Does this seem cheap to you?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Music-Ange...10266428191%26
..and where do they get 24W output SE from an EL34? :mental:
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Does this seem cheap to you?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Music-Ange...10266428191%26
..and where do they get 24W output SE from an EL34? :mental:
Got one of those s/h a couple of years ago for £30 - The owner "just wanted rid of it."Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebottle
It was pure trash, in a vain attempt to improve it I installed a load of Svetlana valves but it was still awful... One of the worst amplifiers I have ever heard.
£5000 really...?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenco-75-w...item4171765485
Looks like someone got a bargain....http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2810757303...374%26_rdc%3D1
Errr -- I've been more than a bit surprised by these quite cheap interconnects.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2704121195...84.m1439.l2649
If you like a well-focussed and very detailed sound, give them a try! ;)
I like the name! :lol: They should make an angel of death® power cable... I can see it now, fuseless plug/solid copper conductors with "air" insulation...Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
The speakers you always promised yourself!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/speakers-/...item4ac23e4a50
They look like real horrors. Not just one of those awful Piezo tweeters, but five in each cabinet. God knows what these sound like. It doesn't bear thinking about.
They might sound better than Tannoy's. You just never know!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Quite true, one never knows. However, some things are less likely than others.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Gilbert Briggs would turn in his grave if he could see things like this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/wharfdale-...item1e782d02e0
This is the kind of rubbish you see in a box of junk under a table at a boot sale.
Shame seeing a name of such standing associated with tat. Wharfedale were one of The Greats.
I really dislike the re-use of a classic name for selling shite. AR in the USA have gone the same way :(
Someday I will try some IMF Super Compact Speakers.
Nice looking pair here...bit pricey though. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IMF-Super-...item51a98ca672
If they're anything like the TLS50 they will be bloody amazing on the end of a powerful amp.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
From experience you have to be careful with the crossovers, they are perfectly balanced in stock form. I spent £200 on top notch technically superior parts & it ruined the sound :(
Supposed to be quite good http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHARFDALE-...item56542714d8
:doh: There is a pair of them in my father in laws garage. I gave him them years ago for helping me build our house. Never had the courage to ask for them back.Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
Just sitting there covered in a bit of sack cloth......
I wouldn't bother. I've owned them, I suppose they were OK in their day, but nothing special really and that hard paper mid unit makes itself known a bit too obviously.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
And no, they are nothing like the TLS50!
If you want something worthy, how about these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOODMANS-G...item27d0a0998a
Nice, in Ware, Herts.
These are nice, AR4-XA speakers in Oxfordshire. Good little speakers from about 1972, they sound lovely on the end of a valve amp. Cloth roll surrounds that never rot too. Badges missing.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-PAIR-OF-...item19d9c6f822
Your new user name: ''1000speakers'' :DQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
How many speakers have you heard and owned in your whole life?
You seem to have discovered Geoff's new Native American name Shane, 'Listens to a thousand speakers' heheQuote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
I couldn't possibly guess what I've heard. I've owned hundreds of pairs at least and that's not including the ones I've built for myself and other people (at least 50 pairs). And as for amps and TTs, etc., the same applies. I seriously doubt if there are many people outside of trade circles who've had so much gear through their hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Here's a little list of the speaker makes I can remember owning offhand (there'll be more).
Tannoy (obviously), KEF, Videoton, EMI, Sonab, AR, Wharfedale, Lowther, Proac, Cura, Tandberg, Celef, Technics, Goodmans, B&W, Studiocraft, Dynaudio, Mordaunt Short, Celestion, JPI, Mission, Bose, Sony, B&O, Monitor Audio, Phillips, Quad, Eagle, Magnat, Rogers, IMF.
And that lot is just for starters, I expect more will come to mind.
Rogers, Harbeth, Spendor - or not a BBC legacy fan Geoff?Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
No!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
I have no specific allegiances apart from Tannoy.
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Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Then you ought to give hifidave a call and get your derrier in front of a pair of SHL5, to coin a phrase from Oor Rabbie,Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
''But to hear her was to love her, love but her and love for ever''. :)
Werll - they aren't for everyone, Alex. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by wiicrackpot
Mind you, I dislike Tannoys as well! :eyebrows:
I know not everyone's cuppa Jerry, just curious if Geoff had ever tried any. I know you'll disagree (;)) but the SHL5's are still my favourite speakers - although the Tannoy Lancasters you used at Scalford in 2011 ran them close! :lol:
yep - I think our brains are just wired up differently! :)
Hi Jerry,
Did you manage to hear Greg (Nagraboy's) system at Scalford?
He had a DCS Puccini CDP, Nagra MSA power amp and Harbeth Compact 7ES 3 speakers. See this thread on the Wam, here: http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread...-new-power-amp!
To my ears, it sounded stunning, playing a selection of classical music - really very realistic, as one could hear every nuanced scratch and pluck of strings, together with the woody resonance of cellos, almost as clearly as if it were happening in front of you. A friend, who was with me, and I, were in awe! :eek:
I get your dislike of Tannoys, but it's difficult to understand what it is you don't like about Harbeths, which are speakers designed to excel with classical music and the accurate reproduction of all acoustic (non-amplified) instruments :scratch:
Maybe the kit you've heard them with so far just hasn't gelled with them?
