How many pairs of speakers do you own?

[KTea88]

10 at the last count I just can't help collecting them!

the list goes like this, in no preference.

Quad ESL57 very early both s/n's are in the region of 300.

Tannoy 611 new soniqs sax caps

Tannoy Cheviots

DBX soundfield 100 in need of recone of the 10" driver

Celestion Ditton 15xr Highly modded out board xover and used active

Harbeth LS3/5a

Spendor SP2

Celestion 551

Homebrew Transmission line using a Tannoy 6" ICT driver this pair was a prototype design for my main listening speakers.

My main speakers are fully active a TL using a Tannoy 6" Pro Dual with a Tannoy st25 super tweeter.

I love the sound of these over all the speakers I have heard there is just no boxyness no boom boom just nice controled punchy bass with serious sub freq thrown in that puts a smile on myface.
and mid/high vocals that my mates die for.
all driven by a Kat88 Bass Kel84 treb

[Scottmoose]

Too many.

Acoustic Energy Aegis One
BIB with Fostex FF165K
BIB with Monacor SPH-60X (on loan to a friend)
ML TQWT with Fostex FE167E (3 pairs actually, the first two were 'borrowed' by friends who refuse to give them back)
Shortly a double horn with FE126E (currently building)
Open baffle with Visation B200 (currently building)

only the two
a pair of newly 'restored' jr149
and a pair of wd25a's

jr's are used with a quad 44/405-2 combo and the wd's are driven by my kel84.
Although, whats these hiding behind the computer screen..... WOW its a pair of eltax millenium mini's, how could i have forgotten about such a classic design as these (I just noticed, there rated at 120w, i might have to try the full 100w output from my quad later, any bets how long they will last?)

[naimart]

Sadly!

Heybrook Heylette
Heybrook Quartet
Heybrook HB3 II
Heybrook Sextet II
World Audio WD25A

Have I broken a trend?

Originally Posted by naimart

Sadly!

Heybrook Heylette
Heybrook Quartet
Heybrook HB3 II
Heybrook Sextet II
World Audio WD25A

Have I broken a trend?

Which are your favourites?
Or if thats too hard a question, which do you listen to most?

[naimart]

Graeme,

It is a very difficult question!

I'm not sure I would give the same answer twice. Over the years, in my main system, I used the HB3's - for about 12 years (their now in the loft) - I loved them but as CD's encroached I felt the treble was a bit ragged. I then switched to the Sextets and have been using them for the last 11 years .... until the WD25A came around that is.

If I was a magician and allowed I would love new HB3's with a modern treble driver and an enormous house to fit them into!

It sounds like the wd's are being used the most at pressent then.

I just wondered.

Cant you get the drivers rebuilt in the hb3's and fit a new tweeter? (with a bit of crossover tweeking maybe, im guessing here)

Ive no suggestions on the enourmous house though, well, not practical ones anyway.

[Shane]

Originally Posted by naimart

Sadly!

Heybrook Heylette
Heybrook Quartet
Heybrook HB3 II
Heybrook Sextet II
World Audio WD25A

Have I broken a trend?

That depends on whether you're talking about manufacturers or designers!

[Single end]

Originally Posted by Scottmoose

Too many.

Acoustic Energy Aegis One
BIB with Fostex FF165K
BIB with Monacor SPH-60X (on loan to a friend)
ML TQWT with Fostex FE167E (3 pairs actually, the first two were 'borrowed' by friends who refuse to give them back)
Shortly a double horn with FE126E (currently building)
Open baffle with Visation B200 (currently building)

It will be difficould to compare an open baffle with other enclosures, never the less I would be interested how the B200's shape up against FOSTEX.
Please let us know

[JerryT]

At the moment...... just two. I just counted up and 9 pairs have passed through my hands since 1967.

Wharfedale harewoods - much modified - from early 90s and Fostex 206e in self designed voight pipes. Voight Pipes much nicer than the box speakers (either as bass reflex as Infinite baffles). Next step BIB for 206e

But if you asked about amps .. Audiolab 100P; KAT 6550 (much modded); Chinese 2A3 amp (Goldballs) and Chinese 845 amp (audioromy) as well as a number of half built or waiting to be rebuilt efforts !

Jerry