Been written up on here yonks ago.
Here's mine -somewhat amended. (currently lost a channel.)
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Location: Bristol, since 1978. Current house since 1996!
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I'm Chris.
Been written up on here yonks ago.
Here's mine -somewhat amended. (currently lost a channel.)
Chris.
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Location: N E Kent
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I'm Geoff.
Hilarious! This guy has a good line in bullshit. I must look up "Studio Spec". I notice the stuffed midrange dustcap wasn't mentioned
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hi-Fi-Spe...wAAOSwEmNexvpb
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Location: N E Kent
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I'm Geoff.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Moderator & Terminator!
Location: N E Kent
Posts: 51,625
I'm Geoff.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Location: Staffordshire, England
Posts: 37,887
I'm Martin.
'As can be evidenced from the pictures these speakers have been previously installed in working environments, but they take no shame from their cosmetic condition which only accentuates the quality of the build and longevity these speakers were designed for.'Originally Posted by walpurgis
uploading pics
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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Location: Weymouth
Posts: 3,463
I'm John.
SME Model 15/V tonearm, Lyra Dorian, EAR Phono Box.
Luxman 509X amp.
PMC 25 23i speakers.
Innuos/Roon/Qobuz/I-Pad. Oppo UDP-205.
Cables by Kimber, Yannis and Audioquest.
Audioquest Niagara. Tube Distinctions Mains power filter. Project RCM. Zerostat.
Captain Insightful
Location: Seaford UK
Posts: 1,861
I'm Dennis.
"These speakers are undoubtedly a slice of history, a monument to a Golden era in broadcast technology.."
Yes at just the time when the BBC speaker design heritage went tits up.
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
Do you have experience of these speakers during your time at the BBC?
Barry
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
This: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/283687226581
£2,700 !? I bought exactly the same deck and arm about ten years ago and paid £750, complete with a Shure M55E cartridge.
Barry
Captain Insightful
Location: Seaford UK
Posts: 1,861
I'm Dennis.
No my time was earlier, and at the time when they were doing great things; LS 5/5, 3/4, and then into the Spendor BC1 when Hughes left to form his own company. To this day I have never been so overcome by the purity of a speaker as I was with the 5/5 in the Quality Control Room at Bush when listening to Santana Abraxas after my Tannoy Lancaster Golds, and this with e ears of a 23 year old.
From general opinion the development of the polyprop cones, although an improvement, lead into a faulty design/production process leading to the much criticised LS 5/8 and 5/9, the latter particularly being produced out of spec compared with the prototype, they both had the presence dip, and the original didn't. The PM510 was a passive version of the 5/8, and that looks like an iteration of the 5/9.
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