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centaurus Senior Contributor 100+
Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 125 Location: Okland, CA
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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i just sold the calindas a month ago. very sad moment for me, but we simply don't have the space to store them.
they went to a good home though - an avid KEF fan. he has a pair of 1/4/2 and always wanted to try some vintage T27 based KEFs without having to blow the cash for LS3/5A. HE LOVES THEM!
see ya,
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audiolabtower VIP Contributor 500+
Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 686
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Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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The Yamis came out best in early Hi FI Choice when 50 or 60 speakers were tested and it was written by Angus McKensie - a reviewer who really knew what he was taking about and had real golden ears. But the next issue had Kef105s and they then beat the Yamahas overall.
Incidentally I recently compared BC1s with a friend and we both agreed his early alnico ones were not as good as a later higher power handling 55W pair with the last official Spendor port mod (tube and thick foam) which had a more solid image and better bass and depth presentation when loud. |
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centaurus Senior Contributor 100+
Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 125 Location: Okland, CA
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:13 am Post subject: |
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Having a little bout of insomnia, so i was researching ns-1000m articles and came upon this old thread.
Still enjoy the ns-1000m.daily! Since my last post here, I ditched my tube preamps and bought a used classe audio dr4. It mates beautifully with my longstanding McIntosh mc60 tube mono blocks and the yammies.
The ns1000m pretty much marked the end of my incessant gear flipping and scouring audio message boards searching for the next best thing. I just listen and enjoy. It's quite freeing.
I definitely don't have the best system in the world or anything, but I haven't been left "wanting" for quite some time.
Well, I wouldn't mind trying a different preamp one of these days.... Just out if curiousity
See ya
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iso Senior Contributor 200+
Joined: 29 Aug 2011 Posts: 215 Location: Finland
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Comparing vintage speakers is difficult as as all drive units do not age too well and they may detoriate very different ways. Crossovers can be made to perform as well as new... if enough data is available. Materials in drive units are often very difficult to replace with "as new material". Luckily sometimes miracles like repair kits for 34mm Audax tweeter or Falcon T27 and B110 do surface.
I got good reminder for this when checking results of my Armstrog 621 rebuild here http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/IP.Board/index.php?showtopic=8432
I used my Cantatas for week or so to verify results of rebuild. Armstrong seemed to be nice but nothing special. When I replaced 40 year old Cantatas with fresh kit built ATC 100´s. It was like night and day. This nice 40 year old budged minded 2 x 40 watt Armstrong amplifier had slam and open sound stage when connected to ATC`s. No harshness or dullnes for aged T52´s. I like Cantatas very much... they are truly nice but they are also 40 years old.
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