Speaker Porn

[swt61]

I remember those old Infinity Kappa 9 speakers as sounding pretty good. But I may have been standing at the time. ?

[ironbut]

Almost bought a used pair of Sigma's in 1998. 

Real close to a cross between a planar and moving coil speaker in sound.

I'm still kinda tempted?

[Knuckledragger]

That's certainly one approach to amplifier placement.   The subs certainly aren't going to walk anywhere.

[lkong]

2 hours ago, Knuckledragger said:

That's certainly one approach to amplifier placement.   The subs certainly aren't going to walk anywhere.

Were you on Reddit too? Saw this earlier from Reddit.

[Voltron]

Are you a cop?

Edited June 30, 2018 by Voltron

[lkong]

57 minutes ago, Voltron said:

Are you a cop?

Are you a cop?

[Dusty Chalk]

9 hours ago, Knuckledragger said:

That's certainly one approach to amplifier placement.   The subs certainly aren't going to walk anywhere.

But then why would you put it on an amp stand like that one?

[Voltron]

7 hours ago, lkong said:

Are you a cop?

No, I am the Defender of the Universe. 

[Knuckledragger]

[bjarnetv]

some more tweeter porn

[Knuckledragger]

Mastering room in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

[ironbut]

I dig those diffusors on wheels!

Something like those could do the trick in front of my big ass tv on the rear wall.

[Dusty Chalk]

3 hours ago, bjarnetv said:

some more tweeter porn

Well that's just super!

[bjarnetv]

indeed!

[Knuckledragger]

[Craig Sawyers]

That has to be somewhere in Japan?

[mikeymad]

 

[justin]

nice B&W system for south floridians: https://www.ebay.com/itm/192669722946?ul_noapp=true

[Knuckledragger]

Opera Consonance M15-20 speakers - Line Magnetic Audio 218-IA integrated amp - Amadeus Well Tempered Labs turntable with TLC WTL mm cartridge - Dynavector DV75 MK 4 phono stage - Pro-ject Pre Box S2 DAC with MQA decoding - Cardas cables and interconnects

[skullguise]

A couple for Dusty, and others.....

 

[emelius]

hadn't even heard of these 'til today...

[Craig Sawyers]

KEF - Kent Engineering Foundry. Used to make crop sprayers and agricultural machinery. It was bought by Raymond Cook in 1961, ex BBC and Wharfedale, and hence renamed KEF Electronics with a completely different focus - away went the agricultural stuff, and in came the loudspeaker designs.

KEF went bust in 1992 and was bought by the Chinese. So it only existed for 31 years as an independent  business.

Design is done on HK and manufacture in China.

[emelius]

I meant this model:)...hadn't heard any rumors or anything...

Probably not a good choice if you have cats...

 

[Dusty Chalk]

...or an excellent choice.

[mwl168]

On 11/1/2018 at 2:02 PM, Craig Sawyers said:

KEF - Kent Engineering Foundry. Used to make crop sprayers and agricultural machinery. It was bought by Raymond Cook in 1961, ex BBC and Wharfedale, and hence renamed KEF Electronics with a completely different focus - away went the agricultural stuff, and in came the loudspeaker designs.

KEF went bust in 1992 and was bought by the Chinese. So it only existed for 31 years as an independent  business.

Design is done on HK and manufacture in China.

Thanks for the historical information Craig!

I was a big fan of the KEF 104ab and 105 of the 70's. KEF drivers were also used in many other speakers that I liked. In some ways, KEF to me in HiFi is like Alfa Romeo To me in motor cars. Those glory old days...