Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

[The Barbarian]

I could not live with another pair of '15XR' Much much prefered the '33' with the same Tweeter.

[symon]

even with free post they are overpriced in comparison to what they usually go for..maybe half that

Thanks. That's good to know. I had a hunch they were a bit much, but wasn't sure.

[Hudz]

Nice speakers. The models with the tweeter level switch are supposed to be better balanced and easier to match to room. Very low levels of cabinet colouration IMHO.

One major thing is that these are designed to work close/up against a rear wall (little baffle step correction applied on these) and will sound bass light if moved out in the room.

Bass port (2 I think) is in the bottom of the cabinet.


The tweeters are now unobtanium.

Thanks for the knowledge, very usefull

[Hudz]

Somewhat foolishly sold my HB1s for next to nowt and replaced them with the HB3s and if i'm honest regretted it ever since.
Just scored them KLH 317s off feapay for peanuts so we'll see what those are like, apparently one careful owner from new if you believe that

I see they are later ones with the Gold lettering on the front & Bi-Wire facility. I bought mine around 1984/5 they had Green lettering/piping ''Made For Music'' on the front single posts.. I also had those 'HSB-1' Stands.. A All round good efficient speaker.

[symon]

Just scored them KLH 317s off feapay for peanuts so we'll see what those are like, apparently one careful owner from new if you believe that

Ah. I had my eye on those for a while. It would be good to know what you think of them.

[Hudz]

By the time that series came along I'd left the company so I never heard them, but I seem to remember PJC telling me a while ago that the Sextets were his favourite of all the speakers he designed at Heybrook.

High praise indeed if Peter liked them

[Hudz]

Ah. I had my eye on those for a while. It would be good to know what you think of them.

I'll keep ya posted hopefully they're a bit livlier and less coloured than my HB3s

[Puffin]

I got a pair of HB3's for nowt just in time as they were destined for the tip.

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...-Hebrook-HB3-2

Been using them since August and apart from being a pig to drive, if you get the right amp they sound pretty good to me.

[shane]

Pair of Heybrook HB3s. Mids need refoaming, but at 99p with 7 hours to go....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heybrook-H...:B:WNA:GB:3160

One hour left. Still 99p. Worth that for the bolts holding the drivers in!

[walpurgis]

No.

I just bought it:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenco-L-75...vip=true&rt=nc


You probably won't recognise it. Most who might know ADCs seeing this will say "Ah an ADC 26". It's not. It's the mega rare ADC 27, for which I have a couple of spare styli, but no cartridge. But now hopefully, I have. It sits between the model 26 and 10E Mk.IV in the range and is a fabulous and very useable non MC cartridge. A real bit of early seventies esoterica.

I thought I'd grab it. There were a few 'watchers'.

I was wrong. It's arrived and it's an ADC 26 in decent nick. The colour of the listing photo mislead me into thinking it was a 27. Result anyway!



Not tried it yet, it looks good though.