Your favorite speakers

[cats squirrel]

Usher 604v floorstanders, modified to aperiodic working, with ribbon supertweeter. Very smmooooooth.

Best I've heard for the 'buck' is the little Harbeth P3.

[paul401]

Hi,
still very fond of my Gale 401's, do sound a bit special, well I think so! Still going strong, but could do with a little work, broken fuse holder ( I know, I know, gotta go) and iffy pots.
I have the 'c' designated model which has a Walnut finish and gently curved grille covers. The 401a is the more familiar classic, black/chrome model. So that's 'c' for Walnut finish and 'a' for Chrome finish? A Gale thing? Who else would have a factory in Mayfair!!

Paul

ps Would keep the Gales, but wouldn't mind a pair of Quad ESL's too.

[garpt]

[originally posted by pivot:

""Yamaha NS-1000, No other japanese speaker system and no other Yamaha speaker did what these did. I wish I had picked up a pair when I worked in a shop that sold them when they were new. About as uncolored sound as I can imagine coming from 3 way cones and domes in a box. (The Yamaha NS-10 on the other hand are on my list of worst)""[quote][/quote]

Agree on the NS-1000. It's hard for the mind to "remember" sound, but I do remember I was about 20 when I first heard them in a little specialty shop in Old Greenwich, CT. Couldn't believe how clean, tight, and uncolored they were- and all out of a plain 'ol BOX with a woofer, mid, and tweet!That was the age of "experimentation" in speaker design we may never have seen since. So maybe memory serves me well....

BUT, as far as what I own: I finally own what I was looking for and got them 2 weeks ago. B&W 802 Series III. With my SVS cylinder sub, I'm happy. Not as exotic as some of these here, but bi-wired with my middling Rotel at 375watts/ ch. 4 ohms, ......I'm happy.

[Dismord]

[originally posted by pivot:

""Yamaha NS-1000, No other japanese speaker system and no other Yamaha speaker did what these did. I wish I had picked up a pair when I worked in a shop that sold them when they were new. About as uncolored sound as I can imagine coming from 3 way cones and domes in a box. (The Yamaha NS-10 on the other hand are on my list of worst)""

Agree on the NS-1000. It's hard for the mind to "remember" sound, but I do remember I was about 20 when I first heard them in a little specialty shop in Old Greenwich, CT. Couldn't believe how clean, tight, and uncolored they were- and all out of a plain 'ol BOX with a woofer, mid, and tweet!That was the age of "experimentation" in speaker design we may never have seen since. So maybe memory serves me well....

BUT, as far as what I own: I finally own what I was looking for and got them 2 weeks ago. B&W 802 Series III. With my SVS cylinder sub, I'm happy. Not as exotic as some of these here, but bi-wired with my middling Rotel at 375watts/ ch. 4 ohms, ......I'm happy.

Yes, the NS 10 was hideous leading some sound engineers to cover the tweeters with wet toilet paper to achieve the right 'balance' ! The NS 1000 on the other hand remained in my memory as one of the great breakthroughs in driver design. I stumbled across my current speakers, Usher BE-10's, in a Hong Kong retailers and fell in love with them. Didn't know until after I put my money down that they also run beryllium mids & tweeters like the NS-100. They take the idea to a new hight and really run with it. I suspect most manufacturers have avoided beryllium as it's a highly toxic metal to work with, so much so that Shure had to cease production of the Shure V15 with beryllium cantilevers due to be toxicity problems at their suppliers. What any of this means for us who've given them a home I don't know but I'll sure die with a smile on my face.

[satanfriendly]

B&W 802 Series III

Not exotic? They are one of the most dynamic speakers ever produced. Not subtle though and they love loud. Surprised you are using them with a sub as my MKII's have more than ample bass.

I would highly recomend you put the best amp possible in front of them otherwise they will not run at their optimum. I ran them with a 'middling' amp for some time, but always thought they deserved better. Bi-amped with a pre and power and they are starting to get their act together and thinking of going with two powers at some point.

Big solid and in control sound. Awesome stuff.

