Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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I'm Dave.
Wilmslow Audio do a fully built version for £1100
Steve.
Location: London/Durham
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I'm Lawrence.
£1100 !!!!!!! What a joke !!!! I'd try to find a good pair of the original 80's version of the speaker for a decent price.
It isn't necessarily about doing things right, its also about doing the right thing !!!!!
ITS A LONG WAY TO THE TOP........................ WHEN YA WANNA ROCK N ROLL !!!
Pioneer SA-9800, SG-9800, TX-9800, P-D70, PD-7500, TX-D1000, PL-12D, HPM-60, REL Quake.
Mission Cyrus II + PSX Transformer. Marantz CD-52 MkII Sp Edtn. Sony Mini-Disc MDS-JE530. Thorens TD-166MkII.
Nakamichi Cassette Deck 2. Linn Index II + Ku-Stone Stands. REL Strata. Linn Interconnects throughout and Chord Flat Strand speaker cable.
Raspberry Pi / AUDIOPHONICS I-Sabre DAC ES9023 TCXO Streamer.
Has anybody bothered to have a listen to them yet?
Sent by me using an appendage
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.
I don't think they are out yet, not even any reviews.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Thorens td124 mk2 / Bokrand AB309/ 103r
SLAT L75 / Jelco 850S / AT VM740ML
Marantz CD63 / Bluesound / Musical Paradise 701 II/ ESP 500Hz eXO / PL Prologue 4 and Nord 1UP amps / JK Wynn semiactive NS1000 upgrade
/ESP 700 Hz eXO / JBL 4333 components
HB2s had a 6.5” Audax bass unit with a rubber surround. It was the HB1’s 8” Vifa unit that suffered from foam rot.
The new ones will be out later in the year, I believe.
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Seems a fair price given that the cabinets are made from Hidrofugo - a water resistant mdf. It's £245 per 8 x 4 sheet.