Here are some I remember well
Wharfedale Linton
Kef Concerto
Cyrus bookshelf things 780 based I think
Epos ES11
Epos ES14
Rehdeko RK115/5
Rehdeko RK50/4
ML Ascents
Quad ESL 57
Quad ESL 63
I still have 4 of the above
Paul
Printable View
Here are some I remember well
Wharfedale Linton
Kef Concerto
Cyrus bookshelf things 780 based I think
Epos ES11
Epos ES14
Rehdeko RK115/5
Rehdeko RK50/4
ML Ascents
Quad ESL 57
Quad ESL 63
I still have 4 of the above
Paul
Audio Physic Virgo 3
Mission 752
Epos ES11
NVA Cube 2
Celestion 3
Impulse H6
Royd Doublet
AR Red Box
Goodmans Maxim 2
Mission 70 mk2
Just dont ask me to list amps as the list will be twice as long :oQuote:
Originally Posted by mr sneff
IMF Super Compact
QLN Mk1
Linn Kan Mk1
Rogers LS3/5a originals
Castle Harlech
Audio Note AZ-2's
Dali Suite 2.8
Dali Ikon One Mk1
KEF Q500
OK I know that's only nine but that's all I have ever owned since getting into hi-fi in 1978.
Three last ones :
- OB1 (nice but power hungry),
- SHL5 (very nice but I fancied a change),
- Devore Gibbon 88 (current, soooooooooo nice !!!)
Hi well not ten for me but here's the lust:
Mission 70's the original ones
Celestion SL6 the original copper tweeter one still in use and still great
Celestion SL600 awesome vocals but bass what bass !
B&W Matrix 805 with Slate Audio stands these are still remembered fondly
Sonus Faber Alecta Amators 1 and 2 with Iron Wood stands and a Gravis Subwoofer
The 2's and Gravis are my current speakers and won't be replaced untill funds allow for Wilson's or Martin Logan's Yes I know they seems a odd choice for either or !
Yes I had a pair of SL600Si for a couple of years and the bottom end was surprisingly good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush2112
I bought my mint pair from a dealer in Watford for £200 and later sold them on eBay for £700 to a guy who was desperate for a set, not bad going really. He was happy and so was I.
Well the 600's did have some bass but not what I had from the 6's even with the Cliff Stone dedicated Foundation stands. I sold my pair to a friend who had bought a pair of 6000's cheap. Now if anyone tells you bass is not directional try listening to well set up 600's with 6000's it's a revelation !
The two that stick in my mind are, strangely, the biggest and smallest I've ever owned: my current Tannoys and a pair of Harbeth P3s.
Monitor Audio MA3
Nightingale NM point 5
Harbeth P3ES/Xtender *
Proac EBS*
Yamaha NS1000*
Sonus Faber Extrema
Apogee Diva (active)
Goldmund Epilog 1&2*
Tune Audio Anima*
KEF LS50*
Still in stock *
Mordant-Short Pageant ii's
Quad Esl 57's
Stacked Quad Esl 57's
Linn Isobariks
Gennexa lx5 pro
Celestion Ditton 15
Tannoy Monitor Gold 12" with Decca ribbons, silver crossovers.
JBL 4410
Repro Tannoy Autographs, Monitor Red drivers and crossovers
Urei 811's
Wow ! That's a real mix of design approaches to speakers. I can see I am not alone in the view that if it works for you then that's all that matters !
I know JBL were popular over here but i did not know you could buy Urei speakers in UK! However i did own one of their Compressor/Limiters years ago..
I've heard the Mordant Shorts some time ago can't remember much about them but they can't have been bad or I am sure I would remember! The Quads in various guises but not heard them stacked ( I believe ARA of SME was a devotee of stacked Quads ) but always liked them. As for Isobarik's well a friend was a devotee but for me in an all linn activ crossover system etc they were just too full on! In a strange way I preferred his starter system of LP12 LVV A&R P77 feeding A&R A60 and Linn Kan's !
No, he didn't stack them. He used 63s in pairs arranged 90 deg to each other (L-shapes) with whacking great lumps of steel placed on top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush2112
Before that, he used 57s in various arrays including one with 13 (or was it 17?) units arrayed in an arc across the front of the room.
Before he used the 63s, ARA had used two quadruple-stacked 57s at the front and two sideways quadruple- (or it might have been triple-) stacked arrays at the rear.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
B&W DM5
JR149
Rega RS7
Epos ES11
Epos ES14
Proac D28s
And also a pair of tannoy Mercury speakers which were total budget speakers but, combined with a Cambridge Audio amp gave me lots of pleasure in my ealry days when I simply listened to music and not the hi fi!
Well, here's 5x in no particular order (of them all the Sorcerers are my favourites - at the moment!):
Amphion Argon2
Amphion Argon3
Royd Sorcerer (SE spec)
Royd RR3
Royd Sapphire MK1
Well...it does represent 40 years worth. So not a prodigious rate of change. I'm more interested in listening than box swapping, and in their way these are all great communicators. Not making the list were Wharfdale Dovedales, Wharfdale Lintons, Musical Fidelity MC4's and Tannoy DC2000's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush2112
I had two sets of Bariks, one pair with
internal crossovers, one external. My folks have the internal pair, so I still hear them regularly. They're musical and enjoyable, even on the end of some nondescript sony receiver.
Ureis were sold in the british isles, but solely into the professional sector. I think a lot are still in use, but less for monitoring and maybe more for treating clients to an impressive playback. Jbl bought them out, and the b and c series have jbl drivers. The a's I have have selected Altec 604g's, with a sophisticated crossover which is hamstrung by limiters using bulbs and wire wound pots for treble levels. I mounted the crossovers externally and bypassed the 80s bulb bling and pots, reinforced the cabs and took out much of the fiberglass damping. They are very good now, and probably my favourite speaker.
I'm still recovering from seeing Linn Isobaraks placed in the same grouping of speakers that include Quad 57s ! :eek:
One of them are probably the worst speakers I have ever heard, and one of them is probably one of the best speaker systems I have heard.
Thorens TD160, Sme 3009, Ortofon VMS20e (or maybe A&R P77?), Crimson Electric Pre and Power, Quad ESL'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
or, a good few years later,
Lp12/lingo/modded bearing, Naim ARO, Spectral MCR signature, Krell KSL, Krell KSA100, Isobariks
(I'll just mention that compared with the KSA 100 into bariks ANY Naim amp of the time* would be wringing out the wee wee.....)
Er, ?
*and probably now too
Quote:
Originally Posted by DSJR
Fuggin' 'ell - you can add AVI Pro 9's (ugh ugh ugh 'cos they scream), Wharfedale Denton W20 (originals), which are delightful and cover their tracks so well so you don't think anything's wrong until you hear something more modern and Rogers LS5/9's, a not well loved BBC monitor design that NEEDS particular amp characteristics to sound half decent.
Barry, no two pairs of 'briks ever usually sounded the same, at least not until the later ones that used the revised KEF mid driver and the design was incredibly room-challenging. I personally feel that an active set especially (or a VERY carefully chosen passive set) and in a room they like, could sound incredibly good with the right amps, and CB Naim is NOT the right kind of amp for them in my opinion over thirty years later!
some hand made speakers by roland
focal 1028be , for vfm they are exceptional and so very natural
Its Great to see so many people
having spent time with the Epos ES 14
surprised by the lack of certain brands though:scratch:
Paul