nakamichi 250/350 cassete player/preamp and self powered ADS 2001 speaker's?
Old quad' ELS (have some)
Stax f-81 full range electrostatics
Soundlab R-1 electrostatics
Janis W1, W3 subwoofers (have 2 W1's)
Hill plasmatronics
Gale loudspeakers
Regards
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| Scioneer |
| quote: | | The Mach Ones are legendary, too, but maybe for the opposite reason. |
You must have ran into the later model Mach Ones, maybe even the watered down variant called the Mach Twos.
The Mach Ones I've heard sounded incredible, not to mention the reviews I've read are mostly positive, with a few not so impressed people who encountered the later versions that were great, but not spectacular like the older ones.
The Mach Ones was a great design that suffered from the "Build it Cheaper" trend durring the eighties, which caused inconsistencies in quality among the different year models as the 80's dragged on. The best ones are the ones from the 70s, though I think the third revision which ferrofluid cooled the horns due to the fact the Mach Ones were often used for small dance clubs as PA sound systems( a job they originally weren't designed for), are also one of the better versions. |
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| salas |
| quote: | Originally posted by pinkmouse
Anyone mentioned Auratones yet? :) |
You are right.
''The term 'nearfield monitor' was an invention of the early '80s. It just about predates the explosive rise of the home and project studio and was originally the term applied to auxiliary monitors that sat on the meterbridge in large commercial studios, and were supposed to reflect the sound of typical home audio or TV speakers.
One speaker originally defined the breed: the Auratone 5C. The Auratone was, and is, little more than a five-inch 'full-range' driver screwed into a small cube-shaped enclosure. It had little pretence to audio accuracy or wide bandwidth, and was simply intended to provide a reference for the likely sound of recordings when reproduced on an AM radio, or via a TV. So the Auratone was not really a 'nearfield' in the sense that we understand the term now, but it did set a precedent for auxiliary monitors, and prepared the ground for the second nearfield icon — the Yamaha NS10M.'' |
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| pinkmouse |
| Pretty picture! Now all we need is a pic of a pair of big old Westlakes to go with them! |
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| pinkmouse |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cal Weldon
... JBL L-100.. |
The only speaker that ever sounded like a wasp's nest being attacked by a flamethrower... ;) |
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| N-Channel |
| Almost forgot- how about the JBL Control-5's? |
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| tc-60guy |
| Howdy folks, My vote goes to my trusty,crusty,beat up old Spica TC-60s. It's a better speaker than the TC-50s by virtue of its warmer midrange and it's use of MUCH more reliable Vifa and Peerless drive units. |
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| Steve Enlow |
| quote: | Originally posted by pinkmouse
Anyone mentioned Auratones yet? :) |
Known to many as Awfultones. The first speaker to gain legendary status by sounding bad. |
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| planet10 |
Have AR3ax, EPI 100 made the list yet?
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| pinkmouse |
| Ah, AR3s. The speaker that was so soft, it would wrap you up in a blanket, tuck you up in bed, and read you a bedtime story. :D |
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| Val |
A couple of British legends:
Leak Sandwich
Rogers JR 149 |
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| DSP_Geek |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubewade
[....] I always think of Altec A7-500s, Klipschorns and Sweet Sixteens, but I can't believe no one has yet mentioned The Jensen Imperial. I attended an outdoor concert a couple of years ago and the low frequency system consisted of eight 18 inch woofers in four Imperial style enclosures. The ground very literally shook under my feet and you could feel the sound completely in your chest from some 40 or 50 metres away. After that experience I have resolved that one day I'm going to build a pair of these to use when I need really high SPLs. I think one of these used inside of a building could possibly damage its physical structure. |
Nope. Been there done that with two 15s per cabinet, one on each side, driven by 800 watts. It was called a JBL 4520 instead of a Jensen Imperial, but most of the details were similar:
http://www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/...Enclosures2.pdf
If you really wanted to cause structural damage, your best bet was Electro Voice dual 15" folded horns: the plans even came with a warning to keep people at least 10 feet away to minimize hearing damage, as 400 watts through a 25% efficient system would result in SPLs greater than 120 dB.