[jbz2079]

I have a pair of B&W CDM 1 SE and love them to bits
In the past I had a set of Rogers 6's and should never have parted with them, they were something special.

Another favorite in the right system is Celestion SL6 se. Not great all rounders but play stuff that suits them and they are astounding.

[audiojan]

I've had quite a few different speakers of the years (Hales Concept 5's, Magnepan MG1.6's, and lots more...), but my current ones are my favorites, Thiel CS2.4. Give them enough current and they can just flat out sing! Stunning to watch them disappear right in front of you.

[megatrends]

I'm sure nobody here will respect these, I bought them in 1989 on sale as a buy one get one free at Service Merchandise.

I've had them since and they are made well as nothing has crapped out on them with materials.
This photo comes from online but they are literally the same and the same shape.



I made a video yesterday of them in action. Not sure how much you'll gain from a Youtube vid as far as bass tone. The bass sound on these are excellent. I am in love with these and will be pretty depressed when I need new speakers.

Dizzy Gillespie manteca Funky Lowlives remix UK import 12" single EP.
http://youtu.be/D2C7a5izj-k

And The Duke! Duke Ellington - I don't get around much anymore. Speakers in the light so they can be seen in this one. http://youtu.be/N2lEjEr9E7Q

[pivot]

...I'm sure nobody here will respect these, I bought them in 1989 on sale as a buy one get one free at Service Merchandise.

I've had them since and they are made well as nothing has crapped out on them with materials.
This photo comes from online but they are literally the same and the same shape.



e. http://youtu.be/N2lEjEr9E7Q

They work.. you like 'em..no dis from me

BUT (you knew there was a "but") you owe it to youself to go and hear some up scale - even slightly "up scale" - speakers.

Folks here have mentioned some good ones. Worth a listen.

[megatrends]

...I'm sure nobody here will respect these, I bought them in 1989 on sale as a buy one get one free at Service Merchandise.

I've had them since and they are made well as nothing has crapped out on them with materials.
This photo comes from online but they are literally the same and the same shape.


e. http://youtu.be/N2lEjEr9E7Q

They work.. you like 'em..no dis from me

BUT (you knew there was a "but") you owe it to youself to go and hear some up scale - even slightly "up scale" - speakers.

Folks here have mentioned some good ones. Worth a listen.

Haha yeah I know ... I'll try some new ones someday. The radio station I am at has some really nice expensive studio speakers. One set is wall mounted in the corners and sound pretty amazing.

I really wish I had the Klipsch speakers my younger brother had in our 20s in the late 80s. Those were amazing and expensive.

Just curious have you ever listened to the Fisher D-12 or D-15 speakers? I really cannot hear anything bad in them, I don't understand all the anti-Fisher hububb online. maybe their newer stuff is garbage or something but back in the 80s people talked about Fisher speakers because they were good and made well to last. I've not done anything to mine and the original materials are holding up still 20+ years later.

I'm quite impressed with them and not saying it because they're mine. I am around "better" speakers once in a while and know a bad speaker. They just sound good, can't explain why, much in the same way a cheap electric guitar sounds good to a multi-million dollar musical artist who still uses it when there are "better" things out there.

[BeEvil]

Carver Amazing Silvers. Replaced all 6 woofers and the ribbons were in perfect condition with no "Buzzing". Driving them are 2 Luxman M-05 in BTL (bridged) mode. Truely sound "Amazing".



BeEvil

[pivot]

Carver Amazing Silvers. Replaced all 6 woofers and the ribbons were in perfect condition with no "Buzzing". Driving them are 2 Luxman M-05 in BTL (bridged) mode. Truely sound "Amazing".

I have been looking at DIY open baffle speakers - so far just looking ("looking" is so much less work then "doing")

Curious at what drivers you used to replace the woofers.

[davidsrsb]

Mission 752s helped by a subwoofer. This was a classic Mission model

[Dadimo]

My Focal JM Labs 807V. I feel silly for not knowing much about the company, until I started listening to them. They replaced a pair of B&W series II matrix II that were not too shabby either.