RA at Cash Converters

[icehockeyboy]

My local cash converters have a pair of Russ Andrews speakers in stock, but their website doesn't mention them at all.

Anyone know anything about them?

[Martyn Miles]

I would be VERY CAREFUL of ANYTHING Russ Andrews has been near.



He sells a Spendor BC1 Upgade Kit, for modifying Spendor BC1s by re-jigging, etc. them 'To sound better' (!!) than the normal BC1s.

I think he is a 'Wide Boy' like the dreaded Alan Sugar.

I would avoid anything by him.
His 'Crogenically treated fuses' for instance.
Have you seen the cost ?

When I worked at Oxford Chemistry I cryogenically treated two 10 amp. fuses in
liquid Nitrogen.





It made no difference to the sound quality of my audio system.

Caveat Emptor, my friends

[Spectral Morn]

I would be VERY CAREFUL of ANYTHING Russ Andrews has been near.



He sells a Spendor BC1 Upgade Kit, for modifying Spendor BC1s by re-jigging, etc. them 'To sound better' (!!) than the normal BC1s.

I think he is a 'Wide Boy' like the dreaded Alan Sugar.

I would avoid anything by him.
His 'Crogenically treated fuses' for instance.
Have you seen the cost ?

When I worked at Oxford Chemistry I cryogenically treated two 10 amp. fuses in
liquid Nitrogen.





It made no difference to the sound quality of my audio system.

Caveat Emptor, my friends

Martyn calling anyone a 'wideboy' could well be seen as suggesting criminal dubious activity - that is a very dodgy thing to say about anyone online or in person - for reasons I don't think I need to spell out.

You don't rate RA products, many people do - that is about all you or anyone can say without stepping into a potential legal mess.

Hopefully someone else can offer the OP actual help based on the question asked.

[Martyn Miles]

Martyn calling anyone a 'wideboy' could well be seen as suggesting criminal dubious activity - that is a very dodgy thing to say about anyone online or in person - for reasons I don't think I need to spell out.

You don't rate RA products, many people do - that is about all you or anyone can say without stepping into a potential legal mess.

Hopefully someone else can offer the OP actual help based on the question asked.

Point taken.

[Pieoftheday]

My local cash converters have a pair of Russ Andrews speakers in stock, but their website doesn't mention them at all.

Anyone know anything about them?

I think he may have designed his own a while back, I used to get his connected booklet sent to me after I'd bought some cables and Im sure they were in it, shortish floorstanders with biggish drivers?

[Arkless Electronics]

I would be VERY CAREFUL of ANYTHING Russ Andrews has been near.



He sells a Spendor BC1 Upgade Kit, for modifying Spendor BC1s by re-jigging, etc. them 'To sound better' (!!) than the normal BC1s.

I think he is a 'Wide Boy' like the dreaded Alan Sugar.

I would avoid anything by him.
His 'Crogenically treated fuses' for instance.
Have you seen the cost ?

When I worked at Oxford Chemistry I cryogenically treated two 10 amp. fuses in
liquid Nitrogen.





It made no difference to the sound quality of my audio system.

Caveat Emptor, my friends

+1!

[YNWaN]

RA did do a two way speaker for a while that had a Volt mid/bass driver (10" I think) coupled to a ribbon tweeter via a single capacitor crossover - if it is those they are worth investigating if only for the drive units.

http://theaudiophileman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/01f228_db291b2249cf454baa95179f2e43438f.jpg

[walpurgis]

RA did do a two way speaker for a while that had a Volt mid/bass driver (10" I think) coupled to a ribbon tweeter via a single capacitor crossover - if it is those they are worth investigating if only for the drive units.

Sounds like an interesting design. Seems to ring a bell from the past. Yes, they sound worth checking out. If they have Volt drivers, they are likely to be damn heavy!

[Ammonite Audio]

A Visaton tweeter, IIRC.

[Martyn Miles]

+1!

Thank you.

You are some who knows about Audio.
Understatement.
Know a lot !

[WAD62]

My local cash converters have a pair of Russ Andrews speakers in stock, but their website doesn't mention them at all.

Anyone know anything about them?

Yeah! If they're at cash converters they're probably stolen! The UKs 2nd biggest 'fence' after ebay...perhaps ;)

[icehockeyboy]

I think he may have designed his own a while back, I used to get his connected booklet sent to me after I'd bought some cables and Im sure they were in it, shortish floorstanders with biggish drivers?

No.

Small standmounters with pre screwed holes for mounting on some kind of stand

[Macca]

Yeah! If they're at cash converters they're probably stolen! The UKs 2nd biggest 'fence' after ebay...perhaps ;)

I know we always joke about it, 'Crack Convertors' is my favourite, but doesn't anyone selling to them has to provide ID and proof of address and such like? I used to know a bloke who had a junk shop and plod were always on his case about keeping records of what he bought from whom.

I know that's not foolproof or anything but I'm pretty sure you can't just wander in and sell them a mobile phone or something without producing some docs.