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[Marco]

Yup, that's interesting, but I should stress the point I was making was not that side-firing drivers are a flawed design, per se, but simply in most modern rooms, particularly when you're not listening near-field.

They're just not easy to get to work right.

Love or loathe big Tannoys, for example [down Jerry], they're amongst the easiest speakers to get to work in a room I've ever used, despite their significant size - and I suspect that the large single-driver/wide baffle arrangement, and how they're ported, is a big part of that.

Marco.

[User211]

These are possibly the best speakers I have ever heard. Certainly the best for soundstaging, so good compared to anything else it just isn't funny. I think you can build them for a couple of grand if you have the skills and the tools. Designed for active operation though.

There was a commercial version floating around at Whittlebury a few years back for £20K. They were really quite good. Not flawless, but I was impressed. And I rarely am, really.

[User211]

Yup, that's interesting, but I should stress the point I was making was not that side-firing drivers are a flawed design, per se, but simply in most modern rooms, particularly when you're not listening near-field.

They're just not easy to get to work right.

Love or loathe big Tannoys, for example [down Jerry], they're amongst the easiest speakers to get to work in a room I've ever used, despite their significant size - and I suspect that the large single-driver/wide baffle arrangement, and how they're ported, is a big part of that.

Marco.

Anything that doesn't fire directly at you is dodgy and/or suspect.

Some speakers can just about get away with it and Jerry's MBLs do but the trade off for Jerry is near field listening as he places them against the long wall to make it work.

It does work bloody well though. At least I think so.

[Marco]

Yes, I enjoyed Jerry's system very much when I heard it. I didn't want to say at the time though, that his T/T sounded crap in comparison with his digital front end, but I believe he's 'sorted' that now!

Marco.

[Bourney]

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What do you reckon these are then??? I'm fooked since photobucket changed!

[jandl100]

Anything that doesn't fire directly at you is dodgy and/or suspect.

Some speakers can just about get away with it and Jerry's MBLs do but the trade off for Jerry is near field listening as he places them against the long wall to make it work.

It does work bloody well though. At least I think so.

Yes, I enjoyed Jerry's system very much when I heard it. I didn't want to say at the time though, that his T/T sounded crap in comparison with his digital front end, but I believe he's 'sorted' that now!

Marco.

Well, gosh.
Praise indeed from two very fussy bastards.

Thanks guys. Yes, the system with the MBLs does sound pretty decent. And as Marco says the turntable issues have now been sorted.

(I would have been fine with you dissing the tt sound, Marco - I agree, I only ever used it when vinyl-heads visited! Oddly, many seemed to really like it. Expectation bias, I reckon. )

[jandl100]

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What do you reckon these are then??? I'm fooked since photobucket changed!

Sign up with www.imgur.com Steve - it's dead simple, even I can use it!

[Bourney]

I'm already using Imjur...I'm crap with that too!

[jandl100]

I'm already using Imjur...I'm crap with that too!

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[Bourney]

I don't get those options through the App for some reason