No doubt, horns HAVE something. But I'll stick to a subject I know. Cone tweeters. 😀
They have an illustrious history This simple 10"X6" vintage EMI speaker used one. People liked this speaker:
My interest was rekindled by the goodish current WLM La Scala speaker:
Modelling the Visaton TW70 and W200S bass has given me the germ of an idea for a future project based on the old Acoustic Research MST speaker.
30L closed box with impedance correction for valves, or 30L reflex for transistor amps. You'd use 4 tweeters in series/parallel wiring for 8 ohms. It all looks very good to me. 😎
They have an illustrious history This simple 10"X6" vintage EMI speaker used one. People liked this speaker:
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My interest was rekindled by the goodish current WLM La Scala speaker:
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Modelling the Visaton TW70 and W200S bass has given me the germ of an idea for a future project based on the old Acoustic Research MST speaker.
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30L closed box with impedance correction for valves, or 30L reflex for transistor amps. You'd use 4 tweeters in series/parallel wiring for 8 ohms. It all looks very good to me. 😎
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For me it would be the JBL 4350-4355's. I'm a big speaker guy and it was likely the JBL blue faced studio monitor that did it. I've never forgotten the first time I heard a pair of 4350's, I've never heard that level of impact and get up and go in any other single box. Now some 30+ years later, I have a pair. 😀
Barry.
Barry.
I own a pair of EMI 10x6 with the tweeter mounted coaxial,
Nice sounding. Of all the 2 ways I have owned only these get to be in the front room.
Mine have a 2way crossover network on the woofer single cap on the tweeter.
I can't see in the picture but does your woofer have the aluminum center and butyl rubber surround?
Nice sounding. Of all the 2 ways I have owned only these get to be in the front room.
Mine have a 2way crossover network on the woofer single cap on the tweeter.
I can't see in the picture but does your woofer have the aluminum center and butyl rubber surround?
EV Patrician IV and on the other spectrum Rogers LS3/5 for a very very small room. For slightly bigger one, Snell K , JBL LE33 and for totally different flavor and aesthetics Celestion SL600.
I don't see much progress in drivers and speakers. If anything it's a regress in the areas I value which is musicality and naturalness on acoustic music and elusive tone qualities. I'm getting old.....
PS of course cheap crap is much better now than before
I don't see much progress in drivers and speakers. If anything it's a regress in the areas I value which is musicality and naturalness on acoustic music and elusive tone qualities. I'm getting old.....
PS of course cheap crap is much better now than before
Nelson-Reed 804's with the ATC midrange dome would top my list but good luck ever finding a pair. Certainly one of the best I ever heard! Rumor had it that Bill Nelson had some sound dampening material that was the same as used on Trident submarine hulls that he lined the inside of the enclosure with. And while we're at it about unobtanium speakers, the Dayton-Wright electrostatics were pretty darn good too!
I'm really interested with the snell type k, I was close to get a pair on audiogon but the shipping price was too high and I wasnt sure how good they are. Stereophile seemed to have a lot of good things to say, as well as people I respect in the industry. How do they compare to the better snells? can you pm me with your opinion?
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Some very cool looking old speakers here, really like the nice old wood cabinets.
One of the drawbacks of living in a smaller city is the lack of selection, so you do not get to see a fraction of what is out there.
I picked up a pair of IRS Betas several years ago myself, in very goood shape.
Not what I was originally after, but talked myself into them 🙂
They already had the bass drivers refoamed, and I updated the np electrolytics in the crossovers.
They are currently powered by a Threshold S500e on the bass towers, and a pair of custom mono Haflers on the mid/high towers.
Pretty revealing speakers, it really makes equipment changes and mods stand out.
I also still have my first good (for me) pair of speakers, Quantum 5s with the optional black L shaped aluminum stands. Those are on the waiting list for repairs though, the bass drivers need refoaming.
One of the drawbacks of living in a smaller city is the lack of selection, so you do not get to see a fraction of what is out there.
I picked up a pair of IRS Betas several years ago myself, in very goood shape.
Not what I was originally after, but talked myself into them 🙂
They already had the bass drivers refoamed, and I updated the np electrolytics in the crossovers.
They are currently powered by a Threshold S500e on the bass towers, and a pair of custom mono Haflers on the mid/high towers.
Pretty revealing speakers, it really makes equipment changes and mods stand out.
I also still have my first good (for me) pair of speakers, Quantum 5s with the optional black L shaped aluminum stands. Those are on the waiting list for repairs though, the bass drivers need refoaming.
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They say your first, is your best....
.....in which case, mine are my Sansui SP-3500's. I still own my original four that I purchased more than 40 years ago. Four-way, six speaker, 14" woofers, mid-range horns and dome tweaters.... if I recall accurately.
I use them for casual listening. After the Sansui's, I migrated to AR-3s, Quads, etc
My main system now are Martin Logans, and Pass DIY components.
.....in which case, mine are my Sansui SP-3500's. I still own my original four that I purchased more than 40 years ago. Four-way, six speaker, 14" woofers, mid-range horns and dome tweaters.... if I recall accurately.
I use them for casual listening. After the Sansui's, I migrated to AR-3s, Quads, etc
My main system now are Martin Logans, and Pass DIY components.
Unknown but very nice
Im really liking these 70's Custom built loudspeakers . I do not know who built them . A two way system comprising of a KEF T27 and A rare EMI 14A/770?. Housed in a sealed 60 litre enclosure. Very nice sweet clear but full bodied sound very deep and tunefull bass and the sweet t27 on top .
Im really liking these 70's Custom built loudspeakers . I do not know who built them . A two way system comprising of a KEF T27 and A rare EMI 14A/770?. Housed in a sealed 60 litre enclosure. Very nice sweet clear but full bodied sound very deep and tunefull bass and the sweet t27 on top .
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I had some very good experiences listening to XG8 (one a stacked set). Trying to get an amplifier to drive them was a challenge.
dave
I put together a mobile disco in 1980 and used Maplins catalogue Fane 50 watt speakers.
They sounded very good and were very loud.
They sounded very good and were very loud.
My first decent speakers which I saved long and hard for as a radio apprentice in the mid seventies were a pair of KEF Concerto's. Driven by a home built amp and a Dual 1229 turntable with an Empire cartridge. Thought I was it and a bit at the time. I still have all the drivers and xovers stored away. I occasionally entertain the thought of recreating them but I know I'd be disappointed. Best just to remember them as they were.
Oh, god, the things I've owned and sold .... Leica M4P, MGB-GT (chrome bumper), and a pair of Yamaha NS-1000M. Really liked those speakers, especially with a Yamaha B2 amp.
another vote for the Yammie NS690s - always found the NS1000s a bit hard/overly etched detail, but then that could have been the combinations of many of the higher powered amps ( Crown, BGW, even Maranz 500s, Bryston) they often got bundled with, rather than the B1 & B2 (best sounding amps we had in the shop at the time IMHO )
while we're at it -Dahlquist DQ10 & sub (passive X0) - forgive the sacrilege, but I preferred them to the ESL57
and not the least, the Hegeman Model 1s - amazing how tolerable he could make those Philips tweeters sound
while we're at it -Dahlquist DQ10 & sub (passive X0) - forgive the sacrilege, but I preferred them to the ESL57
and not the least, the Hegeman Model 1s - amazing how tolerable he could make those Philips tweeters sound
Look at these old Ladies : Floorstanding 160 or Ducretet speakers from André Charlin
Les colonnes Ducretet et la chane CH1 - Les Charlinales (sorry in French)
Les colonnes Ducretet et la chane CH1 - Les Charlinales (sorry in French)
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