No WAF in those days!Originally Posted by walpurgis
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No WAF in those days!
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Look great don't they. Bet they sound pretty spectacular too. Sony made some very nice sounding speakers in the past and the quality of those drive units will be top notch.
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Someone has had them away pretty sharpish which is surprising; most people these days don't know what a speaker design like that can bring to the table, more's the pity.
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WAF, PAF... Tell her to like it or lump it!
Awesome, 'proper' speakers [designed before women were allowed to become control freaks]
Similar to your Akais, Martin
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Yes, same design principles, probably better than the Akais. Would cost a couple of grand at least if they were made today.WAF, PAF... Tell her to like it or lump it!
Awesome, 'proper' speakers [designed before women were allowed to become control freaks]
Similar to your Akais, Martin
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No - they look awful! Much as I am a fan of well designed big old 1970s loudspeakers, why manufacturers felt the need to come up with rubbish like this I have no idea. The "shove as many drive units on the baffle as you can" approach rarely pays dividends, in my experience.
There is a pair of Yamahas for sale currently along similar lines http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-NS-...gAAOSw6wRW~9QG
I bet some people would buy them because they think they might sound like NS1000s - I've heard them and I can assure you they don't!
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only £15 p&p though
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Come along to NEBO next month and I will confound your expectations.
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Mirror glass platform - might be kool for someone?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mirror-Gla...019&rmvSB=true
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Point taken, Adam, but have you heard the Sony speakers in question? If they sound anything like Martin's Akais, then they'll be far from shabby, no matter how "awful" they look!
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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