Very nice... My Lockwoods originally came with a pair of Reds in, which I later swapped for Golds, as their overall presentation was more preferable in my system. Reds, being 15ohms, need matching with vintage valve amps, fitted with 15ohms taps, not the 8ohms ones most modern amps are fitted with.
Also, Reds, along with Silvers and Blacks are voiced rather differently from Golds, as they hark from before the popular music era (or at least Silvers and Blacks do, but Reds share their inherent traits), and as such, despite their size, don't really do deep bass. Instead their (considerable) talents lie in the midrange, where they are utterly, UTTERLY SUBLIME!
Fine if you're musical tastes are light classical, jazz, choral, acoustic or similar, but not so good if you're also into rock, dance, electronic, rap or anything else that carries what one could call an 'aggressive' bass line (count me in), so that's why I moved the Reds on. Golds have 95% of the magical midrange of the Reds, but also do the bass thing with aplomb!
However, I paid £3.5k for my Lockwood Majors *with* 15" Reds in, so if the drive units alone go for what Geoff predicts (and I would tend to agree), then that'll be quite something. Thing is, sonic prowess aside (and if your music tastes and system match the abilities of the Reds, once in suitable cabinets, nothing short of £50K today will be able to compete), one has to consider the (acute) rarity value here.
Anyway, whoever wins them will not only have a genuinely world-class pair of iconic speakers, but a big slice of audio history!
Marco.
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