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    Quote Originally Posted by wee tee cee View Post
    Colin Topps ( Toppsy)who builds them brought them up with Chris (Stratmangler). A long drive for both of them but greatly appreciated on my part as the postage was going to be eye watering.
    It was no problem for me to deliver them and yes the overall cost of couriering the speakers up to you was a little staggering. It wasn't the cost of shipping them from Lancashire to Glasgow that was reasonable, it was the additional cost of around £130 per speaker the robbing bastards wanted to insure them for £2K

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    Quote Originally Posted by vinylspinner View Post
    That’s good news Colin, would you like me to bring my MK1 set up for comparison?
    You can if you room in the car. Not forgetting you'll have 2 pairs speakers to return with.

    Will you both be wanting a sleepover to help break up the journey?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toppsy View Post
    You can if you room in the car. Not forgetting you'll have 2 pairs speakers to return with.

    Will you both be wanting a sleepover to help break up the journey?
    I can run up in the van if needed, will talk to Geoff about a stop over when he gets back. I will give you a call regarding this at some point, don’t really want to spoil Tony’s thread.

    Nigel

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    Colin and co certainly make some nice looking and sounding speakers

    Bought a pair of the Jenna's last year from Colin (very pleasant experience it was to) and very happy with the look and sound:



    Hope you have many hours of enjoyment listening to your new friends .
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    Quote Originally Posted by gninnam View Post
    Colin and co certainly make some nice looking and sounding speakers

    Bought a pair of the Jenna's last year from Colin (very pleasant experience it was to) and very happy with the look and sound:



    Hope you have many hours of enjoyment listening to your new friends .

    Those do indeed look very nice. Are the Jenna's still in production?

    S.

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    You wont spoil the thread.

    bespoke speakers built to your perimeters.......pretty rare IMHO.

    Colin helps you all the way regards spec and what you hope to achieve.

    Bought my 57s from Colin 5 years ago....me and Lou had travelled down to get them-Coli asked if we had 5 minutes to hear his latest design...

    was blown away!!!

    Im very proud to have Colin invest his abilities and network of friends to have produced these for me.

    they are quite literally fantastic in there ability to produce genre of diverse music- as if they were built for it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post





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    Too busy enjoying the music....

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  8. #38
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    Quote Originally Posted by southall-1998 View Post
    Those do indeed look very nice. Are the Jenna's still in production?

    S.
    Hi Shane,
    We ceased making these a while ago as they cost near as much to make as the basic Edingdales. However I still have a small stock of the drivers so could make up a pair to order.
    I'll have to speak to Scott first as the XO on those was quite complicated and expensive in components so I'll have to see if this can be redesigned to something on the same simpler and less complicated Edingdale topology to keep costs down.

    The only issue I see is you auditioning the speakers as I don't have a Jenna owner anywhere near your neck of the woods.

    They do not have the same performance envelope as the Edingdales with being only 4" mid-woofer drivers so wont go as deep in the bass. Having said that the bass performance is very good for the size of the speakers. Unfortunately one cannot defy the laws of physics.

    Send me a PM or email via the forum and we can chat options and prices.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vinylspinner View Post
    That’s good news Colin, would you like me to bring my MK1 set up for comparison?
    Now then..
    THAT’d be a comparison I’d be interested in!

    Enjoy Tony,
    speakers are about the most important part of the chain imo, and any upgrades I’ve done since getting my Eddies (and some were significant) the speakers stepped up every time.
    If yours are better than the MK1’s, I’ll say again...last speakers you’ll buy.

    Will sound mighty on the end of Mr Wonfor’s latest behemoths!
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  10. #40
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    I can,t wait to hear them and read how the M100 will sound on them. They look great.
    Well done lads.

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