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Well, I found this in my garage, and I cannot find anything about this kind of speakers on the internet. I have really no idea of if this is worth something, or these are just old and unknown worthless big loudspeakers.
I have two of them, (Right and Left) and I remember have 100w of power.
I was not sure in which section of the forum post this sorry if I am wrong.
Thanks for your help!
Patrick
The pictures are kinda small, but that sure looks like a KEF B139. Given the size and arrangemnet of drivers on the baffle a big transmission line i suggested, so yes, they are worth something.
dave
dave
Hi! Thank you for your reply
Sorry for the photos, I made a mistake linking them, there we go:
95 cm High (not counting the wheels, it has 4 wheels)
50 cm Width
45 cm Lenght
I really don't have space for this and I want to sell them, how much could I ask for them? Approximate...
Thanks
Patrick
Sorry for the photos, I made a mistake linking them, there we go:
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95 cm High (not counting the wheels, it has 4 wheels)
50 cm Width
45 cm Lenght
I really don't have space for this and I want to sell them, how much could I ask for them? Approximate...
Thanks
Patrick
As is they should be fine. They could likely get better with an XO redo.
Driver complement is KEF B139,B110, Celestion HF1300, Coles STC4000.
I'd clasify as an IMF TLS80 look-a-like. Transmission Line Speakers
dave
Driver complement is KEF B139,B110, Celestion HF1300, Coles STC4000.
I'd clasify as an IMF TLS80 look-a-like. Transmission Line Speakers
dave
Great! Thank you very much you helped a lot,
I'm thinking in keeping them, it would be a pity selling them!
I'm thinking in keeping them, it would be a pity selling them!
Hi,
I have some of these and have been trying to find out what they are. I was eventually led to a very helpful gentleman called Jerry at a company called Falcon Acoustics. Here is a copy of the email he sent me
Hi John. These are the Domestic early versions of the Professional Monitor, built before the company fully became IMF. They will date back to about late 1972. They were designed by John Wright and built out of the back of an electrical shop in Oxford Road, Caversham, Reading, where they were produced as a joint venture with the electrical shop owner. The company was then called Transmission Electronics Ltd, and the products were badged IMF. Eventually the joint venture folded as the shop owner decided it wasn’t his “thing” any more, and the IMF side went off I think around mid 1973 to High Wycombe and founded IMF Electronics Ltd.
There was an acrimonious court case running at the same time over the IMF trade mark, IMF was Irving “Bud” Fried, who found John and his colleagues demonstrating the prototypes at the Chicago Audio Show in 1972, and got involved on the marketing side. As no-one had a company name at the time, they all agreed to call it IMF, but the relationship fairly quickly broke down, and resulted in a bitter court case so John and his colleagues could keep the IMF trade mark, which they eventually won. The echoes still rumble on to this day.
I can’t remember what MKDT stands for precisely, it was something Monitor Domestic ? ?.. I can tell you they retailed in 1972 at £102.18s 0p, so they were never a cheap speaker. Sonically they were outstanding for the period.
Does that help?
Best wishes Jerry
Mine have a simpler terminal post arrangement, but other than that they are identical.
I have some of these and have been trying to find out what they are. I was eventually led to a very helpful gentleman called Jerry at a company called Falcon Acoustics. Here is a copy of the email he sent me
Hi John. These are the Domestic early versions of the Professional Monitor, built before the company fully became IMF. They will date back to about late 1972. They were designed by John Wright and built out of the back of an electrical shop in Oxford Road, Caversham, Reading, where they were produced as a joint venture with the electrical shop owner. The company was then called Transmission Electronics Ltd, and the products were badged IMF. Eventually the joint venture folded as the shop owner decided it wasn’t his “thing” any more, and the IMF side went off I think around mid 1973 to High Wycombe and founded IMF Electronics Ltd.
There was an acrimonious court case running at the same time over the IMF trade mark, IMF was Irving “Bud” Fried, who found John and his colleagues demonstrating the prototypes at the Chicago Audio Show in 1972, and got involved on the marketing side. As no-one had a company name at the time, they all agreed to call it IMF, but the relationship fairly quickly broke down, and resulted in a bitter court case so John and his colleagues could keep the IMF trade mark, which they eventually won. The echoes still rumble on to this day.
I can’t remember what MKDT stands for precisely, it was something Monitor Domestic ? ?.. I can tell you they retailed in 1972 at £102.18s 0p, so they were never a cheap speaker. Sonically they were outstanding for the period.
Does that help?
Best wishes Jerry
Mine have a simpler terminal post arrangement, but other than that they are identical.
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