Returning to classic loudspeakers, I'll second sprucemoose's nomination of the Magneplanar Tympani. I first heard them sometime around 1975, driven by big Audio Research tube amps, and I was utterly gobsmacked. It was sound on a completely different level than I'd ever heard before; it was like hearing Hendrix for the first time, a revelation that Something Else was happening on a plane one didn't even know existed until then.
Francois. |
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| krytar |
JBL's Hartsfield
Altec M19
Altec A7
Klipschorns
JBL L100
JBL L300 |
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| panomaniac |
| quote: | Originally posted by DSP_Geek
I'll second sprucemoose's nomination of the Magneplanar Tympani. I first heard them sometime around 1975, driven by big Audio Research tube amps, and I was utterly gobsmacked. |
LOL! Me too, exactly. Circa 1974. Same system. Could not believe it. It was my introduction to Ultra-Fi.
I actually walked behind the "screens" to see who was playing violin. :D Told they guys at the store they should run an ad that says "Come in and don't hear our speakers."
Even after all these years and my love affair with horns, flirting with ESL, those Maggy Tympani still hold a special place. Legendary, indeed! |
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| dobias |
I have brought my 1953 Wharfedale Super 12 CS-AL speakers out of hibernation and have given them a new life in open baffles, augmented at the frequency extremes by the Super 3 tweeters & the W60 12inch woofers.
Over the years I had tried all kinds of (homemade) boxes for them without satisfaction. I've now found nirvana.
dobias: D |
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| diydave |
Maybe they're just legendary to me because I've used them basically every day for the last 10+ years, but I think the Radio Shack Optimus Pro LX5 with the Linaeum tweater should be on this list. I remember there being a lot of buzz back in the 90's when these things came out. Especially when they'd go on sale for 50% off.
Sorry for the Stereophile link:
http://www.stereophile.com/standlou...rs/695ratshack/
The low end on these speakers is sort of weird (if you own them you'll know what I mean), but the mid range and high end is awesome.
http://rednerd.com/prolx5.jpg |
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| banana |
Duntech Sovereign, stunning impact.
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| Shaun |
Yamaha NS1000
Presently restoring these. Need new tweeters.
Fabulous midrange. Tight bass, good for 99% of music, but sometimes needs a subwoofer to assist...
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| jackinnj |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shaun
Yamaha NS1000
Presently restoring these. Need new tweeters.
Fabulous midrange. Tight bass, good for 99% of music, but sometimes needs a subwoofer to assist...
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If my memory serves correctly, the NS-1000 were very favorably reviewed in the States -- they were introduced around the same time Yamaha started selling pianos in the US. |
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| 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? |
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| Sylver300B |
Because I shared years with these..
Celestion 66 (quite good actually)
IMF TLS50 (still have them and like them, though difficult load)
Braun 830, 1030 (loved them)
Braun-A/D/S LV-1020, a triamplified speaker that looks and sounds great (still have them.. and the Regie 510/1021 to drive them.)
And my everyday speakers are Tannoy Golds (and HPD) 12" and 15". Just love them.
Quad 57ESL wish I still had them..
Would have liked to have a pair of Klipschorn, or Westminsters.. but I'll start building Tannoy Autograph soon.. If I can fin de courage to start this journey to a legend..
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| 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. |
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| pinkmouse |
| quote: | 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. |
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| Russell Dawkins |
| quote: | 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. |
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| Shaun |
| quote: | 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.
| quote: | 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
| quote: | Originally posted by Russell Dawkins
An amazing company, indeed. |
Indeed... |
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| 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)
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| 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?? |
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| Magnetar |
Best commercial speaker I ever heard was the KEF KM1 fed by a master recorder =
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| 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. :angel:
Among them, I rank the last one in the first place, with a great marigin. |
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| 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.
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| felixx |
| ...do you have any links or pics of the russians? |
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| 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. |
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| Mark25 |
| What make drive units does the NS1000 use? Do they have a port? |
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| Shaun |
| It is all Yamaha. The enclosure is sealed. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Dang. Amateur |
| quote: | 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. |
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| davidlzimmer |
Dang,
Thanks for the memories! |
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| 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 !!! |
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| davidlzimmer |
Electro-Voice Patrician
Yes, I think it's been mentioned, but deserves another hooray! The woofer had no enclosure. Designed to be placed in a corner.
I never saw or heard one. Just read, looked at pictures, and dreamed of one!
Wonder what one would go for now? I read that mint Paragons are going for $20,000 +:hot: |
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| thermal runaway |
Not quite my friend !
The 700 model had the 30" bass driver mounted to face backwards into an opening in the enclosure to give horn loading when placed near a wall or corner. It had a further 12" driver in it's own cavity. The whole thing weighed 315 pounds !!!
Has the Bozak B4000 had a mention yet ? |
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| davidlzimmer |
Appreciate the clarification. The Urban has been discussed. Not sure about the B4000.
Do tell! |
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| thermal runaway |
The bozak B4000 had 11 drive units in an enclosure 44" high x 27-13/16" wide x 16" !!
12" bass driver at the bottom of the baffle , another 12" above it , 8" mid near the top & 8 x 2" HF units in a vertical line to one side !!! |
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| VintageDave |
The Radio Shack Optimus 7.
I worked at the Shack in the early 70's and this was sadly discontinued around '74. I am lucky enough to own 4 of these classics and I wouldn't give them up for anything I've heard. The Op7's put speakers costing 10 times as much to shame, even today, 35 years later! |
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| thermal runaway |
Never seen these , any chance of a pic ? |
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| patch |
| To my memory, into the late 1970s the AR 2ax was one of the standards at music schools, colleges of fine arts. Through these a good number of voice and composition majors heard their work in high fidelity for the first time. Along with Koss headphones, they were part of assigned lab work to develop skill in "critical listening". |
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| Brett |
| quote: | Originally posted by Scioneer
You must have ran into the later model Mach Ones, maybe even the watered down variant called the Mach Twos.
The Mach Ones I've heard sounded incredible, not to mention the reviews I've read are mostly positive, with a few not so impressed people who encountered the later versions that were great, but not spectacular like the older ones.
The Mach Ones was a great design that suffered from the "Build it Cheaper" trend durring the eighties, which caused inconsistencies in quality among the different year models as the 80's dragged on. The best ones are the ones from the 70s, though I think the third revision which ferrofluid cooled the horns due to the fact the Mach Ones were often used for small dance clubs as PA sound systems( a job they originally weren't designed for), are also one of the better versions. |
I picked up a pair of these (first series) just recently from the original owner and they're very, very good, especially for the peanuts I paid for them. I'm enjoying them a great deal and may move my 2x15 ported JBL boxes up here and cross these actively at 150Hz or so to fill out the bottom end a bit. Seems like it might be time to finish the resto on the Fisher 800C receiver to complete the system with a Quest QA3004 for the LF power. |
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| salas |
| Is that the one Lynn Olson designed? |
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| ronzeman |
| Radford Studio 90 (hi-boy) Sold in USA as Audionics TL90. 1/4 wavelength 3way transmission line speaker w/ Radford drivers and crossover. |
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| Lynn Olson |
| quote: | Originally posted by salas
Is that the one Lynn Olson designed? |
No. It influenced me, though, since I was working on the Shadow Vector project at Audionics while they were importing the big Radford. A very good speaker for the day, and superb bass. We did some of the our quadraphonic demos with a quartet of the Radfords - now that was impressive, four transmission lines running at full tilt! |
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| planet10 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ronzeman
Radford Studio 90 |
That is the loudspeaker that in the early '70s got me onto a transmission line kick...
