I bought these. they are down the road and worth renovating (I hope!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigman80
just need to get planning permission from the enemy
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I bought these. they are down the road and worth renovating (I hope!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigman80
just need to get planning permission from the enemy
Outstanding bargain !!
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AR7 speakers. Similar problem here.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ac...wAAOSwOgdYxUyV
No original drive units! Just cheapo replacements.
http://i66.tinypic.com/hwijvl.jpg
Again. Ruined speakers, only fit for the skip!
I hope so. my speaker purchases just get bigger and bigger!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigman80
I saw them pop up and did a bit of reading. hopefully they should not be too expensive to sort (if indeed they need sorting) compared to what they are worth.
I will let you know how I get on...
Funny enough I did wonder about the bass units with the red ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
On a different subject I nearly bought an SME V Tonearm for under £1300 from eBay last night, unsurprisingly it was sold when I looked a short time later.
A known seller and would have sold it for less outwith eBay. Never mind wasn't really needing it 😉
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Are they correct bass/mid. drivers ?Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
If so, they might be worth a punt if you could source two AR tweeters.
I don't know if they're available though...
Unfortunately, no!Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn Miles
Maybe not a bargain (I wouldn't know lol:D) but a set of serious looking pro Tannoys here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-Stu...item4b141d5b08
:stalks::stalks::eek:
Interesting that on the spec sheet they talk about 'apparent acoustic source'. 221mm behind the baffle. I have not seen that quoted before. Is it common to quote that for studio speakers? Or domestic speakers? Very precise measurement too. If I had to guess at mine it would be at least 300 mm. Difficult to judge really. How do they measure it so accurately?
Presumably the depth from the front of the cone to the back of the compression driver. Shouldn't be too difficult to measure. Not sure why anybody would actually need that bit of info though.Quote:
Originally Posted by RMutt
Although, giving a it a bit more study I find actually sat here listening that now some sounds are behind and some in front of the baffle.
Ahh. In that case perhaps I misinterpreted what was being stated. I was thinking of the illusory depth of the sound source. Which obviously changes from recording to recording. Thanks Geoff.
I don't know if you use Tannoys Andrew, but good ones definitely do portray image depth very well. If the acoustic in a recording has sounds 'to the back of the stage', they will sound like that and in some cases seemingly totally away from the speaker too.Quote:
Originally Posted by RMutt
No l have Goodmans Magisters. I have never had Tannoys. I think that the issue I have is that I find it difficult to 'feel' the sound source going back beyond the wall behind the speakers. It's an almost psychological barrier. Perhaps easier in the dark! Or with my eyes shut.
Ha. I know the Magisters. They are good fun in a big beefy way. Not the greatest at imaging though. A good pair are well worth hanging onto.
There's a good dodge with those. Pick up a pair of Celestion HF1300 tweeters, preferably 16 ohm. Wire them in parallel to the main speaker terminals with a capacitor of around 2uF in series and sit them one on top of each the main speaker cabinets, pointing upwards. It may seem unlikely, but it adds huge ambience and acoustic. It works with the Magnums too. If the effect is too pronounced, halve the capacitor value.
Thanks for the dodge Geoff, although I have to say they are already far from original. Having thought about the original statement I was struggling to make with regard to depth in the image. I think an analogy with film or television might be apt. If you watch a film of a road going into the distance, you are aware that you are looking at maybe many miles of depth in the image, but also aware at the same time that you are looking at a screen just a few feet away. Both 'realities' co- exist. I think that is what happens with sound when I sit in front of my speakers. There is depth, but at the same time I know where the sound is coming from. I have not heard huge amounts of speakers, but certainly none that just disappear.
so... it turns out these are sony ss7000. they are in pretty good nick, but I am going to open them up on the weekend to see what the surrounds and es panels are like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xapito
the mrs has flat-out played the vito card...
Picked this up for £20 today on fleabay. No idea if its good or bad but nothing ventured, nothing gained
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That's what I said until I heard some Martin Logan ElectrostaticsQuote:
Originally Posted by RMutt
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I don't get this. Why would a single blank cassette tape be worth £160? Crazy!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-RAR-D...0AAOSw03lY5AA3
Because it's very RAR! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
has the bandwagon finally stopped?
this has been around for 3 weeks and not sold,reduced price now but still well over the odds.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2726227480...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
this on the other hand may be worth a punt.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mission-77...3D272622748012
He keeps trying at too high a price, last 6 or 7 have finished at around 195-235.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
The 2nd one was edited to allow returns, be interesting to see it's end price as I don't think it's as bad as he makes out, just covering himself to avoid a refund I think.
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i dont think its that bad either,a few re-tapped threads isn't major.it will put a lot off though,could be a bargain for someone.
Wow that's a lot of kit for 1,000. The record player looks fairly nice! And the reel to reel should be worth something? There's even an equalizer in there! And I haven't seen one of those mass storage CD players in forever. Looks like someone died? And the widow is cashing out!Quote:
Originally Posted by martian sunrise
Pretty decent DAC going cheap here. Ideal for CD. Ends very shortly!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alchemy-Di...wAAOSw2gxYzoPk
ive still ot my v1.0 excelent sounding dacsQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
you dont see these very often!!
https://www.gumtree.com/p/speakers/m...ers/1233130481
5 miles down the road from me too.
Decent speaker. Probably well worth that kind of money. Mid units prone to surround rot, but fixable.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
when i had my pageants i lusted over finding a pair of these,i would have been round there like a shot back then.
Buy them! Superb speaker that deserved much more success than it had.
i think 2 pairs is enough for me at the moment,lol
yes, very nice, and probably worth that. if they were around here i might be tempted to sell something lol
They are in a different league to the Pageants, a serious attempt at a wider bandwidth, lower colouration speaker. I had the use of a pair for a few weeks years ago and really enjoyed them. IIRC these were about £600 when the Pageant was about £170.... They would be probably £3K ish today!Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
+1!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
I reckon they'd beat your Ditton 66's ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
they may well do,im seriously enjoying the monitor audio's at the moment :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics
i thought you didnt rate the tweeter jez,fizzy i believe was the word you used.
It sounded fine in this application IIRC, but these are 3 way and the mid unit will be handling some of the range which the Isophon would if in a 2 way.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
Think Spendors/Rogers BBC but on steroids with much greater power handling, bass extension and oomph if you've never heard them before... This is of course from memory and a long time ago... If I were in your shoes I'd get them and then decide which set to sell on as I don't think you would loose money on these or the MA's... No idea what the 66's stand you at...
your a very bad man!
im viewing them tomorrow :)
Very nice indeed. The bass unit surrounds look like they've been replaced but it looks like a decent job and they look very nice generally.
Mine will look like that again, too, one day! They don't at the moment, sadly...
I nearly bought a pair many years ago. Though I ended up with a pair of Chartwell PM400 speakers instead for some reason, which were even bigger. They were good, but I never did find the bigger speaker I actually wanted, the original Spendor S100 (I'd still like a pair actually :)).
well im just off to look at them now.:)
:popcorn:
:cool:
Hells bells, someone got a bargain.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOSHIBA-RE...UAAOSwSypY9zdR
Nah. "no sound from record" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nickfna
these things are bloody monsters!!
You gave in then....Well done sir!Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
did ya get em?Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123