Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

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Originally Posted by spendorman

Strange that they sounded that bad, I have never heard this model, but all the units are quite good. They would have had to do something wrong with the crossover to make a really bad speaker. KEF B200's are still worth a few quid. You will probably sell them on ebay.

On second thoughts, that Peerless tweeter can be off colour for several reasons, that would make a bad sounding speaker.

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cool, i was hoping they would be at least up with my pageants,sadly not, i would like to hear a pair of ms. signifiers though.

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Originally Posted by jamie123

cool, i was hoping they would be at least up with my pageants,sadly not, i would like to hear a pair of ms. signifiers though.

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I've only owned one pair of MS speakers, the MS400's, 13" x 8" EMI + large Peerless soft dome (some were fitted with KEF T15) and Coles 4001G supertweeter, these were pretty good sounding, though I think they would have benefited from a slightly larger enclosure.

funny you say that as i was just looking at a pair on the bay.

Watch out for shrunk surrounds on the extremes of the large axis of the EMI elliptical bass unit.

My friend has done a very effective repair of these on several units.

Extremely rare pair of AR-10Pi speakers

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Originally Posted by Ninanina

Thanks Paul. So better than the 800's ? can you tell me what size the drivers are.. I'm guessing 12"...and are those cabinets suitable for the driver? Thanks again for your help ;)

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The LRMs use a higher resonance version of the driver in my Cheviot II speakers. The LRM has the corrugated hard edge surrounds and the Cheviot II has foam roll surrounds. Otherwise the drivers are to all intents and purposes similar. The bass is more extended with the Cheviot II due to the lower driver resonance and larger cabinet. The overall tonal character is very similar though. These are the best sounding 12" pepperpot Tannoy dual concentric units I've used. Better than the Monitor Gold 12" and HPD 315 models I've had.

As for the System 800 in comparison? They are very different, but just about as good in my opinion. The scale is smaller and the top is marginally smoother I feel, but the SRM/Cheviot II have more mid transparency and a touch more vitality about them (and obviously more 'wallop').

More Tannoys!

A pair of Tannoy Eatons in Welwyn Garden City at a fair price and open to offers. I love these little monitors (had five pairs), they use the HPD 295A alnico pepperpot driver that has non rotting rubber surrounds and seem to last forever. Basically a ten inch version of the 12" Monitor Gold really. Very sweet sounding and surprisingly punchy. Highly recommended as an intro into 'real' Tannoys.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ta...3D181759187248

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Originally Posted by hermit

Extremely rare pair of AR-10Pi speakers

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The state of them!!

S.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pritchard-...p2056016.l4276

I don't know if this is a cheap way of buying some 15" Tannoy's or not...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-i15...item25a7268418