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| igrant |
Radford Studio 180's, never took them apart, but got some info and while different inside, supposedly not transmission line.
These are still my favourite speakers for making and listening to music. Lent to a friend when I went abroad a few years ago and he and his sons have no interest in returning them.
They were built in Calgary, by either Bill Perkins or George from General Audio. Sold new to Sam the Record Man's wife and spent there life playing Jazz, until I got a hold of them.
I have close-up pics somewhere, they are the main speakers, dual mids and tweets on angles, with 10" woofer, sealed. JBL 4408's in top, never bothered using them.
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| qwad |
| surely, the dahlquist dq 10 deserves a mention as well:bigeyes: that is if it hasnt already |
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| salas |
| quote: | Originally posted by qwad
surely, the dahlquist dq 10 deserves a mention as well:bigeyes: that is if it hasnt already |
Had a rather recent discussion thread
about the DQ-10. |
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| qwad |
| l'll second the spendor bc1, and the gale 401's, most impressive dynamics on the latter, not to mention clarity, second only to the bc1, oh btw i see someone mention the rca lc1, l had a pair but the size of the enclosures made living with them difficult so l sold them,:xeye: ohh has anybody mentioned any of the Richard Allan drivers? their omission would be a crime to audio memories of the late 60's early 70's cheers :D T,C. |
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| owen |
The mighty Spendor BC1 ... A tower of legend in itself.
But, for deisgners, my vote goes to Martin Colloms - he was amongst the first to the minimalist crossover movement, and designed a number of great speakers two of which are the Musical Fidelity MC2 and MC4 (series 1 only) - the MC are his initials
Oh, and I'll confess to owning a pair of black minimus 77's...
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| aubergine |
I think most older ones have been mentioned by now, I'll just add the JBL 4530/20 and EAW BH-882 (last one not hi fi really). And the Karlson if it hasn't been mentioned already.
The original poster asked for all legendary speakers including new ones. I'll kick that off with the SPL TD1 and after that all of the Unity horns. |
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| Fosti |
@ aubergine:
The mentioned above MEG 901K is an actual design, as well as the K+H O500C: |
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| salas |
I think we forgot the Mission 770.
''Mission 770 - I think just about any current mainstream UK loudspeaker owes something to this one, and today its easy to forget how the company that spawned it changed the 'middle ground' of the hi-fi landscape in the '80s.''
HI-FI Choice 2006. |
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| Pallas |
Some that I didn't see mentioned, off the top of my head:
Tannoy D700 - the first speaker I'd ever heard that did not a single thing wrong, though others may get some aspects more right.
Tannoy DMT series studio monitors - my 12 DMT II's (with new, more elegant cabinetry on the way) may well be the last speakers I ever own.
Gradient Revolution - the pinnacle of modern, conventional prefab speakers IMO. Well, either this one, the TAD Model One, or the flagship of the current KEF Reference line, but the Revs are a whole lot cheaper than the others.
NHT 3.3 - never fails to be just plain fun to listen to
BBC/KEF LS3/5A - don't particularly care for them, but I don't recall having seen them mentioned.
Martin-Logan SL3 - by far their best looking speaker ever (classic lines, elegant proportions) and I think their best integrated to date, too.
And some legendary drivers:
Tannoy Dual Concentric (all)
KEF Uni-Q (4th gen and up)
Acapella Ion TWS plasma tweeter
KEF B139
JBL 2235H and 2245H
NHT 1259
Avatar/Adire Shiva
Peerless XLS/XXLS
Aura 1808
TC Sounds LMS |
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| Russell Dawkins |
KEF B 139?!
