I saw those and thought, non bargain, EMI 350. Another pair also silly price
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMI-Model-...d/302470751798
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I saw those and thought, non bargain, EMI 350. Another pair also silly price
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMI-Model-...d/302470751798
Those EMI 350's are nothing even remotely special. Boot sale fodder in my view, worth a tenner (to me at least)!
Well Geoff, in 1967 as apprentices, they were a sort of revelation - the ones with the two angled plastic tweeters that is, but yes even by the early 70s they were just another speaker, and now a historical artefact.
Yes Tony, there is no association with the BBC heritage, but there is with that free era of abundance and social revelation in which there was a lot of technical development money.
You refer to the EMI 450.
http://i63.tinypic.com/2ex07rd.jpg
This is a horrible device. I bought a new pair From G.W.Smith in 1971. They were dreadful.
Ending today and could go cheap. Tannoy Dorset speakers. Collect from Caterham. Sound rather nice these. Proper dual concentrics!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-Dor...53.m1438.l2649
Not really a HI Fi speaker, the plastic coned tweeters did not go up as high as the much better paper coned one used on the 350. Also the 450 did have a very small magnet. That said, the 450 could make quite a bit of noise from a low powered amplifier, so connecting it to a radio or record player with a poor speaker could result in an improvement.
Anyone with a spare £50,000 loose in their pocket?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMT-927A-s....c100011.m1850
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CvgAAO...oh/s-l1600.jpg