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Post by Dr Bunsen Honeydew on Jul 8, 2014 16:50:49 GMT
Well they don't look Goodmans, but there are two separate magnets which means dual concentric in some form or another.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 17:12:33 GMT
As far as British made speakers go, these are IMHO about as good as it gets  What are these ? Loudspeakers  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 19:14:46 GMT
BTH K10A... I think.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 5:11:14 GMT
Well they don't look Goodmans, but there are two separate magnets which means dual concentric in some form or another. Correct, this link shows the cabinets I comissioned for them K10A's |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 19:59:15 GMT
Some Goodmans 12" full range drivers. These both date from 1946 and, coupled with some Bakers Selhurts 15" Auditorim bass drvers crossed over at 150Hz and lorenz LPH-65 tweeters crossed over at 12kHz did not sound dated at all.  |
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Post by Dr Bunsen Honeydew on Jul 9, 2014 20:23:00 GMT
Curiosity - why tie them in bags.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 20:58:47 GMT
Curiosity - why tie them in bags. A lot of early speakers that were used in cinema applications used phenolic spiders and no dust cones which I have been told was to make servicing i.e. cone replacement simpler. The gauze bags were to keep dust or other foreign objects out of the voice coil gap. Some of my Westrex & British Thomson Houston drivers are in the same sorts of bags.    |
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Post by Dr Bunsen Honeydew on Jul 9, 2014 21:05:14 GMT
Thanks, makes sense.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 3:38:52 GMT
There are a couple of pairs of Dimension 8 on Ebay at present and at low prices. Yes Please |
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Post by walpurgis on Jul 12, 2014 16:52:21 GMT
When I see your BTH units Andy, the Altec 604 and 801 always spring to mind.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 17:36:08 GMT
Curiosity - why tie them in bags. My old B&W 'DM2a' & 'DM4' had a simular thing not bags but brown foam that did the same job. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 17:46:31 GMT
When I see your BTH units Andy, the Altec 604 and 801 always spring to mind. The twin magnet construction does make them look similar Geoff. Don't forget there were a few other vintage Dual concentics (other than Tannoy) made in the UK Parmeko LS1 - 15" Looks very similar to the Altec 604 Altobass 2000 (made by Parmeko) sometimes sold overseas as Mullard - 12" Vitavox DU120 (pretty dire) - 12" Whiteley DC15 - 15" Whiteley DC12 - 12" Whiteley DC10 - 10" BTH/AEI QA14 - 12" The BTH K10A was the best of them though  |
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Post by walpurgis on Jul 12, 2014 19:33:26 GMT
Yes, I remember all those apart from the Parmeko and Altobass units.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 20:05:51 GMT
Yes, I remember all those apart from the Parmeko and Altobass units. This is the Parmeko LS1    Altobass 2000    |
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Post by walpurgis on Jul 12, 2014 22:57:14 GMT
Interesting Andy, not familiar with them.
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Post by walpurgis on Jul 12, 2014 23:05:33 GMT
Anyway, back to the O/P. I personally would sooner get a pair of Goodmans Magnum K2s than the Dimension 8s. The Dimension 8, for obvious reasons has rather diffuse imaging to say the least and woofly bass due to the bunch of very small bass drivers trying to assert control over the backward facing 10" ABR. Don't get me wrong, I quite like the Dimension 8, but it has limitations. The Magnum K2 (and the Magister of the time) are rather more authoritative (If buying, just watch out for peeling vinyl skins on the bass drivers though).
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Post by Dr Bunsen Honeydew on Jul 12, 2014 23:11:13 GMT
Only the K2 has that problem the K has the same bass driver without the skin. So some just peel it off from the K2.
K much better cabinet, K2 better HF unit. My choice would be K.
There are simple mods that make the Dim8s sing.
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Post by istari_knight on Aug 25, 2014 22:00:27 GMT
Just bagged a NOS [yes really!] pair of "Triaxiom 212c" - Any good ? Suggested cabinets ? And finally, are the "ARU's" essential ? This is all I have:  |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 29, 2014 3:51:55 GMT
Just bagged a NOS [yes really!] pair of "Triaxiom 212c" Fantastic find! I've no idea about cabinets for them but hopefully someone can help. Do keep us informed. |
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