Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Good comprehensive review here. Happily, for your purposes, the voicing seems to be quite warm.

Anyone want my Tannoys before I stick em on the ‘bay?

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Just the speakers or the cabs as well?

How much are you looking for?

Probably can’t justify another pair of tannoys but tempted anyway….

Same.

I'm thinking about getting something small and digital to replace a Yamaha A-S301 that use with some Q2020i as the basement kitchen/living area set-up. It sounds meh...fine, but the combination has never really got me excited. Through necessity it's also in a really sub-optimal position on a head-height, shelf backed into an alcove above the TV. It's never gonna be my main system so i'm fine with that.

Part of the issue is that the amp is so deep that it hangs over the edge the shelf and looks a bit shit. I've already pulled shelves fwd and reinforced them once and they won't go any further.

So, inspired by JB and his teeny temporary amp, I'm thinking about repurposing it or flogging it and sticking a little digital bluetooth thing up there for streaming from my phone while cooking/watching telly.

Drivers in the cabs. New polypropylene capacitors in the crossovers. Drivers are mint. I’ve just refinished the original teak veneer with three coats of hardwax oil.

If I can avoid eBay I’d let them go for £800 I reckon. Seem be about £1200+ on the bay, ignoring the chancers at £1900 buy-it-now.

I actually used this set up for a jubilee street party last weekend. up the speakers on a second floor window shelf on foam matts and cranked my "republican street party" playlist down the street. It sounded pretty good from outside. Managed to get away with sneaking Suicide, Flaming Groovies, Marcia Griffiths, Professor Longhair, Le Tigre, Stereolab and The Knife into a cupcakes and bunting affair with not a single complaint. Win.

How much you looking for?

Why the change?

I reckon £450

Ebony colour btw

I’ve refurbed a pair of Cheviots so the IIILZ need a new home.

You made me look at Klipsch speakers. I'm out as I'd like the powered R41PMs now.

GLWS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckiZf9X8GrY

Ha, no worries. May go on the bay if no other interest...

I've been looking at the Topping PA5. If it wasn't for the annoying balanced 1/4" inputs, I've had bought one already.

Update on Focal Elex's. Still very much enjoying. Am keeping them. Only negative is that they're the most revealing-of-poor-recording headphones/speakers I've ever listened to. So I can't listen to a lot of stuff through them. But good masters/good production just sounds phenomenal. No regrats.

Room goals.

Think its worth posting this here too -

Anyone on here that could turn some alu to make two 7" record adaptors for me?
Similar to the one photographed below but a few mm taken off the top and flattened. No where seems to stock the exact style I want, which would match my TT .

Tried this guy? https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/771067817/solid-brass-turntablerecord-player?gbraid=0AAAAADutTMeRlmLS24Dw_BR5jRQ5M_M_I&gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_c-books_movies_and_music-music-recorded_audio&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjwtIaVBhBkEiwAsr7-c2TzFHQJD8OQNuigDwDL6-Q2D0bRUi1D40ofY6DKor1-_FZ3q6k2iRoCeV0QAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_325945248_20231815368_88478011008_pla-106551297395_m__771067817engb_102858184&utm_custom2=325945248&gbraid=0AAAAADutTMeRlmLS24Dw_BR5jRQ5M_M_I&gclid=CjwKCAjwtIaVBhBkEiwAsr7-c2TzFHQJD8OQNuigDwDL6-Q2D0bRUi1D40ofY6DKor1-_FZ3q6k2iRoCeV0QAvD_BwE

Yeah I have via a few channels but no replies sadly

I'd encourage you to do so if only to hear your feedback - it looks very promising from a 'success is total anonymity' perspective. Topping make some snazzy XLR to 1/4" cables if necessary

It’s pretty simple job, there’s plenty of machinists out there that would do it. I’ve got a metal lathe but no time right now, would knock a couple up for you otherwise

Right, but I need RCA to the 1/4". I get what they're doing - they want people to buy the whole stack, but I already have an E30 that is totally fine but it has RCA out only.

And that also means I'll be going from an unbalanced DAC connection into a balanced input which will work but then it's like... I dunno... defeats the purpose of having balanced inputs on the PA5.

Mounting floor standers, to the wall?

Have some 90's Ruark 2 way floor standers, probably around 40 to 50 kg each, front ported. Work fine, re'capped them last year. Use them at my work, but currently sat under a workbench, tweets pointing pretty much half under the work bench, the rest at my pockets, best sound is sitting down in the metal bin. Haven't got anywhere else on the floor that they would work in the workshop without being directly in the firing line of damage or just in the way.

Or maybe I should go full mental and mount them from the ceiling, upside down, angles would work, roof has easily accessible frame work that could be mounted to, and wall is solid brick so easy to whack some hilti bolts in there and build a little platform for them