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thrunobulaxx
07-08-2008, 09:41
Back in the 80`s when i wasn`t so settled i had a little portable system made up of a Sony pro walkman and a set of A & R "powered partners" heavy little wedge shaped actives with seperate amps in each in a sturdy aluminium case, they had 4" long throw woofers with magnets almost as big as the cones and gave exceptional bass for such a small unit.
You could power them with mains or 12v dc, and they sounded superb, i sold mine on when i settled down and got back the £235 i paid for them 8 yrs earlier, but regreted it when i got a PC.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb43/thrunobulaxx/51YQ2BXW25L__SL500_AA280_.jpg

I was pleased to see that Advent had baught the rights to make them again and you can now get them from amazon but only amazon in America, i tried to buy a set yesterday and they wont ship them here :steam:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005LACB/ref=cm_rdp_product/002-1329566-7917620

At the current exchange rate they are half what i paid back in the 80`s and well worth it if you want something for your PC or traveling with to plug the i pod into.

35 watts each shielded and built like little tanks with bass and treble adjustment.
I loved them:)

Peter Stockwell
07-08-2008, 11:43
Don't know what happened to mine, but I went through some downsizing, from Klipsch to AR powered partners aover a couple year period in the late 80s. The did sound good, I was using mine in the end with a "small" subwoofer, not really a sunwoofer but a kind of bass box. Think I used a nice valve pre-amp into them as well.

cheers