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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 8:19:07 GMT
After chopping and changing for a few years I’ve had these Dynaudio Contour s3.4’s for about three years now. They are quite big coming up to my armpit (I’m 5’ 10”) and shouldn’t work in my 17m sq living room but they do. Excellent bass and Mid but the tweeters are the star for me. They look quite tasty!! |
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Post by raygun on Oct 30, 2019 11:34:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 12:27:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 12:56:20 GMT
I quite like that, even if it does look as though it has 'disco speaker' genes. I seem to recollect Wharfedale using a very similar horn tweeter.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 13:25:48 GMT
I quite like that, even if it does look as though it has 'disco speaker' genes. I seem to recollect Wharfedale using a very similar horn tweeter. Tractrix horn. The compression driver goes from close to 20 khz to 400 Hz. It crosses to the 15 inch at 500 Hz. Disco speaker on High Fidelity steroids. Goes down to as close as dammit to 20 Hz. I have Vandersteens that go down to 32 Hz these go lower. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 14:20:13 GMT
Still using Dali Zensor 3. My father is currently using Tannoy Revolution XT6F.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 16:24:49 GMT
Spendor BCII's here. Before that KEF Reference 105.3's which I loved but unfortunately blew a tweeter and it appears they are made from pure unobtainium so they stand gathering dust at the top of the stairs these days...
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Post by macca on Oct 30, 2019 16:59:56 GMT
Spendor BCII's here. Before that KEF Reference 105.3's which I loved but unfortunately blew a tweeter and it appears they are made from pure unobtainium so they stand gathering dust at the top of the stairs these days... These people can repair those tweeters so I'm told: www.audioloudspeakers.co.uk/boultons.shtml |
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Post by dsjr on Oct 30, 2019 17:08:08 GMT
My BC2's are currently sulking in the Harbeth boxes until I can get the grilles sorted smartly so they look as well as sound half decent - they look Sh#t at present. The Harbeths need a room half as big again and two feet or so from a rear wall as they don't take kindly to compromise in position, unlike my beloved ATC brand...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 18:27:51 GMT
Spendor BCII's here. Before that KEF Reference 105.3's which I loved but unfortunately blew a tweeter and it appears they are made from pure unobtainium so they stand gathering dust at the top of the stairs these days... These people can repair those tweeters so I'm told: www.audioloudspeakers.co.uk/boultons.shtmlI've heard bad reports about them.. and most of their "expertise" seems aimed at electric guitar players... All possible avenues I've looked down so far have been dead ends... A certain "Q" series was meant to have the same tweeter and another model was meant to be suitable with a wee bit of diy-ing to the fixings but both are now as obsolete as the originals... A Dutch company was meant to have NOS ones... yep long sold out... A company that offers replacements for various similar KEF Uni-Q driver tweeters turned out that they are Chinese made kinda universal replacements and VERY unlikely to sound or measure similar to the originals... and for my model they say "send it to us and we will rebuild it" anyway.... I'm rather cynical that they can really do it. TBH although I'm 80-90% certain it's a blown tweeter and have done various preliminary checks I haven't done everything to 100% rule out a faulty crossover/whatever... it still measures the correct DC resistance... not everything by a long shot! I was rather hoping for another "lucky escape" like I had last time it seemed I had a blown one, in the other speaker... and found that at some time in the past (I'm about the 3rd owner I know of) when the proper tweeter was still available, it had been changed but the owners soldering skills were rather suspect and it was just a dry joint! Obviously this was the first thing I checked this time... no such luck! I'd just been thinking that as these were real keepers I would get in a foam surround replacement kit for them and give them a bit of a refurb a couple of days before the fateful moment! I got home from the pub half cut after an afternoon gig by a great local rock band, ears still ringing, and noticed the neighbours were all out and thought "hmmm I've just got back from hearing the real thing... I wonder... if I turn them up loud enough, how close to that they can sound?" Sounded bloody marvellous! No clipping was heard, I was just suddenly aware that one channel sounded down in top end (it didn't blow altogether, strangely, just went down to a lower level of top end) .... thought "yer pissed, it's just you..." but found the next day that it wasn't "just me"  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 20:17:11 GMT
Spendor D7s in one system; Harbeth P3ESRs in t'other.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 22:27:08 GMT
These Mordaunt Short 880's are still wowing on a more than regular occasion. I feel very lucky to have accidentally spotted these in an ad for "Black Speakers" I'll try and get the image from the advert, you'd have been forgiven for missing it, as multiple folks did.   And here it is:  Seems more have been added since I first saw it but they are pretty much the same quality. Lucky ducky. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 23:03:35 GMT
