Recent content by Conor

I live life on the edge, throw speaker surround material caution to the wind! Joking aside - they sound so good, riding them out into the sunset feels worth it if I get a few years out of them. Not that they were cheap! €750

Yeah! And that this guy was an electrical engineer I'm wondering if he did something to this quiet one labelled "RIGHT". Re the caps - I have no idea about capacitors beyond how they are used in guitars. But I have read elsewhere that the Spendor man recommended against using fancy ones.

Looking like it! Thanks for your help everyone!

Yeah, I might make a new set and swap the badges over and keep the originals safe if I ever decide to open a museum or something. This material has hardened and lost it's flexibility.

By foam under the grilles, I meant just at the baffle, the acoustic fabric has no obstructions. Though that would be funny! Grilles off volume is the same. Images: https://ibb.co/yq3tHQx https://ibb.co/vwzyrJ1

All drivers working - and all even in each speaker - meaning the balance between the bass driver and the tweeters is the same in both even though one enclosure is overall much quieter than the other. There's not more output coming from one driver or the other on either of the speakers, just an...

I built a theremin when I was a teenager but it turned out wonky - since then I've left any kind of soldering to the experts! But that seems like a great plan, thanks for taking the time to help!

Thanks a million, everyone. The man who owned them (from new - RIP) before me was an electrical engineer (made his own PSUs etc) and there seems to be a bit of modification going on with some silk fabric being glued over the bextrene driver and under the screws on the Coles supertweeter -...

Thank you for these tips, bassman! I've had my eyes open for a 160BD since I started thinking about Naim, I'll try one if it ever comes up locally, things are finally starting to sound like they should around here. In my experience that only lasts a few weeks before I start thinking I should...

Thanks Andy, you're totally right - it's often the obvious that's overlooked and it has caught me out many times before! I have checked all the above. Maybe time to bring them to the speaker doctor if we have one here in Dublin.

My first thought was the bottom driver was blown and I was very upset, Tony! But no, once the balance is adjusted everything sounds like it should! But I'm guessing something is up if one is half the volume of the other.

Hi all, Just picked up a pair of early (2223/2224 Blue Alnico, white surrounds) Spendor BC1s and the right speaker is much lower in volume than the other, in order to get an even sound the balance on my Naim 32-5 is at 9 o'clock (12 o'clock being center) and the volume has to go up higher. I...

I have a pair of Bowers and Wilkins Matrix 3 Series 1 floorstanders I bought about 15 years ago, (they used to belong to Adam Clayton from U2 would you believe...) and one of the tweeters has since given up. Would anyone have a spare tweeter unit that I could buy? I've contacted B&W and done a...

When properly powered, it all sounds great to my ears! And I'm very sensitive to harsh treble and love strong bass.

Thanks! I had seen that thread and contacted the people mentioned! Hopefully the guy will do the right thing and take them back.