Anyone heard of Bailey Acoustics? These seem a lot of speaker for the money.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155506714...Cclp%3A2047675
Interesting cabinet design too.
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Anyone heard of Bailey Acoustics? These seem a lot of speaker for the money.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155506714...Cclp%3A2047675
Interesting cabinet design too.
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There was a Dr Bailey in the 1970s who produced some transmission line designs, possibly some other types too (before my time). So might be one of his.Originally Posted by Techno Commander
Don't think he had a company actually making speakers, they were designs for DIYers I think.
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Dr Bailey pioneered the use of 'long hair wool' in transmission-line speakers. Radford & Dr A R Bailey took out a patent for the first transmission line loudspeaker. It had earlier been the subject of an article in Wireless World (Oct. 1965) - 'A Non-resonant Loudspeaker Enclosure'
He was consultant to Radford Acoustics, and designed the first successful Radford solid-state amplifier: the Radford SCA30.
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I remember John Bowers demonstrating the then new Bowers & Wilkins DM2 speaker in the early seventies at a Hi-Fi show and he was emphasising the importance of the use of long fibre wool in the (1/8 wavelength) transmission line. The speaker had one side made of clear perspex so the effects at various frequencies could be demonstrated with the use of a strobe light to 'freeze' or slow the wave movement through the line damping wool . It was very convincing. The partial phase inversion could clearly be seen from the bass cone movement to the line end wool movement.
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They certainly look like worth taking a £150 punt on, could be very good, I seem to remember Bailey designs were well thought of back in the day.
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they were, and for pros too..
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Clean looking Pioneer PD-S505 Precision CD player in east London.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255609760...Bk9SR9bAoP7xYQ
Well worth the £110 asking price, they sound great and are reliable. Has digital output so also makes a nice transport. No remote but any Pioneer CD or system remote should work I've found. I have a couple myself and really like them.
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Those cabinets are worth some money, a couple of grand or more at a guess, they'll be huge and extremely heavy (forklift job?). Can't tell the drivers, but could be 15 inch Vitavox.
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looks like 12" but may be more drivers in the sides
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They look like Tannoy Westminster Royal cabinets, which would have had 15 inch drivers and cost around thirty grand. Blowed if I'd put anything but Tannoy drivers in them. The sides have the backloading horn exits.
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