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Thanks Tom they are a bargain, they can go for double or more this price and in shabby condition. I think the size is an issue for many. Possibly also the looks for those who favour black monoliths in their rooms, but personally I.think they look lovely.
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One man's ugly is another man's unique. I quite like their looks.
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Now £249 collected.
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if you were to recover these and such you would probably sell these for a fair bit more. that colour is pretty tired nowadays
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The cloth is original and personally I think it's a great vintage style. The sort of things those hipsters with their expensive radiograms should be all over.
Now the capacitors have been renewed I think there's one thing left to improve the sound. The upward firing drivers are covered by a gold metallic looking material with pin prick type holes in that really don't look acoustically transparent. You have to turn the knobs up to full to get a balanced sound rather than in the middle of the range. If the gold material was replaced with a similar vintage style cloth they would really start to sing. It does look original and I know that Rank made some dodgy changes to their speaker range once the Wharfedale takeover was complete and Briggs passed away.
I don't have any time or the space to do anything to these or I wouldn't be selling them for this ridiculous price. They are currently blocking our entrance hall and an old 3 seater sofa recently replaced is taking up what space we did have in the front room. That's on ebay too...
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I tell a lie, the wiring could do with being upgraded too. Apparently it can reap great benefits in these old Wharfedales especially in the bass.
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Now sold and collected. Stroke of luck really. After discussing couriers and collection options with a guy from Singapore and another from Italy, someone 1/2 mile down the road spotted my ebay listing and jumped on them. He did a full frequency sweep with his phone and found no anomalies. A tip I might make use of in future.
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Oh that is a shame as I was hoping to have a listen when I next come over. Oh well. I'm sure you will get another interesting set of speakers soon Lawrence.
Worth keeping this link handy when trying out different speakers.
https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
Also useful for measuring the limits of your own ears. A few months ago my wife and I tried it. She topped out at about 12k and I topped out at about 15k. None of the daughters were around at the time but I guess they would get to ~18/20k (assuming the treble drivers are capable).
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I'm not planning to get any more interesting speakers for a while now Edward. The Jordans and Celestions are good enough and I only want one pair, so after some umming and ah-ing, I went with the Celestions. But that could flip at any time!Originally Posted by Edward
Oh that is a shame as I was hoping to have a listen when I next come over. Oh well. I'm sure you will get another interesting set of speakers soon Lawrence.
Worth keeping this link handy when trying out different speakers.
https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
Also useful for measuring the limits of your own ears. A few months ago my wife and I tried it. She topped out at about 12k and I topped out at about 15k. None of the daughters were around at the time but I guess they would get to ~18/20k (assuming the treble drivers are capable).
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I may have spoken too soon...
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