Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

Nice buy, well done.

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Originally Posted by martian sunrise

i emailed the seller this afternoon. they were michael palin/monty python's speakers at some point in their life and the seller needed to move then on as quick as possible, i gave him a reasonable offer and he has accepted.

pick them up tomorrow! can't really afford it and ill need to shift some gear on, but i have wanted to see what the tannoy noise is all about.

exciting...

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Nice. You'll like those.

The HPD 295A driver is a beautiful thing and a proper member of the true 'pepperpot' dual concentric family, it is basically a 12" Monitor Gold with a ten inch chassis and cone. The rubber cone surrounds never seem to wear out either.

They need to be on stands though, get them up highish on something stable with the central tweeter at or just below ear height when you are seated.

The rear connections are bare wire spring clips and a bit of a pain, so worth upgrading to 4mm banana socket, unless you're a stickler for originality.

I used mine with the treble controls on level and preferred the grilles off.

Cheers for the advice. I'm hoping they live up to their reputation. If so, I should be able to get at least half of the cost back by selling on the Curas.

I'm not sure if blue grilles and (what looks like) pale green paint is original, so I have no problem changing the clips to decent bananas - I assume it is easy enough?

I'll will also probably place them on some 200mm X 200mm (300mm high) oak beam blocks that I have until I have the means to get some higher stands.

I'll let you know how I get on...

Just looked at the photos again. White cabinets with blue grilles was a standard option. Quite rare though.

The rear connectors look as though they've had the tops broken and just had wires soldered to them. Not a big deal. Banana sockets will be easy to fit, you can just do a wire twist joint for now to try them out. Cover them with insulating tape to avoid shorts.

I've used these in the past, they're OK. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Gold-Sp...0AAOSwzOxUYj2l

What will you be driving the Tannoys with?

Interesting. I saw one speaker had soldered wires hanging off.

I'll be driving them with a pioneer sa-9500 (similar age, I think)

used those too. they are fine and good value.

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Originally Posted by martian sunrise

I'll be driving them with a pioneer sa-9500 (similar age, I think)

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Yeah. The Pioneer dates from about then. You may find that the Eatons want -1 on the treble 'energy' control. Jap amps can sound a little forward at the top with Tannoys I've found. You won't like what the 'roll'off' control does, you lose top end.

Noted - thanks

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Originally Posted by martian sunrise

The holy grail!!! This will go for bazillions: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/leaf-hound...0AAOSw241Yf9xK

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madness!

:stalks::eek: Would rather spend the cash on a new turntable, still each to their own...