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They are bloody big ( not klipsch huge before someone says that )
45kg each and just a tad under 1 metre tall .
1970’s
British
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not many companies built cases that way so should be identifiable... cerwin maybe... and a few others
not many companies built cases that way so should be identifiable... cerwin maybe... and a few others
Not Cerwin Grant , they are British .
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They’re meant to sit on these but how the hell you’re meant to do is beyond me https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220708/c1d46ea06879c98d59e9de4cc0c3481f.jpg
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no i didnt think they were but they made cabs with the short tops and sides that went higher. quite rare tbh. ferguson did some, and the company that made the 1/2 wave speakers.. but they were fairly rare.. more like 50/60's in style, so maybe a very small company at time
no i didnt think they were but they made cabs with the short tops and sides that went higher. quite rare tbh. ferguson did some, and the company that made the 1/2 wave speakers.. but they were fairly rare.. more like 50/60's in style, so maybe a very small company at time
Getting hot mate, if I show you the drivers you’ll likely know immediately , as the seller didn’t know what they were I had to do some research before I found out .
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walpurgis
08-07-2022, 16:32
Nightingales? Early Cambridge TL's?
Nightingales? Early Cambridge TL's?
I thought you’d know Geoff but yes TL’s [emoji3]
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Nightingales? Early Cambridge TL's?
yeah tl 200's maybe
Nop
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There was a discussion on here a year ago about some of these , and you took part Geoff
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Lawrence001
08-07-2022, 16:48
Size wise they look like Cambridge R40s but they didn't have the same bases.
Size wise they look like Cambridge R40s but they didn't have the same bases.
That’s what I thought they were Lawrence .
I have another similar smaller pair too but we’ll get to them once I recover from lifting these things from the van
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IMF was my first thought but that's too obvious.
IMF was my first thought but that's too obvious.
I had hoped they were imf’s initially, I don’t know how these would stack up against the biggest imf’s .
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Here you go , the final clue and the give away…
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My only other guess then is Radford.
Edit - Clearly not now you've put the pic up
was gonna say kef
Nope , well some Kef drivers yes
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They are P Atkinson sota tl
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But what the hell are these ? A kit ? Or just something homemade?
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they look homemade tbh... maybe a kit.
or Atkinson sota transmission line? home built of course
Lawrence001
08-07-2022, 18:11
But what the hell are these ? A kit ? Or just something homemade?
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Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLook like Kefkit 3 drivers (but not the baffle) so maybe Kef Constructor series drivers in a DIY cabinet. The B139s were designed to be ported is there one at the back? Not sure how they'd behave in an infinite baffle enclosure.
Lawrence001
08-07-2022, 18:11
They are P Atkinson sota tl
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkAs in State of the Art was it Hifi Answers the design appeared in?
As in State of the Art was it Hifi Answers the design appeared in?
Yes it was .
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As in State of the Art was it Hifi Answers the design appeared in?
hifi news i think.
They are P Atkinson sota tl
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I have heard them - Scalford show 2012. Run off of a Nakamichi Dragon tape deck, forget what the amp was but one of the best sounds of the show.
Owner was an elderly gent, the tapes were copies he'd made off his Linn LP12.
You got a good one there.
I have heard them - Scalford show 2012. Run off of a Nakamichi Dragon tape deck, forget what the amp was but one of the best sounds of the show.
Owner was an elderly gent, the tapes were copies he'd made off his Linn LP12.
You got a good one there.
Might have been the gentleman that owned these , recently deceased [emoji20]
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Does anyone recognise the other speakers?
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But what the hell are these ? A kit ? Or just something homemade?
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They look like the KEF 'Kit' speaker to me.
They look like the KEF 'Kit' speaker to me.
I agree, did they have any kind of name or numbers for the kits ?
The Atkinsons sound very nice and very efficient
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another home build i'm thinking.
Look like Kefkit 3 drivers (but not the baffle) so maybe Kef Constructor series drivers in a DIY cabinet. The B139s were designed to be ported is there one at the back? Not sure how they'd behave in an infinite baffle enclosure.
No ports
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I agree, did they have any kind of name or numbers for the kits ?
The Atkinsons sound very nice and very efficient
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There was Kit 1, 2 and 3 I think, but it's really before my time. A friend had a set he'd got off his dad, this is thirty years ago now. They were pretty good too.
I reckon these better my 107.2’s tbh , they are bloody fantastic.
Trouble is the wife is away for the weekend and hasn’t seen them yet ! They do take over the room a bit [emoji1787]
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I know what she'll say [emoji1787]
Yep I thought they were corking. They don't sound 'vintage' either do they?
Yep I thought they were corking. They don't sound 'vintage' either do they?
I’ve never heard anything like them , string sections sending a shiver down my neck , and the bass is to die for .
Speaker heaven ( apart from their looks and size )
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walpurgis
08-07-2022, 19:04
Few tweeters get anywhere near the treble transparency the HF1300 tweeters seem to achieve.
Anyone coming past Milton Keynes? I need someone else’s opinion on these
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Lawrence001
09-07-2022, 10:05
If you like them it's all that matters. I loved my (DIY) R50s and IMF TLS80s, I would have kept them if I could.
If you like them it's all that matters. I loved my (DIY) R50s and IMF TLS80s, I would have kept them if I could.
Well the wife FaceTimed me last night and when I showed them to her she was having none of it [emoji20], can’t say I blame her as they’re not the most attractive or inconspicuous. So they’re now upstairs in the little box room ! Definitely not suitable placement.
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spendorman
19-08-2022, 13:45
As in State of the Art was it Hifi Answers the design appeared in?
Was in Hi Fi News I believe. Somewhere I uploaded the crossover diag to The Art Of Sound.
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