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    Hi Andrew, I have 100wpc going up them with a damping factor of 200 , unfortunately I don’t have the space in our little room to get them a foot from the wall but I must say I am enjoying them more and more , they certainly don’t have the box sound ( boxy sound ) of the Coles and the soundstage is excellent, at first I thought they were too bright but my ears seem to have adjusted. Yeah they’re enjoyable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andyrlb View Post
    Hi Andrew, I have 100wpc going up them with a damping factor of 200 , unfortunately I don’t have the space in our little room to get them a foot from the wall but I must say I am enjoying them more and more , they certainly don’t have the box sound ( boxy sound ) of the Coles and the soundstage is excellent, at first I thought they were too bright but my ears seem to have adjusted. Yeah they’re enjoyable.
    I'd be careful with 100W/ channel. In 1976 I bought a Quad 405 new. This was the first 'powerful' amplifier that I had. Connected to my home made Colloms Mini Monitors (KEF B200, Celestion HF1300, KEF T27), it was not long before I wound the volume up a bit, sound level did not seem that loud (speakers not very efficient), and one B200 burnt out, the other still worked, but was a bit cooked. I had both B200's rebuilt by KEF. The B100 uses the same voice coil as the B110
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    Quote Originally Posted by spendorman View Post
    I'd be careful with 100W/ channel. In 1976 I bought a Quad 405 new. This was the first 'powerful' amplifier that I had. Connected to my home made Colloms Mini Monitors (KEF B110, Celestion HF1300, KEF T27), it was not long before I wound the volume up a bit, sound level did not seem that loud (speakers not very efficient), and one B200 burnt out, the other still worked, but was a bit cooked. I had both B200's rebuilt by KEF. The B100 uses the same voice coil as the B110

    I appreciate the advice , I never listen loud though especially in such a small room


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    Quote Originally Posted by andyrlb View Post
    I appreciate the advice , I never listen loud though especially in such a small room


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    I have two pairs of JR 149's, their the second version, gold label, fuses on crossover, not bad speakers, better bass than my Chartwell LS3/5a, mid perhaps slightly inferior, but still good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spendorman View Post
    I have two pairs of JR 149's, their the second version, gold label, fuses on crossover, not bad speakers, better bass than my Chartwell LS3/5a, mid perhaps slightly inferior, but still good.
    I’m slightly confused about the label thing ?
    I’ve read that there is a gold label and a red label and confusingly gold logo is also mentioned!
    Mine are clearly mk1’s , when they say red label do they mean the sticker on the base or the jr logo ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by andyrlb View Post
    I’m slightly confused about the label thing ?
    I’ve read that there is a gold label and a red label and confusingly gold logo is also mentioned!
    Mine are clearly mk1’s , when they say red label do they mean the sticker on the base or the jr logo ?


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    Mine have a gold JR logo on the black bass, I understand that the earlier version has this in red.

    One pair of my 149's have red leather inlay in the tops.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spendorman View Post
    Mine have a gold JR logo on the black bass, I understand that the earlier version has this in red.

    One pair of my 149's have red leather inlay in the tops.
    That’s the confusing bit , mine are the earliest version ( I believe) no fuse ! But have the gold logo on the black base which has the red sticker on the underside.
    Oh well I’m understanding all the hype now and loving them .


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    Quote Originally Posted by andyrlb View Post
    That’s the confusing bit , mine are the earliest version ( I believe) no fuse ! But have the gold logo on the black base which has the red sticker on the underside.
    Oh well I’m understanding all the hype now and loving them .


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    Mine have the gold logo as seem in this pic (not mine) http://img.canuckaudiomart.com/uploa...b8bb5a95f1.jpg

    I'll have a look at the bottom of the speakers

    On bottom of speaker, same gold JR logo
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