Linn Kans ably driven by a Linn LK-280.
Rachel
Celestion Ditton 44 that I utterly love, except the other week on one the blinking metal tweeter shield came off due to the old glue and shorted itself to death so now I'm faced with the virtually impossible task of finding another good hf2000 tweeter or risking a pair of modern replacements that could alter the sound.
I've also just bought a set of quad esl57 that are stunning.
Celestion Ditton 66 I'm trying to find now.
ourmaninthenorth how do you find the quad 22l?
i keep looking at them on ebay and am thinking about trying a pair.
I've also just bought a set of quad esl57 that are stunning.
Incredible just how good those things are after all these years.
Spendor A6r's driven by Audiolab 8000a, soon to be replaced but not sure what with yet, possibly Croft series 7 or Rega Elicit R. Front end is Clearaudio Concept and Squeezebox Touch streaming FLAC.
I have a pair of What HiFi's Speaker of the Year from..... 1989... Rogers LS4a, and I love them, Abul Mogard is certainly sounding good on them just now. Have replaced the tweeters mind.
Fostex monitors for music/sound design
Some Mission bookshelf things for the telly because they do overhyped bass better than the Rogers.
If I win the lottery, I will buy some of these, which a friend has in his studio and are superb http://www.munrosonic.com/egg150-monitoring-system/overview/
A pair of 1991 TDL Studio 2's driven by a 1981 Mission 777 power amp and audiolab m-dac.
Thunderous bass but not overwhelming.
In the shed I have one of them Chinese muse mini amp thingies driving a pair of JPW mini monitors.
Celestion Studio Monitor 66, got given them nearly thirty years ago by my dads mate as his wife said they reminded her of children's coffins!
Mid-range was replaced by a similar dyn audio dome midrange as I couldn't find any other MD500's after celestion stopped rebuilding them pre-internet.
Currently waiting on funds to replace the cross over caps, but funds are also needed to replace my Q Acoustics sub (that is faulty again!) and leverage a disc brake winter bike (Holdsworth Elan?)......
Leema Accoustics Xero
Ooh used to have their antecedents the Xens in a 5.1 setup, fabulous, but could never really afford an amp that did them justice. Binned off 5.1 but kept the sub (couldn't sell it) and paired them with some Focal Aria 906s - they're great but I've got a hankering for something else. Possibly active. Possibly PMC. Dunno.
Before the Xens I had some Celestion Ditton 25's which were lovely but I blew them up.
Just bought a Sonos Play 1 for the kitchen - absolutely bobbins - can't believe the amazing reviews they get. I hear they're meant to be pretty good for classical, folk etc but they fail hard with the Metal \m/ Looking for something to replace it with.
+1 for Celestion Dittons
'Proper' Hi-Fi 'speakers - when Hi-Fi used to be all about the music, not about 'soundstage' 'detail' and the rest
Dittons are foot tappers, and 'speakers you can listen to for hours
I had a pair of B&W 802's for a while - while they could do 'Hi-Fi' really well, with the potential for making fireworks, they were boring
Tannoy Revolution XT's
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2x Kef iQ9s
2x Kef iQ5s
1x Kef Q9C
Run by an Arcam AVR350
Bought the lot about 10 years ago and I'm still happy with it all apart from the Arcam's lack of HDMI capability.
In the man-cave/studio I've got some ESI UniK 08 powered monitors.
These were a 'cheap' replacement for some Genelec monitors that went pop, but I actually prefer the sound of them.
Maybe not quite as neutral as the Genelecs, but the ribbon tweeter sounds amazing, and the bass response from the 8" kevlar drivers is great - no need for a sub like the Genelecs.
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Monitor Audio Silver 8 with Roksan amp. Currently listening to Vicious Delicious by Infected Mushroom on them post ride.
Snell Acoustics E/ii - 80's American hifi - sounds absolutely fantasic. Powered by a Quad 405 but they deserve better.
Also a pair of Wharfdale Diamonds in the study, plus a Bose Soundlink mini in the kitchen/garage/garden/camping or wherever I take it to which is far better than it has any right to be given it's teeny size.
Systemdek Systym 935 inherited from my dad. Mated to a Cyrus 3 amp, power supply and CD player, we debuted several combinations of speakers, amps and CD players, and decided this was the best out of them. I now have the system, but it's really in a room that's too small and boxy to get the best out of it.
I'm sure it's a nice piece of kit but "ye cannae change the laws of physics, cap'n".
Celestion Ditton 15xr's - owned from new (1979)
Heybrook HB1's - bought off a mate in 1990
Castle Howard S2's - owned from new (1991)
Kef KHT2005's - bought this year for £60 - bargain!
The Castle speakers are 1/4 wave floorstanders. Proper hifi! I don't think there is anything under £2k that would better them.
AE 301's. Stunning little standmounts too hooked up to Audiolab 8200CDQ and 8200 amp
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ATC SCM50 ASL paired with the C4 12" sub.
The Frozen soundtrack never sounded so good 🙄
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the-muffin-man - Member
An old pair of Mission 700s like these...
Still got my old Missions. 7 series pack. 700s, 70 rear, 70c1 (I think) centre.
