Wouldn't they complement your Lockwoods and 66s rather well Marco?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
A good pair of Yams are a spectacular speaker!
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Wouldn't they complement your Lockwoods and 66s rather well Marco?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
A good pair of Yams are a spectacular speaker!
This little lot must sound 'wonderful'!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hifi-Speak...item3f3c5284a6
Yes, but I’ve got too many speakers already (Celestion 66s, 15XRs and Lockies). I’d simply have nowhere to put them.
Marco.
Just spotted these rather nice seventies Pioneer speakers. Bet they sound nice. If they were nearer I'd be after them!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Pi...item3f3c5a269e
Cheap reasonable sounding DAC. Not the last word in resolution, but does nothing offensive (nice and small too). OK for the money!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MISSION-DA...item4adb7ce249
These things are never in Scotland:steam:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Meh. The "stand across the room and throw random drive units at a big resonant box" school of loudspeaker design - I'd avoid them if I were you!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Two items of high end Japanese turntable wonderfulness (and, yes, I'm speaking from experience as I own one of each!)
Sony TTS-8000:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-TTS-8...item19f305de83
Aiwa LP-3000: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aiwa-LP-30...item23401c7a20
The strobe issue with the Sony is highly likely to be nothing more than the links connecting the two sides of the double-sided control PCB needing some re-soldering - the strobe lamp on my own deck was originally non-working for this exact reason. The Aiwa is a bit more complex but contains nothing rare or unobtainable and I can provide a copy of the service manual, so who's up for the challenge?! ;)
Having heard quite a few seventies Japanese speakers from the likes of Pioneer, Sansui, JVC and Panasonic/Technics, etc., I'm not convinced these Pioneers would be rubbish. That horn tweeter was pretty good and I've heard the 12" bass driver model with it, probably the next up in the range and it sounded decent enough to me. Back then, Japanese speakers had a slightly different and livlier balance to the rather constrained sound of British 'Bextrene' coned models of the time (yes I know not all used Bextrene).Quote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
Not exactly icons of design though, Adam. The Aiwa has more buttons than I've got fingers and the Sony… is that a spirit level? Looks like it's come off the set of "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea". Doesn't even have an arm!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke