KEITH MONKS ELF MAJOR ( KMAL ) loudspeakers

[Martyn Miles]

i'm off to get them tomorrow mate

Good luck..

[karma67]

first thanks to andy for passing these on to me,cheers mate!
a quick trip up the m25 to pick these up today.
they are in extremely good condition, circa 1970?
a 3 way speaker that if the record cleaning machines are any thing to go on are very good.
bugger all on the web about them too.

here they are at home,im listening to them now and although they aren't 66 killers they are very much like ditton 44's,being used to the 66's means im used to big bass,obviously these aren't on par but the bass is there just not as much,both mid and hf are good.

IMG_1009 by jamie creighton, on Flickr

[IMG]IMG_1010 by jamie , on Flickr[/IMG]

on tracks i know well there is some subtle detail missing that i can hear through the 66's,i should stop comparing them as its not a fair fight.

here's some pics of the drivers.

[IMG]IMG_1019 by jamie, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]IMG_1021 by jamie, on Flickr[/IMG]


all in all im very pleased with them,they may be better suited to my small flat,the stands are cool too.

[IMG]IMG_1022[1] by jamie, on Flickr[/IMG]

[andyrlb]

Very smart Jamie and those stands look like quality too .

[Martyn Miles]

KM made other ELF models.
I recall them in a Hi Fi Yearbook from the Seventies.

[karma67]

i had a look at the drivers last night,the bass driver has a pressed steel basket,does this mean its pants?

[Gordon Steadman]

Don't think so. I think if it sounds crap it's pants

[Macca]

Any driver is fine unless it is being asked to do something it can't do.

What do they sound like then?

[karma67]

cheers guys,as geoff mentioned earlier the tweeter is an isophon,in fact id put money on it being the same as the one used in the ms-pageant series 2.
here's one of the mid,
[IMG]IMG_1023 by jamie, on Flickr[/IMG]

and one of the bass driver,

[IMG]IMG_1033 by jamie, on Flickr[/IMG]

and one of the crossover,

[IMG]IMG_1032 by jamie, on Flickr[/IMG]

they sound good,their are very much like pageant 2's with a bit of ditton 44's thrown in,or at least thats what they remind me off,warm sound and non fatiguing

[struth]

i had a look at the drivers last night,the bass driver has a pressed steel basket,does this mean its pants?

Not really. a lot of smaller ones are(probably most). Diecast ali ones are a lot more accurate fit and that oft helps magnetic flux patterns etc, and conduct heat more efficiently. sturdier if heavy magnets are fitted. Think alnico ones are better with diecast

[walpurgis]

Can't grumble at a nifty really. The drive units are all decent quality. I'd expect them to sound OK. KM speakers were not at all bad. Neither were they particularly cheap.