Hi Fi News / Martin Colloms Speakers. DC1s.

[Martyn Miles]

I have just seen, on eBay under LS3/5a, a pair of speakers which appear to be a Martin Colloms design called the DC1. The eBay seller has them listed as a ‘Rogers LS3/5a variant loudspeakers.’
I recall reading about the design in a Hi Fi News article in the ‘80s. It was called DC1 as the bass/mid driver was direct coupled. The kit was quite expensive, as it used genuine LS3/5a cabinets.
Do any other Forum members recall these speakers?

 

[Tony L]

Link?

 

[John Phillips]

I have just seen, on eBay under LS3/5a, a pair of speakers which appear to be a Martin Colloms design called the DC1. The eBay seller has them listed as a ‘Rogers LS3/5a variant loudspeakers.’
I recall reading about the design in a Hi Fi News article in the ‘80s. It was called DC1 as the bass/mid driver was direct coupled. The kit was quite expensive, as it used genuine LS3/5a cabinets.
Do any other Forum members recall these speakers?

I don't recall them but at about 1/3 way down the page at this link there is a description under the title 'HFN DC1 "kit"' (if you can either read Hungarian or ask an online translator).

 

[Martyn Miles]

I don't recall them but at about 1/3 way down the page at this link there is a description under the title 'HFN DC1 "kit"' (if you can either read Hungarian or ask an online translator).

Thank you for the link. I remember reading the article.
Not sure how to access an online translator with an iPad...

 

[John Phillips]

I don't know the iPad but can't you just copy the link (http://www.hifimagazin.hu/HFMCD/HFM/CIKKEK/HFM1909.HTM) and paste it into https://translate.google.co.uk/?

However this is a direct link to the translated page.

 

[Martyn Miles]

Thanks.

 

[peterm]

These?
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=323268403683

What are those tweeters?

 

[peterm]

Ah! I see.
"The British secretary is ultimately the Audax TW6x9A 19mm dome."

 

[John Phillips]

Ah! I see.
"The British secretary is ultimately the Audax TW6x9A 19mm dome."

Fully respecting that great tradition which gave us "my hovercraft is full of eels".

 

[Tony L]

Here are the pair in question: eBay link.

 

[Martyn Miles]

These?
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=323268403683

What are those tweeters?

These Audax models are the same as used in the Original Wharfedale Diamonds.

 

[Sashmo]

I'm a little late to this party but I found the thread whilst looking for more info on a kit I bought a few years ago
and which promptly found its way into the most inaccessible spot in a spare room.
It's brand new, not even having the holes drilled out for the Audax TW 74A pure plastic tweeters.
Came with a copy of Martin Colloms article from the "Hi Fi News and Record Review" of July 1985.
I can provide more details if I find I'm not "wasting my sweetness on the desert air". (I'm not sure how this forum works)

Cheers, Brian.

 

[Craig B]

Can't help with your gaseousness, however, if you are feeling generous, you could scan the article and upload it to a file/photo sharing site and then link to it from here.

I do remember reading this article in Hi-Fi News and thinking it might be more of a tamed Kan than LS3/5a with teeth.

 

[stuwils]

those tweeters were nasty.
Rgds
Stuart

 

[TheDecameron]

those tweeters were nasty.
Rgds
Stuart

The drivers look cheap and nasty

 

[Yank]

These were meant to be used with an external line-level filter network to execute the baffle-step equalization.

 

[Sashmo]

Can't help with your gaseousness, however, if you are feeling generous, you could scan the article and upload it to a file/photo sharing site and then link to it from here.

I do remember reading this article in Hi-Fi News and thinking it might be more of a tamed Kan than LS3/5a with teeth.

Ha ha Nothing to do with gas but it will teach me not to quote poetry online. Gray's elegy, verse 14 which is the only bit of poetry I know.
I am feeling generous and will be happy to (somehow) get a copy to the forum but will have to wait until my son turns up and provides the esoteric knowledge to do it. Who has a scanner anymore?
BTW the article calls for an Audax TW6x9A tweeter but as I said mine came with the TW-74A , currently available as TWO10F1, as if you'd want one. That being said I haven't heard one in this situation so until then????

While I'm here maybe I could ask for a little free advice....
seeing I have the Rogers cab as well as a few SP1003s and T27s lying around, would anyone recommend going that route? I'm currently using Celestion SL6s as my computer (very) near field speakers and nice as they are I
don't like them for this application but the Rogers cab might be just the thing. Maybe??

 

[Dowser]

... Who has a scanner anymore?
...

If you have a smartphone, install adobe scan - very smart app which will take a photo and perform OCR when converting to PDF. Only downside is (I think) you have to create an Adobe cloud account too, and by default scans get stored there.

 

[JensenHealey]

and many home printers are complete with scanner on top.

 

[Yank]

BTW the article calls for an Audax TW6x9A tweeter but as I said mine came with the TW-74A , currently available as TWO10F1, as if you'd want one.

Same thing, except for the faceplate, which snaps off anyway. Several shapes were available, all with the same motor.