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CHARTWELL The pm55 loudspeakers,
Attachment 18434Attachment 18435Hi all .
So I've gone and bought (site unseen) a pair of the above but cannot find a thing about them on the net Bar a few photos .
Any info/review would be most welcome.
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So these are made by Swisstone electronic ltd London
Well the crossovers need doing but with no info these I think I'm screwed.
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Builders of BBC style loudspeakers and first licensee of polypropylene cone manufacturing, made their own cones and bass units, went bust in 1978. IIRC I saw Chartwell speakers at Harrogate HiFi show though, which would have been about 1981, so I'm guessing the brand name was bought and there was a Chartwell MkII company....
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Rogers bought them I believe and then suffered their own issues, all documented fairly well on the Falcon website I believe. These babies would have evolved into the Rogers LS5's and similar I think. When I changed jobs in January 1982, we had a remaining pair of PM110's and they were soft toned and syrupy. The last Chartwells I knew were the PM310, which evolved quickly into the infamous Rogers LS7 post takeover/merging...
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Ah yes! Taken over by Rogers makes sense
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Nothing about these particular speakers?
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Found this!!! http://www.g4dcv.co.uk/ls35a/rogershistory.html now't on those speakers but the most edge of yer seat read on hi fi I've ever seen.. yes I'm probably sad... gutted that it says "to be continued" but as it appears to have been written a few years ago that seems unlikely..
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That's quite a story Jez.Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics
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So I now have them in my possession and will add another photo
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the speakers may have Dalesford chassis'. Look good.
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