Mordaunt Short Pageant Series 2.

[southall-1998]

How much were the Pageant Series 2 when they came out?

[Rare Bird]

Hi Shane
Not sure, but if anyone has an Hi-Fi rag from around 1976, they could tell you. I have a pair of Pageant 2' boxed in the lock Up..I thought they were a great speaker, the 'DSB208' Bass units sounded superb..

I put the owners handbook together with a scan of the aluminium back plate, up in the library if your intrested..

[southall-1998]

Awesome...Thanks for that!

[DSJR]

Around £120 the pair IIRC.. When the Mission 770 cost this much, the Pageant prices had shot up I think.

Wish I'd kept all the KJ catalogue/price-lists I had, but I think I gave and chucked a whole load of printed stuff away when Dad moved home in 1999 :(

[Rare Bird]

You need a pair of Mordaunt-Short 'Signifers' Shane :eyebrows: they use the same bass unit as the Paegant.. :thumbsup:

[southall-1998]

You need a pair of Mordaunt-Short 'Signifers' Shane :eyebrows: they use the same bass unit as the Paegant.. :thumbsup:

They sure look good...Are they easy to drive?

[Rare Bird]

Um.. id personally use an amp with a bit of juice..

[The Grand Wazoo]

Um.. id personally use an amp with a bit of juice..

Hahaha - You are a bleeding star Andre!

[walpurgis]

Hi Andre, I seem to remember the 'Signifier' as being a three way speaker with a 12" bass driver and a midrange cone with surrounds that crumbled away after about three years.

http://i49.tinypic.com/13z7hu1.jpg

It was a decent speaker, but not a patch on the Spendor S100, which was about the same size and price back then.

Geoff.

[DSJR]

The Signifer was a bit "dry" and over-damped sounding, but basically very well behaved. A "bit of juice" would definitely wake 'em up :)

[Rare Bird]

Hi Andre, I seem to remember the 'Signifier' as being a three way speaker with a 12" bass driver.


they use the same bass unit as the Paegant.. :thumbsup:

Why on earth did io say this :scratch: i must be loosing it :(

[Mr Kipling]

Looking in the 1980 November issue of Hi-Fi Answers, Sevenoaks Hi-Fi lists:

Pagents £159.95
Festivals £114.95
Carnivals £89.95

These must have been discounted prices as Mordaunt Shorts' own ad lists them at £206, £138 and £104 excluding V.A.T. The Signifers are listed at £608 excluding V.A.T.

Sorry about picture quality but the ad is a tad faded. Tried to sharpen them up a bit.

[walpurgis]

Why on earth did io say this :scratch: i must be loosing it :(

I don't think you're supposed to get on the brandy this early, it's meant to go over the Christmas pud.

[loonytunes]

Hi Shane
Not sure, but if anyone has an Hi-Fi rag from around 1976, they could tell you. I have a pair of Pageant 2' boxed in the lock Up..I thought they were a great speaker, the 'DSB208' Bass units sounded superb..

I put the owners handbook together with a scan of the aluminium back plate, up in the library if your intrested..

I'm interested! I can't find a manual anywhere! I am currently listening to a pair and find them astoundingly good! I just wanted a clear reference of what the toggle switches do and I am missing the aluminium back plate on my example pair. Sounding great driven by a Pioneer A-300R Precision right now.

[Haselsh1]

I remember back around 1977 having a demo of the then Pageants against IMF Super Compacts. I still to this day cannot understand why I bought the IMF's.

:doh:

[Haselsh1]

I don't think you're supposed to get on the brandy this early, it's meant to go over the Christmas pud.

:lol:

[Trickie_Dickie]

I bought my first pair at LASKYS in Slough early 80s for £150. They were originally priced by them at £289. I bought a second pair off Ebay 2 or 3 years ago for 30quid. Excellent speakers. They came joint third in a survey of 30 speakers in HiFi News (or was it HiFi Answers) back in the late 70s. Very similar to the BBC Monitor Speakers LS3/5A but 10 times more sensitive.
The toggle switches on the back trim the response. L/H switch is for Mid range * R/H switch is for Top range.

[Sherwood]

I bought my first pair at LASKYS in Slough early 80s for £150. They were originally priced by them at £289. I bought a second pair off Ebay 2 or 3 years ago for 30quid. Excellent speakers. They came joint third in a survey of 30 speakers in HiFi News (or was it HiFi Answers) back in the late 70s. Very similar to the BBC Monitor Speakers LS3/5A but 10 times more sensitive.
The toggle switches on the back trim the response. L/H switch is for Mid range * R/H switch is for Top range.

Sorry, this is not true. I bought a pair of Rogers LS3/5a's 40 years ago. I also auditioned a pair of Pageants as a possible alternative to the LS3/5a's. They sounded nothing like the Rogers. I'm not saying the MS were not good, but they sounded completely different.

Geoff

[Trickie_Dickie]

Well, I like them.

[walpurgis]

Sorry, this is not true. I bought a pair of Rogers LS3/5a's 40 years ago. I also auditioned a pair of Pageants as a possible alternative to the LS3/5a's. They sounded nothing like the Rogers. I'm not saying the MS were not good, but they sounded completely different.

Geoff

Correct.