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  1. #21
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    Yes, should be interesting....delivery tomorrow a.m assuming all goes well.

    Hopefully they won't lose out too much in clarity to the Akais but will suit the room a lot better. It is all a bit too 'spry, crisp and dry' at the moment.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    On the end of a good system, the TLS50 has decent transparency and a quite refined character. It's a nice speaker.

    It was designed and built by people who actually used their ears. Non of this modern computery stuff!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Yes, should be interesting....delivery tomorrow a.m assuming all goes well.

    Hopefully they won't lose out too much in clarity to the Akais but will suit the room a lot better. It is all a bit too 'spry, crisp and dry' at the moment.
    Way-hey, nice one, Martin. I think you'll love 'em!

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    If they are at all like the IMF ALS40 Loudspeakers my Dad had, you'll love 'em
    Streamer: NovaFidelity X40, Turntable: Rega RP3, Arm: Rega RB303, Cartridge: Audio Technica AT120E, Amp: Belles Aria, Loudspeakers: Quadral Aurum Montan VIII, Rack: Creaktiv Trend 1, Cables: Beresford, Chord, Coherent, MCRU, Rega, TCI.

  5. #25
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    Geoff dropped them of with me this morning. See here http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...Lash-Up/page31
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    I should have bought these... just reminiscing on Google and it threw up this old thread - and herself doesn't mind the looks of them either (she hated the fact that in this room, the tatty Spendors sounded better on vocals than the neatly styled TDL Studio 1M's I had for a short while, the latter looking perfect in our small room). Having put my mk1 Compacts back in the workroom on different 'risers' after months of the LS5/9's, I'm loving that midrange all over again (Lurcher-tweaked 'Doc-Mod' point-n-squirts to follow in a while, but that's another clutch of eggs entirely)

    Don't know who's got them now as Martin's moved on, but I do hope they're still being enjoyed...
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  7. #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by DSJR View Post
    I should have bought these... just reminiscing on Google and it threw up this old thread - and herself doesn't mind the looks of them either (she hated the fact that in this room, the tatty Spendors sounded better on vocals than the neatly styled TDL Studio 1M's I had for a short while, the latter looking perfect in our small room). Having put my mk1 Compacts back in the workroom on different 'risers' after months of the LS5/9's, I'm loving that midrange all over again (Lurcher-tweaked 'Doc-Mod' point-n-squirts to follow in a while, but that's another clutch of eggs entirely)

    Don't know who's got them now as Martin's moved on, but I do hope they're still being enjoyed...
    I still have them in my living room, plus the Falcon crossover replacement kit which I still need to get installed. Might get round to it when I retire
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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