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I'm Ben.
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Bidding will fly on those!Originally Posted by HD Goofnut
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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If they were the original DM70 and not the DM70C, I would be interested.
Servicing might be difficult, though I believe the German company, whose name escapes me, that can service Quad 57s (they bought the assembly jigs from Quad) can do it.
Yes, it will be interesting to see what they fetch.
Barry
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I'm Adam.
Blimey - went for £380. I was expecting much more than that.
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I'm Ben.
Wow, that was cheap. Replacing the veneer wouldn’t cost much to get done professionally. Bet the seller is a bit upset with the outcome. That said, if the veneer is doing that because of water damage/damp the speakers might need quite a bit of work.
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I'm Dennis.
I didn't think they sounded all that good at a lecture on Sound Reproduction ant Central Poly in about '75, and again in '85 at a friends, and probably rather dated now.
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I think they are more collectible than anything else, like the pregnant Penguins. I always felt B&W speakers didn’t live up to the hype.
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
The Bowers and Wilkins DM2a and earlier DM3 are very good speakers - I use a pair of DM2as in my second system. I have no experience of any of the later or current models.
The DM70s were intended to replace the P2H speakers (which used an unreliable Ionfane plasma tweeter). The problem with the DM70 comes with trying to integrate a dipole driver (the electrostatic tweeter) with low frequency woofer in an enclosure that has a largely cardioid polar pattern.
They would make an interesting project to work on: I believe we have one Member here who has refurbished such a pair.
Barry
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I'm Adam.
When I was an Amstrad-owning young lad, this was the ultimate object of desire - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980s-Ams...4AAOSw9-ldwJot
For some reason, the want has never gone away, and this one's £40 and just down the road from me. For god's sake, please someone talk me out of it, I beg you...
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Adam is it yours yet
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