Your Loudspeaker history...
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rocky raccoon
pfm Member
Amazing thread. Amazing lists. I'm almost ashamed of my miniscule contribution but:
Celestion DL 4's - still have them for TV sound
Kef something or others with the (bextrene) driver and the big plastic dome tweeter -
sold them & went back to the DL 4's
Tannoy 609 dual concentrics in a chip board cabinet - amazing 'blam' factor on certain material with bi-amped JLH 40 watters. My brother has these and they still sound ok
Spendor BC1 - Still have these in their boxes. I fine speaker.
JM Lab Electra 926 - no plans to change. I am planning to have another pair of JLH mono's to drive them though. I wonder what they would sound like if you could somehow make them active......
Celestion DL 4's - still have them for TV sound
Kef something or others with the (bextrene) driver and the big plastic dome tweeter -
sold them & went back to the DL 4's
Tannoy 609 dual concentrics in a chip board cabinet - amazing 'blam' factor on certain material with bi-amped JLH 40 watters. My brother has these and they still sound ok
Spendor BC1 - Still have these in their boxes. I fine speaker.
JM Lab Electra 926 - no plans to change. I am planning to have another pair of JLH mono's to drive them though. I wonder what they would sound like if you could somehow make them active......
pretty boring compared to some I suppose...
Mission 760SE
Mission 733
Linn Keilidh
Monitor Audio Gold Ref 10 (had to go back to standmounters as moved to new house with smaller listening room)
Future
Want floorstanders again as the freequency hole that standmounters present is just too much of a gap; am considering smaller F/S like Neat Motive 2, ProAc or DynAudio alternatives...
Mission 760SE
Mission 733
Linn Keilidh
Monitor Audio Gold Ref 10 (had to go back to standmounters as moved to new house with smaller listening room)
Future
Want floorstanders again as the freequency hole that standmounters present is just too much of a gap; am considering smaller F/S like Neat Motive 2, ProAc or DynAudio alternatives...
Dunno if I posted earlier but I've had a change.
1986-94 Wharfey Diamond 2s.
94-95: Tannoy 613 (iirc)
95: Linn Keilidh, sound great but black, yuk. Stolen.
96-99 Keilidhs in cherry, lovely.
99-00 ESL63.
00-01 Back to Keilidhs
01-09 QLN Prestige, sep X over.
Oct 09 - doublestacked ESL57s. Oh dear. Where's the telly gone?
Keilidhs still in use at my parents' house, what lovely speakers they are. OK,
4xESLs are better but they take up some space.
Oh, a friend has a (Gradient?) sub that I'm going to have a play with soon, it's intended for use with ESLs. Mmmm.
1986-94 Wharfey Diamond 2s.
94-95: Tannoy 613 (iirc)
95: Linn Keilidh, sound great but black, yuk. Stolen.
96-99 Keilidhs in cherry, lovely.
99-00 ESL63.
00-01 Back to Keilidhs
01-09 QLN Prestige, sep X over.
Oct 09 - doublestacked ESL57s. Oh dear. Where's the telly gone?
Keilidhs still in use at my parents' house, what lovely speakers they are. OK,
4xESLs are better but they take up some space.
Oh, a friend has a (Gradient?) sub that I'm going to have a play with soon, it's intended for use with ESLs. Mmmm.
cartman
Taking a sabbatical
Maybe quite a few omissions (I've been around a while) but here are the highlight:
Monitor Audio 252
Heybrook HB1
Epos ES14
Proac Super Tablette
Linn Kan
Linn Sara
Naim IBL
Townshend Glastonbury 2
Linn Kan
Linn Sara
Cambridge R40
Linn Isobarik
Rega Ela
Naim SBL
(of all these, The Linn, Rega and especially the Naims have been best. I still use Elas and SBLs)
Monitor Audio 252
Heybrook HB1
Epos ES14
Proac Super Tablette
Linn Kan
Linn Sara
Naim IBL
Townshend Glastonbury 2
Linn Kan
Linn Sara
Cambridge R40
Linn Isobarik
Rega Ela
Naim SBL
(of all these, The Linn, Rega and especially the Naims have been best. I still use Elas and SBLs)
listened to everything I likes and could'nt afford........ purchased s/h -
garrard 401/SME arm/ortofon valve amp (made by a local nutty proffesor)
ferrograph reel to reel - homemade transmission line with kef B200 (B139 sounded dead) kef B110 mids and t27 tweeters.
sounded great for 30 years.
Then valve amp melted, cartridge became obsolete, sold it all except speaker which have been reborn with unknown midrange and tweeters. all hooked up to a Crest Audio amp (s/h ebay ex theatre) and when I want more oomph, my second speaker system - 2 x 18" celection / 2 x 12" celestion / 2 x 8 trace elliot / 4 modified peizo's
you aint heard audio till that mother kicks in. it even sounds good in the middle of a feild.
.........only one problem at the moment I live in a one bedroom flat!
garrard 401/SME arm/ortofon valve amp (made by a local nutty proffesor)
ferrograph reel to reel - homemade transmission line with kef B200 (B139 sounded dead) kef B110 mids and t27 tweeters.
sounded great for 30 years.
Then valve amp melted, cartridge became obsolete, sold it all except speaker which have been reborn with unknown midrange and tweeters. all hooked up to a Crest Audio amp (s/h ebay ex theatre) and when I want more oomph, my second speaker system - 2 x 18" celection / 2 x 12" celestion / 2 x 8 trace elliot / 4 modified peizo's
you aint heard audio till that mother kicks in. it even sounds good in the middle of a feild.
