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MAD
23-02-2010, 02:37
Hi Guys!

This is one of the very best speakers ever made! They are so good! So far I demonstrated them to 5 very picky connoiseurs, installers and reviewers. They were all suprised are the MAD 'CLAPTON' sounded better than some £6k and £12k speakers in every aspect. Before the launch at the Heathrow show in March. I would like to invite some Londoner, Surrey, Sussex & Essex AOS members to have a private audition.:stalks: Let's see what is it!

http://www.madengland.com/homepages/4/d253727295/htdocs/userfiles/image/clapton%20mirror%20image.JPG

My Clapton Loudspeakers

Manufactured and engineered in England – designed at the Newton Institute in London. My Audio Design (MAD) is renowned for the legendary designs it produced. Our proprietary DRC technology, carefully designed components, and ultra precision drive units, make our loudspeakers vanish in your listening room. All you can hear is the music, and your soul, resonate with the passion of the performers.
Our custom design co-axial driver has a mid-bass driver unit with a symmetrical field magnet and dual rear suspension, the surround are carefully treated with NCD for maximum linearity and minimum coloration. The neodymium tweeter is fitted with a special acoustic foam disc behind the waveguide to minimize diffraction problems and give a wide, smooth dispersion. The cabinets are critically damped, and constructed with our proprietary DRC technology that keeps resonance to a minimum. Moreover, these front ported Claptons are amplifier friendly, having a sensitivity of 91db and ultra flat impedance curve – which means they will partner most amplifiers perfectly.

http://www.madengland.com/catalog.loudspeaker.php

The Vinyl Adventure
23-02-2010, 02:45
What's DRC?

MAD
23-02-2010, 02:51
:stalks::eek:
What's DRC?

Damping & Resonace Control Technology, which means using different material in different density to kill resonance and standing wave in different frequency.

The Grand Wazoo
23-02-2010, 08:06
Hi JJ - interesting choice of name. Don't you think it might be open to some less than flattering variations? I hesitate to list the ones that go through my mind for fear of spoiling their sales potential.

You compare them to 6 & 12k speakers - what do they cost?

Marco
23-02-2010, 09:29
Chris,

'JJ' is more often than not referred to as 'Tim' :)

Nice speakers, Tim - are they a homage to Eric? ;)

Marco.

The Vinyl Adventure
23-02-2010, 11:54
:stalks::eek:

Damping & Resonace Control Technology, which means using different material in different density to kill resonance and standing wave in different frequency.

Ah, I should have known :scratch::rolleyes:
I only ask as in the rather snazzy photo it looks a bit like stone?

chrism
23-02-2010, 12:18
Looks like a resin based product similar to the stuff Linn use on the Keilidh bases. Had a look on the web page for prices but the buy it option didn't appear to work.

They look quite small on the photo. Anyone heard them who can confirm the rather splended claims or is it an April 1st only offer?

Regards

Chris

MAD
25-02-2010, 01:37
Looks like a resin based product similar to the stuff Linn use on the Keilidh bases. Had a look on the web page for prices but the buy it option didn't appear to work.

They look quite small on the photo. Anyone heard them who can confirm the rather splended claims or is it an April 1st only offer?

Regards

Chris

Hopefully it will be at one of the room at the London show. The Diamond Signature IC will be on dem at the music first room. I will let you know about the speakers soon. If you come down to London I am more than happy to receive you with clean bass and ultra wide sound stage + nice port (you can have an alcohol type as well):cool:

The price is £1399

MAD
25-02-2010, 01:41
:eyebrows:
Ah, I should have known :scratch::rolleyes:
I only ask as in the rather snazzy photo it looks a bit like stone?

It is in black granite stone finish!

MAD
03-03-2010, 01:29
This is John's experience of the speakers. :lol:

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Last night I went to see Tim and his lovelly wife, as usual we had a good meal and chat. While at Tims place I heard his new standmount speakers (My Clapton Speakers) I was really suprised by the soundstage I love it when speakers disapear and this were like listening to Open Baffles. The speed and detail was pretty high and because of the soundstage they draw you into the music. I think they are so far the best standmounts I heard In the past I had Jamo concerts 8 and Silverline S17 and none came close
I also tried out my copper dac against the Benchmark and was suprised how close they were. The last time I heard a Benchmark I did not like but this time sounded more musical; not enough detailed listening to say which was the better DAC
Anyway I think all in all a good evening
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John
03-03-2010, 05:47
The pictures do not them justice Very nice standmounts well worth a listen

Concerto Audio
03-03-2010, 14:35
Hi Guys
I saw the post from Tim only today.
I visited Tim few weeks ago and had the opportunity to listen to his new invention 'My Clapton' stand mount speakers. It was one of the best stand mount speakers I ever listened to compared to other well known brands. With serious modification to the drive unit to get a wide dispersation I could't believe the sound stage from this tiny stand mount. It is very musical with wide sound stage and well engineered with good controlled bass. Neither was I alone in my admiration,few friends who came with me were totally impressed.

Santosh

MAD
07-03-2010, 13:25
Two years of interesting (meanwhile boring) critical listening, soldering and fine tuning. I am very pleased to hear so far everyone who listened to these speakers were suprised!!! They are one of the best of the best stand mount, and one of the very few beaten the LS 3/5A & ProAC Response 1SC.

MAD
21-03-2010, 16:15
Ah, I should have known :scratch::rolleyes:
I only ask as in the rather snazzy photo it looks a bit like stone?

Are you going to the show?