As you can see i dont give a flying F#ck about fancy Hi-Fi. More interested in just listening to music & ofc the design Aesthetic link |
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Post by macca on Oct 31, 2019 7:37:02 GMT
I've heard bad reports about them.. and most of their "expertise" seems aimed at electric guitar players... All possible avenues I've looked down so far have been dead ends... A certain "Q" series was meant to have the same tweeter and another model was meant to be suitable with a wee bit of diy-ing to the fixings but both are now as obsolete as the originals... A Dutch company was meant to have NOS ones... yep long sold out... A company that offers replacements for various similar KEF Uni-Q driver tweeters turned out that they are Chinese made kinda universal replacements and VERY unlikely to sound or measure similar to the originals... and for my model they say "send it to us and we will rebuild it" anyway.... I'm rather cynical that they can really do it. TBH although I'm 80-90% certain it's a blown tweeter and have done various preliminary checks I haven't done everything to 100% rule out a faulty crossover/whatever... it still measures the correct DC resistance... not everything by a long shot! I was rather hoping for another "lucky escape" like I had last time it seemed I had a blown one, in the other speaker... and found that at some time in the past (I'm about the 3rd owner I know of) when the proper tweeter was still available, it had been changed but the owners soldering skills were rather suspect and it was just a dry joint! Obviously this was the first thing I checked this time... no such luck! I'd just been thinking that as these were real keepers I would get in a foam surround replacement kit for them and give them a bit of a refurb a couple of days before the fateful moment! I got home from the pub half cut after an afternoon gig by a great local rock band, ears still ringing, and noticed the neighbours were all out and thought "hmmm I've just got back from hearing the real thing... I wonder... if I turn them up loud enough, how close to that they can sound?" Sounded bloody marvellous! No clipping was heard, I was just suddenly aware that one channel sounded down in top end (it didn't blow altogether, strangely, just went down to a lower level of top end) .... thought "yer pissed, it's just you..." but found the next day that it wasn't "just me" Thought it might be worth a mention -if it's already bust they can't really make it worse and you never know. Although from what you say sounds like it could be xover problem maybe. |
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Post by alit on Oct 31, 2019 7:52:35 GMT
I've heard bad reports about them.. and most of their "expertise" seems aimed at electric guitar players... All possible avenues I've looked down so far have been dead ends... A certain "Q" series was meant to have the same tweeter and another model was meant to be suitable with a wee bit of diy-ing to the fixings but both are now as obsolete as the originals... A Dutch company was meant to have NOS ones... yep long sold out... A company that offers replacements for various similar KEF Uni-Q driver tweeters turned out that they are Chinese made kinda universal replacements and VERY unlikely to sound or measure similar to the originals... and for my model they say "send it to us and we will rebuild it" anyway.... I'm rather cynical that they can really do it. TBH although I'm 80-90% certain it's a blown tweeter and have done various preliminary checks I haven't done everything to 100% rule out a faulty crossover/whatever... it still measures the correct DC resistance... not everything by a long shot! I was rather hoping for another "lucky escape" like I had last time it seemed I had a blown one, in the other speaker... and found that at some time in the past (I'm about the 3rd owner I know of) when the proper tweeter was still available, it had been changed but the owners soldering skills were rather suspect and it was just a dry joint! Obviously this was the first thing I checked this time... no such luck! I'd just been thinking that as these were real keepers I would get in a foam surround replacement kit for them and give them a bit of a refurb a couple of days before the fateful moment! I got home from the pub half cut after an afternoon gig by a great local rock band, ears still ringing, and noticed the neighbours were all out and thought "hmmm I've just got back from hearing the real thing... I wonder... if I turn them up loud enough, how close to that they can sound?" Sounded bloody marvellous! No clipping was heard, I was just suddenly aware that one channel sounded down in top end (it didn't blow altogether, strangely, just went down to a lower level of top end) .... thought "yer pissed, it's just you..." but found the next day that it wasn't "just me" Jez, you could try leaving a “wanted” on eBay. A pair will likely come up eventually. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 7:56:23 GMT
Funny how you get used to things.
Since selling the big Tannoys, I've been using my dinky Ruark Swordsman Plus speakers as an interim measure and enjoying them.
They get a lot wrong, the treble is unrefined, midrange definition is lacking and obviously with boxes not that much larger than LS3/5a size there's no deep bass.
