Deaf Row!

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

That's not like you Dan :).

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I know Geoff but im trying to get out now while i can as far far to much good gear is about not being used i still adore it but i must cut down.

Well done Dan I've been through the bargain hunting cold turkey too, feel better for it but I now throw a few hundred into occasional purchases while I would have thought that frivolous a few years ago. The system is sounding better for it mind you :)

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Just trying out my Chinese 5" full range drivers. I bunged them in some spare small Philips reflex boxes for a listen. The sound is way better than anticipated, very transparent and detailed with none of the upper end sizzle I usually hear with twin cone drivers. I reckon a compact 1/4 wave TL box could be the way to go with these.

http://i68.tinypic.com/dmtjci.jpg

http://i66.tinypic.com/25rd1s0.jpg

Are those going to become your main speakers once the Tannoys go?

S.

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Originally Posted by southall-1998_mk2

Are those going to become your main speakers once the Tannoys go?

S.

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Probably not, I have rather a lot of speaker options.

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Just trying out my Chinese 5" full range drivers. I bunged them in some spare small Philips reflex boxes for a listen. The sound is way better than anticipated, very transparent and detailed with none of the upper end sizzle I usually hear with twin cone drivers. I reckon a compact 1/4 wave TL box could be the way to go with these.

http://i68.tinypic.com/dmtjci.jpg

http://i66.tinypic.com/25rd1s0.jpg

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Pretty big magnets

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Originally Posted by spendorman

Pretty big magnets

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Nice alloy basket too, ventilated behind rear spider, plus rubber surrounds. All good.

http://i67.tinypic.com/vsibf4.png

How much were they Geoff?

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Originally Posted by Macca

How much were they Geoff?

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Delivered cost for a pair from China worked out at just over £100.

There's a listing here: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/Aucha...OrigTitle=true

There's a quarter wave horn type enclosure design here if anybody can make sense of it. Not what I'll be using.

http://i66.tinypic.com/69ghz7.jpg

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Delivered cost for a pair from China worked out at just over £100.

There's a listing here: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/Aucha...OrigTitle=true

There's a quarter wave horn type enclosure design here if anybody can make sense of it. Not what I'll be using.

http://i66.tinypic.com/69ghz7.jpg

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Looks a bit like the Hi Fi News Paraline design from the 60's, was a great sounding speaker using an 8" Elac unit (8N148 or 8N185). My pair made a terrific sound from a 1 Watt amplifier that I constructed.

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=89180