Mike P
Trade: Pickwell Audio
Here we go folks, this could be a long one!
For the past 4 or 5 years I've been a very satisfied owner of a pair of A.O.S Studio 100 ATC XL loudspeakers. Some of you may have seen them in the classifieds recently as I had plans to sell them to fund a sideways step to a pair of big 15" Tannoys.
To cut along story short, my wife wasn't best pleased with the idea of some massive Arden sized enclosures in the lounge and so it was decided that I would keep the Studio 100's. My apologies to Toby who was interested in buying them!
I expect most of you won't be familiar with AOS but they are a German high end kit speaker company. Here's a link to their website:
http://www.aos-lautsprecher.de/
The Studio 100 can be found in the 'Classic' speaker kit section.
So my plan now is to spend some time, money and effort making my pair of Studio 100's as nice as possible and I have just embarked on a major refurbishment project.
But before I get into what I want to do to them here are some photos of the speakers in the state that I bought them in.
P1100656 by Michael Pickwell, on Flickr
P1100653 by Michael Pickwell, on Flickr
As you can see from the photos they are a large floorstanding transmission line design. The drive units are:
Tweeters: ScanSpeak D2904/980007 (AOS bespoke version)
Mid: ScanSpeak 18W16545 K
Woofers: ATC 24W (AOS bespoke version)
The cabinets are primarily made from 21mm MDF. The tweeters and mid-range drivers are housed in the upper chamber which has a sloped floor and a rear facing small port.
The woofers are housed in the lower chamber, which is of course the transmission line labyrinth.
P1100655 by Michael Pickwell, on Flickr
Time for a tea break, more to follow!
For the past 4 or 5 years I've been a very satisfied owner of a pair of A.O.S Studio 100 ATC XL loudspeakers. Some of you may have seen them in the classifieds recently as I had plans to sell them to fund a sideways step to a pair of big 15" Tannoys.
To cut along story short, my wife wasn't best pleased with the idea of some massive Arden sized enclosures in the lounge and so it was decided that I would keep the Studio 100's. My apologies to Toby who was interested in buying them!
I expect most of you won't be familiar with AOS but they are a German high end kit speaker company. Here's a link to their website:
http://www.aos-lautsprecher.de/
The Studio 100 can be found in the 'Classic' speaker kit section.
So my plan now is to spend some time, money and effort making my pair of Studio 100's as nice as possible and I have just embarked on a major refurbishment project.
But before I get into what I want to do to them here are some photos of the speakers in the state that I bought them in.
P1100656 by Michael Pickwell, on Flickr
P1100653 by Michael Pickwell, on Flickr
As you can see from the photos they are a large floorstanding transmission line design. The drive units are:
Tweeters: ScanSpeak D2904/980007 (AOS bespoke version)
Mid: ScanSpeak 18W16545 K
Woofers: ATC 24W (AOS bespoke version)
The cabinets are primarily made from 21mm MDF. The tweeters and mid-range drivers are housed in the upper chamber which has a sloped floor and a rear facing small port.
The woofers are housed in the lower chamber, which is of course the transmission line labyrinth.
P1100655 by Michael Pickwell, on Flickr
Time for a tea break, more to follow!