Living Voice Tone Scouts

[Thebiglebowski]

Latest setup now includes Tone Scouts and bloody hell they're cracking speakers

Living Voice Tone Scout speakers
Border Patrol SE300B amp
Audio Note Japan M7 silver sound preamp
Aesthetix Romulus CDP & DAC
Thorens TD124 with tenuto platter
FR64s tonearm with Arche Headshell
Audio Note Io Gold cart
Audio Note AN-S8 step up

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[struth]

A lovely setup. Well layed out too

[Ali Tait]

Very nice indeed Chris!

[Puffin]

Proper speakers! I would love to hear these.

[Sixty2]

I’m Green with envy!! What a wonderful system Chris. I heard a pair of Tone Scouts at Definitive many years ago. Wonderful speakers.

[Ali Tait]

Drooled over them and the Partners back in the day. Could never have afforded them though.

[Audio Al]

I'm impressed Chris , They look awesome :)

[ovlov854]

Glad you bought the Romulus..............was it "blown" your way from Bath??:D
SWMBO threatened all sorts of unspeakable thing when she saw me looking at it
Wonderful system now btw

[graham67]

Awesome system, Chris :stalks:

[Barry]

Beautiful set up there Chris. :)

I'm intrigued by your use of a 'tenuto platter'. Does this replace the original TD124 platter, or is it a 'mat' replacing the original rubber mat (and slip platter)?

[graham67]

Hi baz,
The tenuto is used instead of a mat and sits on top of the original platter. I have one too and find it invaluable in lifting the performance a Garrard 401.

[Barry]

Cheers Graham. :)

[chris@panteg]

Very nice indeed, the Border Patrol is a perfect partner for the scouts

[Jimbo]

Great looking system, and those speakers are beasts! Bet they sound great?

[anubisgrau]

what price air partners and air scouts go for these days?

i won a bid for air partners many years ago on ebay, sadly i found out some minor issues with them when i went to collect so we agreed to terminate the purchase. they were about 5k euro.

never got over if i made a mistake or not....

[hornucopia]

Glad you bought the Romulus..............was it "blown" your way from Bath??:D
SWMBO threatened all sorts of unspeakable thing when she saw me looking at it
Wonderful system now btw

Imagine MY wife, when I told her I was thinking of getting Klipschorns (again! I had some for 17 years until moving to current , split-level house)
She's not at all keen about my current Opera Consonance horns, which are similar size to the Scouts
http://opera-consonance.com/products/images/Accessory/M15-20th/M15-20th.jpg

[Parkie37]

That looks fabulous! I imagine that it is musical as all get out.

[Thebiglebowski]

what price air partners and air scouts go for these days?

i won a bid for air partners many years ago on ebay, sadly i found out some minor issues with them when i went to collect so we agreed to terminate the purchase. they were about 5k euro.

never got over if i made a mistake or not....

Yikes, if they were Air Partners 5k euro is an absolute bargain. Even in bad condition you are unlikely to find air partners for less than £15k. Kevin is selling a pair of Air Scouts with new crossovers for £15k at the moment but I didn't pay anywhere near that for mine.

The next thing I'll be doing is asking Kevin to make some new crossovers for mine.

[Metlor]

https://www.the-ear.net/features/25-years-living-voice

An interesting read ��

[Macca]

I remember Dominic Baker reviewing the Tone Scouts for Hi-Fi World back when they came out, I think 1993 or 1994. Must still have that issue somewhere.

Always wanted to hear some, I'd guess they re-define 'effortless'.

[jahsavage]

I remember hearing those Air Scouts at a HiFi show in London. I noted to myself I must try and get a pair one day.
I did eventually have a set of the Border Patrol P20s and the Living Voice OBXs but I remember the amplifier used to take too long to come on song.

Looks like a great system, I would love to hear it one day.

Paul, Somerset

[speedracer]

Looks fantastic Chris, Robin & I would love to hear your current set up (hint hint).

:)