that big heavy cone will probably be rubbing due to a sagging spider....as with many speakers of this vintage.
easily fixed by rotating the driver 180 degrees.
FISH
Location: nottingham
Posts: 328
I'm nigel.
that big heavy cone will probably be rubbing due to a sagging spider....as with many speakers of this vintage.
easily fixed by rotating the driver 180 degrees.
FISH
Only the tweeter is dodgy reliability wise on these... it's a bit "fierce" when working as well. A modern tweeter would be a good upgrade.
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Was in St Leonards on Sea this morning. Made an enquiry on behalf of Dan (Dantheman91). Would the seller budge from his asking price of £170? Not a chance. So no sale! Who knows, you might have dodged a bullet there Dan?
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Pre & Power
Technics SUC 909U & Technics SE A909S
Turntable
Thorens TD 125 MK1 , SME 3009 S2 Non Improved , Shure V15 II , SME 2000 Plinth
CD Transport & DAC & PSU
Marantz 6005 , Beresford Caiman , Paul Hynes SR4
Loudspeakers
Tannoy 615 MK2
Location: Witney Oxon
Posts: 893
I'm Martyn.
I don't know about Wharfedales, but if you want cheap speakers you can't beat the pair of Goodmans Ministers I bought for £5.00.
Yes, £5.00.
I fitted two new soft dome tweeters costing £15.00 and a speaker designer friend modded the crossovers.
The working Goodmans tweeter was sold for £70 (!) to someone in Taiwan, who wanted to repair his big Goodmans speakers.
I later sold the Ministers for £45.00 and the buyer was delighted with them.
Hi I have a pair of Dovedales in the recommended larger cab (66 litre I think). I listened to them last night for the first time in a while (as they are in the garden listening room it tends to get neglected in the winter).
They have a piggy backed supertweeter on them. Powered by a Quantum 207D with a NAD pre.
Nina Simone sounded very lively.
Martin
Just read the post above. The DDs are sitting next to a pair of early Minsters and a pair of DM3 with the ellipitical drivers. They are all good fun. Pair of Magisters and Dimension 8 down there as well. Need to get the xover upgrade on them.
Martin
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,878
I'm Lawrence.