WTD: A pair of Bandors/Pentachords like these....

[donmarrese]

I didn't grab the model number...and had a look on the net ....but not much info...pls see pic below....if you have a pair to sell, let me know!IMG_20220123_140921.jpg

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[walpurgis]

Originally marketed as Jordan units as I recall Don. I had some.

[Lawrence001]

I think Beobloke's your man for info here.

[hifi_dave]

The drivers were used in several speaker brands for a short while, back in the day. To me, the most interesting was the Seventh Veil, using 7 drivers in a moulded Fibreglass cabinet IIRC.

Had those and the Pentachords on loan for demo for a short time.

[Macca]

Jordan was Ted Jordan and Bandor was Doreen Jordan, think she started that after they split up. Back in the 1980s

I've heard speakers with both types. A 2-way speaker in concrete enclosures and a sub/sat combo. The satellites used two tiny little drivers in each unit, run in parallel.

Both were quite impressive but I don't recall which make of drivers were in which.

[donmarrese]

Thanks guys....did some more foraging.... Looks like they are Pentachords using a Morel 28mm Silk dome tweeter and 2 Bandor units per unit.
The guy who owned these speakers reckoned there is no crossover ...just a Tannoy TS 10 Sub helping lower freq.
Sounded ruddy good!

[Lawrence001]

Jordan was Ted Jordan and Bandor was Doreen Jordan, think she started that after they split up. Back in the 1980s

I've heard speakers with both types. A 2-way speaker in concrete enclosures and a sub/sat combo. The satellites used two tiny little drivers in each unit, run in parallel.

Both were quite impressive but I don't recall which make of drivers were in which.

Wonder who the Ban in Bandor was (like Spendor?). Maybe a new boyfriend?!

[Beobloke]

Thanks guys....did some more foraging.... Looks like they are Pentachords using a Morel 28mm Silk dome tweeter and 2 Bandor units per unit.
The guy who owned these speakers reckoned there is no crossover ...just a Tannoy TS 10 Sub helping lower freq.
Sounded ruddy good!

Those are not Pentachords as Pentachord never used a tweeter of any sort - just two of the 50mm full-range drivers that were indeed Bandor units, but were unique to Pentachord - picture attached below.The ones in the picture don't even look like modified Pentachords as there is not enough space in between the two 50mm drivers normally to fit a tweeter. In addition, you can see a curve in the side of the cabinet, whereas the Pentachords' cabinets were pentagonal - hence the name. I reckon the ones in your picture are a home-made effort.

I can highly recommend Pentachords. I had a pair of the small Model A speakers for many years with a mono bass crossover to run them with a single subwoofer. I searched for a matching Pentachord subwoofer for years with no success and eventually sold them

Barely a few months later another pair of As with the matching Pentode subwoofers and a stereo bass crossover turned up for sale so I snapped them up. Unfortunately these have issues with the drivers in the subs that I still haven't got around to sorting yet.

When working, they are superb speakers, however - very under-rated IMHO. Even though I have the sub/sat units, I could still be tempted by a pair of the all-in-one Pentacolumns.

Wonder who the Ban in Bandor was (like Spendor?). Maybe a new boyfriend?!

The 'Ban' was actually Bance - Doreen's maiden name.

[hoopsontoast]

Wonder who the Ban in Bandor was (like Spendor?). Maybe a new boyfriend?!

Doreen Bance (before she got married).

On the drivers, QTA (if up to date) has a quad of Bandor 50mm drivers:
https://www.qtasystems.co.uk/loudspe...ial-offers.htm

[Lawrence001]

Doreen Bance (before she got married).

On the drivers, QTA (if up to date) has a quad of Bandor 50mm drivers:
https://www.qtasystems.co.uk/loudspe...ial-offers.htm

That's funny, like making a statement she's single again and proud

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