I don't think the Fried Model H was mentioned:
http://www.t-linespeakers.org/class...dH/fried_H.html
The bass sounds great from these, but in my opinion the mids were over prominent. In fact it would be interesting to hear this with the same crossover and bass but with completely re-designed satellite. |
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| Ohighway |
| Stephens Trusonic P52A and 206AX / 206AXA. |
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| ronzeman |
| Those Bailey TL speakers circa 1970's were decades ahead of their time. I still think my Audionics (radford) TL speakers produce some of the tightest deep base around (short of a dedicated exotic sub woofer). I'm in the process of "upgrading" my TL90 by adding new tweets and mids to them (probably a new XO too). |
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| ShinOBIWAN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fosti
@ aubergine:
The mentioned above MEG 901K is an actual design, as well as the K+H O500C: |
Two of the most accomplished speakers available today. You have excellent taste :D |
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| TerryO |
Has anyone mentioned the Klipshorn and the AR-3a yet? :D
OK, I'm joking as I just reread the entire thread and yes they were, several times.
I will add one that should have been mentioned at the very beginning of this thread and wasn't. I thought they were pretty incredible at the time, although if I heard them again maybe I wouldn't be as impressed.
So here's my entry:
The legendary, fabulous and uncompromising...
Fulton J Modulars
Best Regards,
TerryO |
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| TerryO |
Ok, the old brain is in gear again, at least for awhile. This Old Timers Disease isn't nearly as much fun as it's cracked up to be.
But like the Doctor said:
"One advantage of being Senile is that you can hide your own Easter Eggs!"
Getting back on topic, one speaker that was/is legendary, although I'm not sure how many were ever sold, was the Levinson Stacked Quads with the Decca tweeter and the Hartley 24 inch Subs. I have only heard them in my mind, but that vision has stayed with me ever since.
Best Regards,
TerryO |
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| john65b |
My first speakers were B&W220i powered with a Luxman R series receiver. My dorm room in college was THE place to be. Everything from Steely Dan to Pachelbel, Enya to Edgar Winter. I got turned on to Classical and New Wave. Nothing sounded bad on that system After 20 years, I run into old college friends that still remember how that system ranked.
After graduating, audio then became a bore after the Luxman was replaced by a Carver amp. Loud, but bland. I wanted to recreate those ear bleeding fraternity party rigs. Why did I like that so much? I only really dabbled in audio for holding parties for the next 15 years. Most of those 15 years were memories of chasing skirt rather than audio.
Then one particularly boring day a few years back, I got a bug up my butt to build a Gainclone (after stumbling upon this website). The B&W's sounded so good I dumped the Carver. I started listening to music again. Also rekindled my interest in Classical Guitar.
And then I listened to and got hooked on Magnepans. Started with the SMGa, then the MMG, then finally the MGIIIa. Ribbon tweeters and all. Norah Jones and Dianna Krall right there in my basement singing just for your humble storyteller.
Then I built a number of UCD and Tripath amps. Then Tube preamps and amps. Now Class A Krell Clone.
I may change amps, preamps, CD changers and DACs, but doubt I will ever change speakers again.
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| davidlzimmer |
| quote: | | Norah Jones and Dianna Krall right there in my basement |
Might I submit that the reason is the result of excellent engineering and recording techniques. I also appreciate the same realistic reproduction of these two artists from my Gainclone and DIY speakers!
Koodoos to your good taste! |
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| HaflerFreak |
| I agree with john65b, Magnepans changed my life. |
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| john65b |
Haflerfreak,
We must talk. I have moved back to Chitown. In Plainfield actually. |
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| salas |
| quote: | Originally posted by davidlzimmer
Might I submit that the reason is the result of excellent engineering and recording techniques. I also appreciate the same realistic reproduction of these two artists from my Gainclone and DIY speakers!
Koodoos to your good taste! |
Especially if it is a tube buffered input Gainclone.
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| audiosteve |
| I've been through this entire thread and, unless I missed it, one of the most legendary speakers has not been mentioned. The Dynaco A-25. |
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| Ohighway |
| Audiosteve, Good catch. The A25 definitely belongs on the list. |
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| planet10 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ohighway
The A25 definitely belongs on the list. |
Indeed -- they sold about a million of them. The carcasses -- if you can lose the baffle without destroying the box -- make good work benches too.
dave |
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