montesquieu
03-02-2011, 17:23
The GRFs seem to have lost something .. not sure what .. in my new house, so thinking of going back to my first love which is Quad ESLs. I'm not entirely wedded to selling at the moment, a swop is mainly what I'm looking for.
These GRFs are in birch ply, mahogany stained (though that can be easily changed to any finish you like). The Monitor Gold 15in dual concentric drive units were re-coned and serviced with original Tannoy materials at Lockwood in the summer at a cost of over £600 and are in tip-top condition. They have been fitted with modern crossovers using boutique parts (about £300+ worth of bits alone, all Clarity caps and fancy resistors) and the original crossovers and controls are present and can be refitted if required (they are in perfect working order though I prefer the modern xovers soundwise).
In return I'm looking for a fully serviced pair of 989s, or 63s with full Gradient kit. I might also consider other alternatives such as Apogees, stacked 57s, Avantgardes or some other interesting horn or dipole arrangement. Try me. (Ideally values should be comparable for swop I would say around the £2k mark).
And hurry I might just change my mind if I find a bit of swopping around makes things sound more like they did in the old place!
Pics on this old thread last time I pondered selling, over on the wigwam.
http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?44442-Interest-check-Tannoy-15in-Monitor-Golds-in-GRF-mid-horn-cabinets&highlight=grf
These GRFs are in birch ply, mahogany stained (though that can be easily changed to any finish you like). The Monitor Gold 15in dual concentric drive units were re-coned and serviced with original Tannoy materials at Lockwood in the summer at a cost of over £600 and are in tip-top condition. They have been fitted with modern crossovers using boutique parts (about £300+ worth of bits alone, all Clarity caps and fancy resistors) and the original crossovers and controls are present and can be refitted if required (they are in perfect working order though I prefer the modern xovers soundwise).
In return I'm looking for a fully serviced pair of 989s, or 63s with full Gradient kit. I might also consider other alternatives such as Apogees, stacked 57s, Avantgardes or some other interesting horn or dipole arrangement. Try me. (Ideally values should be comparable for swop I would say around the £2k mark).
And hurry I might just change my mind if I find a bit of swopping around makes things sound more like they did in the old place!
Pics on this old thread last time I pondered selling, over on the wigwam.
http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?44442-Interest-check-Tannoy-15in-Monitor-Golds-in-GRF-mid-horn-cabinets&highlight=grf