Marco.
Very diplomatic of you, i initially typed ''if you don't like the Harbeth sound,blame the source'' but refrained from hitting reply button,Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
don't want no falling out with Jerry, he's a good guy. :D
Umm.
I'm trying to think of a diplomatic way of putting this myself! .... :lol:
Are Harbeths perfect?
No.
Can I hear why some folks love them?
Yes.
For me they lack the verve and intensity of real music.
They do it a lot better than most "BBC Heritage" speakers, most of which I wouldn't give the time of day. God, they are boring once you've gotten over the genuine awe of their flat frequency response. Makes watching paint dry seem a scintillating experience.
.... Spendors, Rogers etc. :zzz:
Harbeths do do it better, but it's still a bit tedious.
I heard that trait as soon as I went into Greg's room at Scalford. Sorry. :o
The 'spang' of a plucked note, say, is there (the detail) but not the dynamic verve that drives it (the pizzaz).
Yes, they are detailed. But for me they lack too much of the underlying dynamic drive that brings music to life.
It's just the way I hear it.
I can't help it, maybe I need medical help. :)
Jeeez Jerry !!, just popped into the HFS forum and you've slipped a cheeky one in, :D fair enough, i know you like things bright, :eek: only joa'kin.:D
I can honestly said there's not much out there that i've listened to that i've not like some aspects of apart from Heresy II, :o
but i have extreme love for Harbs, especially the SHL5 i had the pleasure of owning once. :)
Who? Me?Quote:
Originally Posted by wiicrackpot
Nah, surely not.
I've not been back to that den of idjuts since I did my leetle flounce. :eyebrows:
Fair enough, and that goes for me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by wiicrackpot
I even liked aspects of the Heresy II - a real dynamic bouncy enthusiasm to the sound, even if it was horribly coloured.
Don't get me wrong - I really enjoy what Harbeths do well (to my ears) but I just can't get on with what I hear as the underlying tedium of the presentation, and I would choose not to live with that.
Life's too short for boring hifi! :D
I've had lots of kit that I really enjoyed that was obviously flawed.
You just have to choose the compromises that you are happy with. :cool:
Fairy muff... However, when I was in Greg's room, there was some fairly simple solo cello, violin, etc, being played - nothing which required "pizzaz" - and it sounded extremely realistic (I listen to a lot of real instruments being played, so I know how they are supposed to sound).Quote:
The 'spang' of a plucked note, say, is there (the detail) but not the dynamic verve that drives it (the pizzaz).
Yes, they are detailed. But for me they lack too much of the underlying dynamic drive that brings music to life.
Perhaps it's different when the music is more demanding, which then shows up their lack of "dynamic drive"? It would've been interesting to have heard them reproduce Shossy's 10th!! :eyebrows:
Marco.
eggzaktly :exactly:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Originally Posted by Marco
Thats where i'll have to bow out guys, no classical fan plus i know how to pick my fights. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
any led zep fans out there with deeeeeep pockets
own a lot of 45rpm reissues myself , some sound superb likethe new doors infinite box - but not at this price
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160991266523...84.m1438.l2649
Very good at playing CD's these are http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toshiba-SD...item19d9ce53a8
Exactly James, tis what i use to spin my silver discs, killer transport seemingly if you want to partner it with an outboard DAC.Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
How does it sound as a CD Player on it's own?Quote:
Originally Posted by wiicrackpot
No, very happy with what I've got. You'd have a job to better it!Quote:
Originally Posted by wiicrackpot
I was informed that my Toshiba HD E-1 would do the same, never followed it up, should I?
Stellar, most of what peeps posts about top notch C.D. players apply,Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
i've never had the urge to change to anything the 7 or so years i've had it, but most importantly it's never missed a beat,
reads anything you throw at it and that transport never missed a beat, all for the £80.00 it owes me. :)
Geoff, i am sure you love what your favoured speakers do and so do i,;) but there's room at the top for both brands. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Decent looking KEF 104 AB speakers in Epping. May go cheap!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-KE...item4d0a66a2e7
There is cheaper version :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RF-Coaxial...item2321628d8a
Ooooh! Look, very rare, very sought after, Goodmans 12" Triaxiom dual concentric/coaxial drivers in original cabinets with ARU unit in back. I expect these will go for a fortune.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Go...item5aee8afa02
Vintage Rotel 610 integrated amplifier in very nice condition. Was top of the UK range early seventies. Decent, well made amp!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rotel-amp-...item41717f93c4
Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh :eyebrows:
However people prefer the 'RA-310' because it doesnt have the 'RA-610' sliders
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Originally Posted by walpurgis
They will now you have told everyone :lol:
I know, Geoff is too bloody fast with himself :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonboy
I personally don't care, as I don't want them, nice as they are. My Tannoys are better (and I keep quiet about the stuff I'll bid on).Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998