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Attachment 18434Attachment 18435Hi all .
So I've gone and bought (site unseen) a pair of the above but cannot find a thing about them on the net Bar a few photos .
Any info/review would be most welcome.
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So these are made by Swisstone electronic ltd London
Well the crossovers need doing but with no info these I think I'm screwed.
Builders of BBC style loudspeakers and first licensee of polypropylene cone manufacturing, made their own cones and bass units, went bust in 1978. IIRC I saw Chartwell speakers at Harrogate HiFi show though, which would have been about 1981, so I'm guessing the brand name was bought and there was a Chartwell MkII company....
Rogers bought them I believe and then suffered their own issues, all documented fairly well on the Falcon website I believe. These babies would have evolved into the Rogers LS5's and similar I think. When I changed jobs in January 1982, we had a remaining pair of PM110's and they were soft toned and syrupy. The last Chartwells I knew were the PM310, which evolved quickly into the infamous Rogers LS7 post takeover/merging...
Ah yes! Taken over by Rogers makes sense:)
Thanks
Nothing about these particular speakers?
Found this!!! http://www.g4dcv.co.uk/ls35a/rogershistory.html now't on those speakers but the most edge of yer seat read on hi fi I've ever seen.. yes I'm probably sad... gutted that it says "to be continued" but as it appears to have been written a few years ago that seems unlikely..
That's quite a story Jez.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics
So I now have them in my possession and will add another photo
the speakers may have Dalesford chassis'. Look good.
I would describe them as a mini monitor, they don't sound mini though with my ION obelisk x3 .
Result I would say.
Chartwell made some pretty serious speakers. I had a pair of the big PM400's for a while. They were very well reviewed at the time.
It may be a Rogers, not Dalesford, unit.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
They also have the 'infamous' Audax tweeter, used in many speakers around that time.
The Wharfedale Diamond, for example.
Yes. That is a particularly undistinguished tweeter. One of the first mass produced examples to employ ferrofluid if I recall. It needed it to disperse heat from that tiny voicecoil. Who knows though, It may sound OK in these speakers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn Miles
Many speakers used that little tweeter. I understand they were literally pennies to buy back then and weren't too bad at all if properly implemented.
I ran a pair of Diamonds in my University Lab. for many years.Quote:
Originally Posted by DSJR
Their top end was never a problem.
In fact, the little Diamonds were excellent.
Many happy hours of listening.
A speaker designer told me that the little Audax tweeter was fine if integrated correctly.
Hard to believe that there's no info on these .
I reviewed a couple of pairs of Chartwell speakers back in the late 70s,for Hi-Fi for Pleasure magazine.
The company was owned by a couple of Chinese chaps whose main occupation was growing and delivering bean shoots to Chinese restaurants. I had several re-worked versions of each speaker to try and some of the cartons were rattling with bean shoot seeds. I kid you not.
Not sure what happened to the original owners.
given the evident quality of the bass driver, I would venture the tweeter is a aftermarket replacement.
the device was available for many years from maplins....indeed, I used it myself when I fancied myself as a ahem....speaker designer.....STOP LAUGHING AT THE BACK!!!
many years back I owned a pair of kef padgent speakers employing the unit and they were much improved with the substitution of a 1" soft dome....audax I think.
NIGE.