The Edingdale Loudspeaker

[Toppsy]

Andre,
here's a couple of photos of the Edale speakers:



Send me a pm via the forum if you want to know more.

[Toppsy]

Just thought I'd post up a couple of photos of the latest build of Edingdale speakers.

These are skinned in Blue/Grey Birdseye Maple. This comes pre factory stained and so the colour is consistant and goes right through the veneer. The veneer has a natural sheen to it and looks in some ways similar to grey slate/marble. Very nice

The veneer in the photos is just sanded ready for the finishes and the drivers are simply placed on the cut-outs. Finish shall be clear acrylic satin varnish that takes nothing away from the natural look of the raw veneer.

The photos don't do justice really but then I'm no David Bailey with the camera and the lighting today is very poor with overcast skies and a light drizzle. But for those that want a natural wood finish without the 'wood' look then this veneer may just be what you are looking for. Available from Nantwich veneers, but be warned. It ain't cheap!

Anyway onwards and up I've got the second speaker to finish veneering and then another pair of speakers to finish off the build but these in oiled American White Oak. No peace for the wicked, hey

[Marco]

Awesome stuff, Colin - looks fab! Your work has my greatest respect

Marco.

[Toppsy]

Thanks for the compliment Marco.

These very speakers will likely be the ones I'll be bringing to the Scalford do next month in the room I'm sharing with Nick Gorham. As long as I don't fu** up on the finishes, hey.
Otherwise it'll be my pair in American Cherry veneer that you can see lurking in the background of one the photos.

[Reid Malenfant]

Wow, love that finish

Then again I'm kind of prejudiced as mine are a similar colour, but in no way wood veneer

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[aquapiranha]

Hi Colin. The grey finish looks bloody brilliant! Very surreal looking almost as if you have photoshopped the colour out of them, but in a good way. Do you mind me asking where you got that veneer from, I have never seen it before.

Thanks, Steve.

[keiths]

Do you mind me asking where you got that veneer from, I have never seen it before.

Available from Nantwich veneers, but be warned. It ain't cheap!

http://www.nantwichveneers.com/

[aquapiranha]

Thanks!

[Cotlake]

Having heard the rather compromised sound of Toppsy's 'Edingdales' at the last Owston, I nevertheless recognised the potential these speakers would have within a domestic listening environment. Colin (Toppsy) and I agreed he would travel south with his speakers so that some of us could sample them in a minifest home situation. We did this last weekend.

Initially, before reaching Bristol, he stopped off at Nick's (NickB) place where we compared the Edingdales to Nick's WD25T with very expensive Seas Millennium tweeters. In comparison, the 'Edingdales' produced a far more comprehensive sound that extended properly through the whole frequency range. In comparison with the WD25T, they had fuller bass extension and were much more revealing in the lower frequency register. The WD25T simply could not do what the 'Edingdales' could. It is worth noting that the WD25T's have been upgraded with the most expensive Clarity Caps in the crossover.





Colin stayed with us in Bristol over the weekend. Initially we listened to my WAD KLS3's and Colin acknowledged they presented a very respectable sound. We then swopped in his 'Edingdales' and wow, what a difference! Upper treble was sweeter, midrange was the best I have ever heard, and bass was controlled yet fully extended. I just loved the overall presentation of the sound from these 'Edingdales'.

That was the Friday evening. On Saturday, friends joined in and all fully appreciated the quality of the 'Edingdales'. Pictures below are not too good owing to sunlight in the room at the time.





All these friends of mine have very good audio ears and we all agreed that the 'Edingdales' were superb speakers. High frequency sounds were very evident but tuneful and fully extended. The midrange sound was probably the best I have ever heard (Quad panels excepted) particularly with regard to vocals. Both male and female voices seemed almost live, immediate, totally open and completely in a space of their own. I completely loved this aspect of the 'Edingdale' performance. Actually, overall, the sound presentation had all instruments/voices in there own space. Bass response was impressive, going as low as you can in a normal sized living room but remaining extended, revealing and tight. On certain recordings, you can properly feel the rumble. In particular, the 'Edingdales' being a bass reflex design did not reveal any room node frequency hump that is normally typical in an averaged sized living room. I've worked my pants off to eliminate this problem with KLS3 but have never reached total satisfaction. In contrast, the 'Edingdales' showed no sign of this problem.

To summarize, the 'Edingdales' are very very special. I could not want for a better speaker in my system in my listening room. As a result of this minifest, three of us are trying to persuade Colin to make a pair of 'Edingdales' for us. That is a 50% positive ask commitment from those who came to the fest. I hope he can find a way to do this.

If you want to hear the 'Edingdales' for yourself, visit room 76 on the 1st floor at the Scalford Hall Show on Sunday. See you there

[Toppsy]

Wow Greg, thanks for the very favourable and positive review. Glad they went down very well at our minifest.

To summarize, the 'Edingdales' are very very special. I could not want for a better speaker in my system in my listening room. As a result of this minifest, three of us are trying to persuade Colin to make a pair of 'Edingdales' for us. That is a 50% positive ask commitment from those who came to the fest. I hope he can find a way to do this.

OK guys I'm persuaded. I'll get on to CSS in Canada and order 16-pair of the midwoofer drivers. That'll give me a spare set should anyone else be so enthused they want me to build them a pair. I can hardly refuse the 3 who have expressed and interest having already built the Grey Birdseye Maple pair for David Brooks and a Oak veneered pair for Val Walker (Val33).

I'll get some ply CNC cut next week and order the other parts. We'll have a chat about this on Sunday at Scalford, hey Greg