10 enjoyable speakers you've owned

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Originally Posted by Andre

Anyone who slates 70's/80's Castles are simply as deaf as ferk.

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I would agree.

However, I think the "70's/80's" bit is key - i.e. an era when 'speakers were speakers', and not some of the pish purporting to be speakers that are made these days....

Hey, even Briks and Kans were made during that era!

Perhaps Colin is referring to post-1980s Castles? If so, I can see where he's coming from - they're not the same company now :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Andre

Do you have a picture of yours?

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should be a pic or two in my profile thingy

Mine may be S1 not MK1 as they are from the 90s - quarter wavelength just over a metre tall.

Doesn't say S2 on the plaque it just has Castle Howard that's why I thought they'd be mk1 and I know they're taller than the S3

The position of the terminals is different to the S2

Mine were bought before the sellout, as were my Richmond 3s they are not 3i as the new ones are designated.

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Originally Posted by Batty

should be a pic or two in my profile thingy

Mine may be S1 not MK1 as they are from the 90s - quarter wavelength just over a metre tall.

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Aha didnt think they were Mk.I's. I have no time for modern Castles.

I believe Peter Comeau is designing the new Castle speakers now.

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Originally Posted by Barry

The arragement ARA used with his fourteen 57's was two vertical stacks of 4 each side at the front, with two arrays of three speakers each at the rear. The speakers at the rear being rotated through 90 degrees, so they were on their sides; or if you will, a horizontal assembly of three speakers each, the entire assembly orientated vertically. I assume this was done to 'diffuse', or ameliorate the treble beaming, prevalent with these speakers.

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I new someone would know for sure, i got a bit of it right :doh:

These are in order from 1975, and are ones Ive enjoyed the most.
Wharfdale Linton 3xp
Big Marantz 3 way with 12" bass
Mission 770 mk 2
Kef Coda mk2
Mission 70 mk2
Monitor Audio 352 MD
Leak Sandwich This is when I got into Valves about 1994
Tannoy Lancaster 15" Golds
Tannoy Devon mk1
Tannoy Berkley mk1
Tannoy Arden mk1

These are others Ive owned and enjoyed but only stayed in the system for Months not years.
Kef Concerto original
Sequence Model 20
Rogers Export Monitor
Mission 737 Renaissance

The best Speaker Ive owned (put together) is Tannoy Arden, Compression driver disconnected ,Speaker wire direct to Bass Driver (no crossover) with Vitavox GP 1 in Fane single cell Horns with Monacor DNH 185 high pass filter.

Am currently using my Sons Monitor Audio r 852 md whilst saving to get my HPD,s reconed. Theyr sounding very good on the end of my Croft Micro and Radford STA 25.

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Originally Posted by Barry

The arragement ARA used with his fourteen 57's was two vertical stacks of 4 each side at the front, with two arrays of three speakers each at the rear. The speakers at the rear being rotated through 90 degrees, so they were on their sides; or if you will, a horizontal assembly of three speakers each, the entire assembly orientated vertically. I assume this was done to 'diffuse', or ameliorate the treble beaming, prevalent with these speakers.

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I was told many years ago that there was time delay applied to amps for the rear stacks.

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Originally Posted by Andre

Aha didnt think they were Mk.I's. I have no time for modern Castles.

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Andr'e, sorry chap but it's bugging me, what model Castle is that picture in this quoted post?

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Originally Posted by BTH K10A

I was told many years ago that there was time delay applied to amps for the rear stacks.

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i was told by a man that has seen and heard the system the He also rewired the lot with Van Den Dulls and half killed the sonics

Cheers Andr'e, never seen one before, very odd driver arrangement as well :scratch:

Looks like the centre top bass/mid is a tad different, was this the mid & the other 3 used for bass? Or was it a 2.5 way?

E2A:- Andr'es been whisked off by aliens again :eyebrows: