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    Quote Originally Posted by lordmortlock View Post
    The chap with the Hedlunds does mention delivery and installation for the right buyer
    Yes, true! Thanks for this. It's 2m tall and I've read somewhere that the bass that comes out of the back loaded horn can be unfashionably late? I'll look into this ;-)

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    The pair I was thinking of was about £250 and recently added, they could have been on the wam and then deleted. Will keep looking.

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    This was them, found them on hifi shark, horn speakers filtered on UK, expired ads, seem to have been in Boston, maybe someone on here bought them..?

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fo...5mc-nQfOFnmJM:

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    Quote Originally Posted by VanDerGraaf View Post
    Up here in Scotland there are a pair of Horning Agathon Ultimates for sale....there are hugely complimentary reviews of them on 6moons and HiFi Pig if you look. Beautiful speakers made with love by the looks of them.

    I think the guy has been trying to sell them for some time and would probably take a good offer.
    He does live on an island but it's actually very accessible and I think location is all that has stopped the sale. I have good knowledge of the place in question and would be happy to assist you if need be. I have no connection to the seller.

    I know you say reasonable distance from London but sometimes to get the best you have to travel... I do, all the time (hifi seems rare up here)!
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    Quote Originally Posted by hifinutt View Post
    utterly superb speakers , having heard them . i have seen the ad a number of times . i am sure there is a a solution to this problem and its well worth buying them
    Exactly my thinking. It's just a problem of distance, but I don't seem to have mental capacity to solve it. Any ideas? How can I trust someone to package them and ship carefully - they weigh 68kgs each!

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    How about a lovely pair of Klipsch Belle's, very very rare in the UK

    The best speaker I ever heard was a pair of Klipsch La Scalas which are similar to the Belle's

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-B...UAAOSwGPxaCHKm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ninanina View Post
    How about a lovely pair of Klipsch Belle's, very very rare in the UK

    The best speaker I ever heard was a pair of Klipsch La Scalas which are similar to the Belle's

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-B...UAAOSwGPxaCHKm
    Hi, it's funny, but I had long exchanges with the gentleman selling it and was seriously considering it. It's just that these speakers seem to polarise people more than Rehdeko speakers. Some like it a lot and some think it's the worst speakers ever made. I've never heard K'horns or Belles or LaScalas. I'm just afraid that they'll be too harsh and not enough bass. Any opinions? I currently have 2 pairs of speakers that I'm happy with - Artemis Eos - very similar to Willson Watt Puppies with external crossovers and ceramic tweeters and Rehdeko RK125 - those love valves. What I like about the Rehdekos is dynamics and that each instrument lives in its separate space - it sounds like there are as many different speakers as there are instruments. So, that type of sound ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by martinswimmer View Post
    Hi, it's funny, but I had long exchanges with the gentleman selling it and was seriously considering it. It's just that these speakers seem to polarise people more than Rehdeko speakers. Some like it a lot and some think it's the worst speakers ever made. I've never heard K'horns or Belles or LaScalas. I'm just afraid that they'll be too harsh and not enough bass. Any opinions? I currently have 2 pairs of speakers that I'm happy with - Artemis Eos - very similar to Willson Watt Puppies with external crossovers and ceramic tweeters and Rehdeko RK125 - those love valves. What I like about the Rehdekos is dynamics and that each instrument lives in its separate space - it sounds like there are as many different speakers as there are instruments. So, that type of sound ;-)
    Martin I didn't find the La Scala harsh sounding but I think they really should be used with valves. I owned Heresy's twice and although I liked them I wouldn't own them a third time, however the La Scala's and almost certainly the Belle's are different entirely

    The La Scala's that I heard where being driven by a valve amp that was literally falling to bits and they still sounded amazing. I had a loan pair but they were just to big for the room

    I would consider those Belle's at £1,800 or offer an absolute bargain
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ninanina View Post
    Martin I didn't find the La Scala harsh sounding but I think they really should be used with valves. I owned Heresy's twice and although I liked them I wouldn't own them a third time, however the La Scala's and almost certainly the Belle's are different entirely

    The La Scala's that I heard where being driven by a valve amp that was literally falling to bits and they still sounded amazing. I had a loan pair but they were just to big for the room

    I would consider those Belle's at £1,800 or offer an absolute bargain
    Thanks for this. That was my thinking as well and I made the guy an offer but we couldn't quite agree on the price and I thought - what happens if I don't like them and would hate to go through selling again... Do you think that the Belles would be a better choice over Agathons? Obviously, 2 different people would say a different thing...

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