.........only one problem at the moment I live in a one bedroom flat!
The Captain
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Wharfedale summat
Morduant-short Ms15
Tannoy big'uns
Mission 780
Monitor Audio 14 mk2 gold
Rega EL8
Epos ES11
Naim Credo
Heybrook HB1 mk3
Monitor Audio 14
Dynaudio tiddlers
Heybrook Heylos
Wharfedale Dentons 2XP (£2)
Royd Minstrels
Royd Abbots
Rega Elas
Royd Minstrels.. which i said Id never sell/ magic, but compromised ultimately. So then..
Heybrook HB1- stop gap, still maybe the best spkr ever made imo (as one could argue the mini was the best car that is).
Ruark Talisman. clarity superb, but too hard/clinical, bass light.
Monitor Audio Monitor 4 Gold. HF superb, full/ spacious, v good timing.
currently: Epos ES12. amazing bass & mid/HF detail, mids a tad recessed but forgiven as they're v addictive/purely musical/ fast & airy, but not harsh- best £70 I'll likely ever spend (much prefer to ES11 too).
the perfect speaker does not exist.
Morduant-short Ms15
Tannoy big'uns
Mission 780
Monitor Audio 14 mk2 gold
Rega EL8
Epos ES11
Naim Credo
Heybrook HB1 mk3
Monitor Audio 14
Dynaudio tiddlers
Heybrook Heylos
Wharfedale Dentons 2XP (£2)
Royd Minstrels
Royd Abbots
Rega Elas
Royd Minstrels.. which i said Id never sell/ magic, but compromised ultimately. So then..
Heybrook HB1- stop gap, still maybe the best spkr ever made imo (as one could argue the mini was the best car that is).
Ruark Talisman. clarity superb, but too hard/clinical, bass light.
Monitor Audio Monitor 4 Gold. HF superb, full/ spacious, v good timing.
currently: Epos ES12. amazing bass & mid/HF detail, mids a tad recessed but forgiven as they're v addictive/purely musical/ fast & airy, but not harsh- best £70 I'll likely ever spend (much prefer to ES11 too).
the perfect speaker does not exist.
agentsmith
pfm Member
Bose 601
Mission 770 Freedom
Monitor Audio (Forgot what model)
Celestion A-1
Harbeth LS3/5A
Naim Ariva
Harbeth Monitor 30
Mission 770 Freedom
Monitor Audio (Forgot what model)
Celestion A-1
Harbeth LS3/5A
Naim Ariva
Harbeth Monitor 30
Analog addict
pfm Member
Starting way back in the early 70's:
Celestions built into lovely cabinets made from an old valve telly
Sony SS70
Home made Wharfedale Dovedale clones, loaded with quite efficient baker drivers, which I foolishly swapped for a pair of Solavox ??
RCL Small Loudspeakers (still own them)
Mission 737 (still own them)
Mission 753 (still own them)
Mission 751 (still own them)
Wilson Benesch Orator (still own them)
Mission 770 (still own them)
Monitor Audio Monitor 1 (still own them)
Wharfedale Dovedale (still own them)
Infinity SM 120 (still own them)
Tannoy Oxford (still own them)
B&W CD1SE (still own them)
Celestions built into lovely cabinets made from an old valve telly
Sony SS70
Home made Wharfedale Dovedale clones, loaded with quite efficient baker drivers, which I foolishly swapped for a pair of Solavox ??
RCL Small Loudspeakers (still own them)
Mission 737 (still own them)
Mission 753 (still own them)
Mission 751 (still own them)
Wilson Benesch Orator (still own them)
Mission 770 (still own them)
Monitor Audio Monitor 1 (still own them)
Wharfedale Dovedale (still own them)
Infinity SM 120 (still own them)
Tannoy Oxford (still own them)
B&W CD1SE (still own them)
1978 Canton Le600's (picked them over Chartwell Ls3/5a's )
1990 Mission 767's (part active)
1991 Monitor Audio Studio 20's
1996 Acarian Alon 5's
1997 Acarian Alon Circe's (upgrade from the 5, with all Alnico drivers)
1998 Acarian Alon Phalanx's ( Their then top of the line - Now Nola Grand Reference)
I rebuilt the crossovers, and replaced all the wiring with silver, to tune these to my liking.
2000 Added Acarian Alon Poseidon sub woofers
2007 moved to Australia, so the above was sold and took a small pair of Orelle Orators
2010 Currently building my own partial open baffle speakers (like the Alons)
)1990 Mission 767's (part active)
1991 Monitor Audio Studio 20's
1996 Acarian Alon 5's
1997 Acarian Alon Circe's (upgrade from the 5, with all Alnico drivers)
1998 Acarian Alon Phalanx's ( Their then top of the line - Now Nola Grand Reference)
I rebuilt the crossovers, and replaced all the wiring with silver, to tune these to my liking.
2000 Added Acarian Alon Poseidon sub woofers
2007 moved to Australia, so the above was sold and took a small pair of Orelle Orators
2010 Currently building my own partial open baffle speakers (like the Alons)
Warren Day
pfm Member
Studio Power MC150
Celestion 3 + B&W subwoofer
Linn Kan II/I hybrid (internal damping)
Linn AV5140
Linn Akurate 242
Celestion 3 + B&W subwoofer
Linn Kan II/I hybrid (internal damping)
Linn AV5140
Linn Akurate 242