Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

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Originally Posted by struth

Remember baker making drivers around that time as well..

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No, thats not the one.

Yes Comet came of age and screwed everyone up with their selling from hugecwarehouses. I was never out of the one in Edinburgh

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Originally Posted by struth

Remember baker making drivers around that time as well..

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There was a Lasky clearance shop by Tandy and they were selling off Baker, Whiteley Stentorian and Tannoy discontinued stuff back then. Cost me a fortune that shop. A pair of 12" Baker Superb drivers, a pair of 12" Stentorian HF1216 and 10" HF1016 and 8" HF812, plus many crossovers and constant impedance attenuators (may still have a couple). A pair of Tannoy IIILZ speakers and an extra pair of IIILZ drivers.

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Originally Posted by spendorman

Tandy amps and receivers, mainly Realistic named, were generally pretty good. I vaguely remember the name Olson. Rotel RA-611 is getting modern!

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I used to smile at the thought of audio gear being named 'Realistic'. :D

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

There was a Lasky clearance shop by Tandy and they were selling off Baker, Whiteley Stentorian and Tannoy discontinued stuff back then. Cost me a fortune that shop. A pair of 12" Baker Superb drivers, a pair of 12" Stentorian HF1216 and 10" HF1016 and 8" HF812, plus many crossovers and constant impedance attenuators (may still have a couple). A pair of Tannoy IIILZ speakers and an extra pair of IIILZ drivers.

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Sentorian is a blast...they were good..Fane were selling out of such shops a lot as were Goodmans and Elac

I always wanted a pair of those enormous 19" by 14" elliptical bass drivers EMI made. The version with the huge magnets. They were being flogged off cheaply back then, but whenever I spotted some I'd already spent my cash elsewhere. Ended up with 14A770N units instead.

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

I always wanted a pair of those enormous 19" by 14" elliptical bass drivers EMI made. The version with the huge magnets. They were being flogged off cheaply back then, but whenever I spotted some I'd already spent my cash elsewhere. Ended up with 14A770N units instead.

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Think rtvc became more into car audio later on.... I used to ge practical Electronics a lot...made me look smart;) there was usually a copy of H&E inside mind:lol:

Geoff,

There used to be a Tandy shop based in West Ealing. Opposite the McDonald's restaurant. I still remember seeing all the jap crap stuff in there :)

Their hot selling big Jamo speakers had that typical 90's look about them.

S.

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

I always wanted a pair of those enormous 19" by 14" elliptical bass drivers EMI made. The version with the huge magnets. They were being flogged off cheaply back then, but whenever I spotted some I'd already spent my cash elsewhere. Ended up with 14A770N units instead.

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I liked the idea of the 19" x 14" EMI's, have four 14A770c's though. Pretty nice units. EMI drive units were RTV's big seller.

Then there was Lee Electronics just across the road. Lee also sold quite a lot of EMI units. THey did the Hi Fi news system using the 14A770 EMI and a KEF T27

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Originally Posted by spendorman

Then there was Lee Electronics just across the road. Lee also sold quite a lot of EMI units. THey did the Hi Fi news system using the 14A770 EMI and a KEF T27

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That vaguely rings a bell. I recall one of the mags doing a system using a 13" x 8" Fane bextrene coned unit. About the same time the Daline came along.