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    I would describe them as a mini monitor, they don't sound mini though with my ION obelisk x3 .
    Result I would say.

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    Chartwell made some pretty serious speakers. I had a pair of the big PM400's for a while. They were very well reviewed at the time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    the speakers may have Dalesford chassis'. Look good.
    It may be a Rogers, not Dalesford, unit.
    They also have the 'infamous' Audax tweeter, used in many speakers around that time.
    The Wharfedale Diamond, for example.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martyn Miles View Post
    It may be a Rogers, not Dalesford, unit.
    They also have the 'infamous' Audax tweeter, used in many speakers around that time.
    The Wharfedale Diamond, for example.
    Yes. That is a particularly undistinguished tweeter. One of the first mass produced examples to employ ferrofluid if I recall. It needed it to disperse heat from that tiny voicecoil. Who knows though, It may sound OK in these speakers.
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    Many speakers used that little tweeter. I understand they were literally pennies to buy back then and weren't too bad at all if properly implemented.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSJR View Post
    Many speakers used that little tweeter. I understand they were literally pennies to buy back then and weren't too bad at all if properly implemented.
    I ran a pair of Diamonds in my University Lab. for many years.
    Their top end was never a problem.
    In fact, the little Diamonds were excellent.
    Many happy hours of listening.

    A speaker designer told me that the little Audax tweeter was fine if integrated correctly.

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    Hard to believe that there's no info on these .
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    I reviewed a couple of pairs of Chartwell speakers back in the late 70s,for Hi-Fi for Pleasure magazine.

    The company was owned by a couple of Chinese chaps whose main occupation was growing and delivering bean shoots to Chinese restaurants. I had several re-worked versions of each speaker to try and some of the cartons were rattling with bean shoot seeds. I kid you not.

    Not sure what happened to the original owners.

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    given the evident quality of the bass driver, I would venture the tweeter is a aftermarket replacement.
    the device was available for many years from maplins....indeed, I used it myself when I fancied myself as a ahem....speaker designer.....STOP LAUGHING AT THE BACK!!!

    many years back I owned a pair of kef padgent speakers employing the unit and they were much improved with the substitution of a 1" soft dome....audax I think.

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