However, they don't give a bass light impression, what there is comes across as solid enough and lacking in boom. Overall, they are 'musical' and if I play music through them, it's enjoyable.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 11:07:17 GMT
Funny how you get used to things. Since selling the big Tannoys, I've been using my dinky Ruark Swordsman Plus speakers as an interim measure and enjoying them. They get a lot wrong, the treble is unrefined, midrange definition is lacking and obviously with boxes not that much larger than LS3/5a size there's no deep bass. However, they don't give a bass light impression, what there is comes across as solid enough and lacking in boom. Overall, they are 'musical' and if I play music through them, it's enjoyable. whats the long term plan? |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 9:37:32 GMT
I acquired Coral Beta 10A(Lauritz.com aukcion) - nice condition, will got birch veneer 24mm that week, going to build BR enclosures.Maybe who had anything to do with such a project?
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Post by karma67 on May 6, 2020 9:43:48 GMT
I acquired Coral Beta 10A(Lauritz.com aukcion) - nice condition, will got birch veneer 24mm that week, going to build BR enclosures.Maybe who had anything to do with such a project? lovely drivers! check the cloth surrounds as they can go stiff and alter the q of the driver. |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 10:09:31 GMT
I acquired Coral Beta 10A(Lauritz.com aukcion) - nice condition, will got birch veneer 24mm that week, going to build BR enclosures.Maybe who had anything to do with such a project? lovely drivers! check the cloth surrounds as they can go stiff and alter the q of the driver. It looks good, need to compare with the stiffness, perform the measurement at low part, unfortunately I do not have instruments for that test: www.part.lt/img/fd2c0e676e59edabcc12808d5f63486158.jpg I put them in BLH enclosures temporary. These are 150mm nerrow comparing wit original drawings, so its difficult to evaluate BASS... Do You have an ideas regarding q. evaluation? Please share.  |
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Post by karma67 on May 6, 2020 10:12:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2020 19:02:48 GMT
Monopulse Model A. Always been curious about them and the price was too good to miss. Bought in immaculate condition and they replaced PMC Twenty-23s. Which in turn had replaced Living Voice Auditoriums. They Look good and sound even better. The PMCs went on their way via EBAY. For once I ended up quite a bit in pocket.
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 31, 2020 19:26:06 GMT
Monopulse Model A. Always been curious about them and the price was too good to miss. Bought in immaculate condition and they replaced PMC Twenty-23s. Which in turn had replaced Living Voice Auditoriums. They Look good and sound even better. The PMCs went on their way via EBAY. For once I ended up quite a bit in pocket. I've not heard of those. I'll have to Google them |
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Post by iceman16 on Mar 18, 2021 16:11:45 GMT
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 18, 2021 16:36:43 GMT
KEF Reference 3 They look tasty mate. I like the modern KEF speakers. I had some LS50 here and though they were rather superb. I should try a floor standing pair! |
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Post by iceman16 on Mar 18, 2021 16:45:18 GMT
KEF Reference 3 They look tasty mate. I like the modern KEF speakers. I had some LS50 here and though they were rather superb. I should try a floor standing pair! Oli, You need to listen to at least the Reference 1’s mate. They are in a different league compared to the LS50’s including the wireless version. 😀 |
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 18, 2021 16:55:02 GMT
They look tasty mate. I like the modern KEF speakers. I had some LS50 here and though they were rather superb. I should try a floor standing pair! Oli, You need to listen to at least the Reference 1’s mate. They are in a different league compared to the LS50’s including the wireless version. 😀 Whilst I was deliberating over speakers I though long and hard about just taking a blind punt on a pair of the newer Kef speakers. Hence dipping the toe in with the LS50's I may see what's available in the future as I am finding my NS1000M working very well in my small space. |
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Post by antonio on Mar 19, 2021 0:47:42 GMT
They look a very nice visual match with the rest of your system, never heard them so can't comment on sound, but hope they are doing the business for you.
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Post by rexton on Mar 19, 2021 7:18:56 GMT
I'm afraid I've been hovering between my IMF Super compact II's or the big Tannoys. I also end up with vintage UK speakers.
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Post by antonio on Mar 20, 2021 3:02:45 GMT
Well for all of you who are trying to sort out speakers/in two minds what to buy I've come across these, not only that you can even use a 2 watt amplifier with them
Joking aside I think they sound pretty good and you may also get links to better/larger speakers on the right hand side by the same person, also worth a listen.
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