Done fine for years. Don't even have a sub, but packs a good rumble in movies.
B&w 685 downstairs powered by Roksan Kandy
B&w 601 s3 powered by denon dab receiver.
Epos ES11 on dedicated stands powered by Naim NAC72, Hi Cap, NAP250 & CD3 😀
I would like some floorstanders for my new house as the lounge is miles bigger than the last house but I'm struggling to find a set at a proper Yorkshire price (i.e. Cheap!).
Would love some older mission speakers as my 731's I used to own years ago are still my favourites.
Neat Acoustic Motive SE2'S, sound amazing to my (admittedly untrained) ears.
Bowers CM5s.
Best sound i've ever had, even when being driven from my modest Marantz PM6006. In fact, I recently sold my 'keepers' (NEAT Mystiques) on the strength of the CM5s being so darned good.
The PM6006 is an amazing little amp for the money. Outshone (on everything except faster baselines where it struggled) some much more expensive kit when I tested amps out.
I was really surprised at how big a difference there was between them.
Forgot to mention they're powered via a Denon AVR amp, not sure which one exactly, but again sounds good (to me!)
Agreed, traded an Elicit R for the PM6006, as I really struggled to difinitively tell you where the extra £1400 was going..
I wanna buy a speaker as well. Apparently I am using the new macbook pro and the sound is legitly good.
Focal Aria 906's
Like these
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Just to add something different to the mix, I've got some Elipson Planet L speakers. Basically bowling balls on a stick but sound gorgeous and get house friendly style points too
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Some nice kit on here. Lots of tech and yet the original recordings (of say guitars) were often done with a Shure SM58 a few cms from the cone of a 12" Celestion which costs about 130e. I use Creambacks and Vintage 30s in open and closed back cabs and they are prety crude things. Seems odd to use so much technology to accurately reproduce something so industrial.
But that's to produce the required effect. To reproduce accurately that recorded sound requires a neutral system.
That I appreciate, just bear in mind you're reproducing a recording that had already been coloured before it got onto the CD.
Nice real world set up Oink. Ran the same amplification with CDX and Sondek as sources, thru ES14's. Really nicely balanced, and I think I'm correct in saying Epos developed their early models with Naim amplification so one would expect the synergy to be good.
Kef Q35s I bought about 25 years ago - still going strong - can't comment on any of their audiophile qualities though as they hardly ever get used just for music any more. Still they look quite nice - when I take the covers off (not that I'd dare with my destructive 4 y/o daughter around)
That I appreciate, just bear in mind you're reproducing a recording that had already been coloured before it got onto the CD.
OK but also bear in mind that you want your hi-fi to accurately reproduce more than just a cranked guitar sound. What about vocals, acoustic guitar? What if like me you listen to classical as well as old 70s rock? If you want to hear what the artist, producer and engineer put on the master you need an accurate system.
BUT... the best speakers I ever heard for rock were Klipschorns, because basically they are built like PA speakers. I couldn't have coped with them for small scale choral work though, Quad ESL63s work best for that. Those ATC SCM50s mentioned back up there are the best all rounders I've heard.
onlysteel - Member
Nice real world set up Oink. Ran the same amplification with CDX and Sondek as sources, thru ES14's. Really nicely balanced, and I think I'm correct in saying Epos developed their early models with Naim amplification so one would expect the synergy to be good.
Yes - I believe they were developed with Naim amplification in mind. I would describe my system as "neutral' and have been very happy with it since the mid '90's when I took all the gear I had at the time into my local Radford HiFi, part x'ed it all and splurged on my ideal system!! YOLO and you can't take it with you etc. Im just dreading the day I have to get the 250 re-capped! 😯
B&W PM1s ...
Great sounding small speakers ....
The biggies are no longer needed ....
Oink - had my late eighties 250 and Hicap returned for service by Naim after around 20 years of faithful service. Well worth doing, IMHO. 72 was replaced with an 82 shortly before.
You make some good points, Slowoldman. Vocals generally get sung through an SM 58 and a PA with a bit of EQ, chorus and reverb. Some singers use their own effects boxees. The PA units have a tweeter/horn and are closed back so much easier to reproduce with "hi-fi" speakers than the overdriven guitar which often uses an open back design.
I reckon hi-fis do small accoustic instruments and voice pretty well, where they fall down is in the reproduction of sounds made by big instruments or speakers with no damping. You can't make a small closed back driver sound like a big driver in an open cab. It takes the edge and aggression off the sound.
I use a modelling guitar amp with which you can select a speaker emulation to simulate Creamback, Greenback, Vintage 30, Alnico blue or whatever. It's not bad until you compare with a real Creamback and the treble rings in your ears.
I have just inherited via a friend of my mom's a pair of quad esl 63s and a pair of quad 57s. Am looking forward to getting them set up.
Eltax Liberty 5+ floor standers, bought in about '99 along with the Yamaha 'natural sound' amp they're wired to. A budget set up which I didn't imagine I'd still have so many years later!
I have just inherited via a friend of my mom's a pair of quad esl 63s and a pair of quad 57s. Am looking forward to getting them set up.
Blooming' 'eck. Well done.
