dret
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Post by dret on Oct 21, 2020 11:26:48 GMT
Hi,
I have been given 2 Goodmans Quartet Q60 speakers, which I am not familiar with, any thoughts on their quality please
Also, I am intrigued by the two lights on the front - one green and one red. Can I assume that the green lights up when at optimum volume and the red when things are getting distorted ?
Any insight much appreciated
Thanks
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 21, 2020 12:01:58 GMT
Hi - your first post on The Audio Standard!! Welcome dret . The Quartets were a budget range and I think there were four models Q30, 40,60 and 80 - the bottom one being the two way Q30, which cost £30 and the top one, the Q80 was, like your 60s, a three way model with reflex port. The Q80 was £100 and the 60 was about £80, I think. I think they were made for Goodmans by Jamo. The green LEDs were supposed to indicate 'efficiency' and the red one showed that the speaker was being overloaded. I suspect this actually meant that if no red was showing distortion then it lit up green by default. I don't think the Q30 had any LEDs. The Q40 only had the red one, but yours and the Q80 got both. Captive leads and DIN plugs - those were the days!! |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 21, 2020 12:08:26 GMT
Hello and welcome to TAS!
Chris has answered your question but do dive in and enjoy.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 21, 2020 14:45:08 GMT
Welcome to TAS dret !
Mike
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 21, 2020 15:05:59 GMT
Welcome dret!
The man ChrisB strikes again with his encyclopedic audiophile knowledge ...
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 21, 2020 15:27:40 GMT
I bet they sound better with the LEDs bypassed!
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dret
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Post by dret on Oct 21, 2020 16:49:55 GMT
Thank you everyone for such a warm welcome.
Chris - many thanks for the background info - you have an amazing memory !
They sound Ok to me ,although I haven't really got anything to compare them to!
Showing my ignorance, I am not quite sure I understand the reference to bypassing the LEDS - does this mean you would take the lights out of the circuit and therefore with less resistance in the circuit the sound would be better/more responsive ?? ( sorry using my O level Physic here !)
I got them so I could, after many years, use my Sansui stack hi-fi system.(turntable FR-D25, Amplifier A7, Tuner T7, cassette player (!) D-95M). They all still seem to be working OK. Again, I imagine they are budget models since bought when a teenager.
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 21, 2020 18:10:00 GMT
By-passing the LEDs isn't something I would do. Since they aren't powered by mains, they must be drawing power from the amp input, which can't be a good thing. I think LEDs are also electrically noisy devices too.
I can't see these designs being particularly stunning in the sound quality stakes, to be honest, but that's my impression from a significant distance! They'll sound a good bit better than no speakers though, that's for sure! If they're allowing you to enjoy music, then that's all that matters.
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Post by John on Oct 21, 2020 18:51:45 GMT
Welcome to TAS
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Post by MartinT on Oct 22, 2020 12:26:25 GMT
I think LEDs are also electrically noisy devices too. Not very much, they are often used as voltage references. Neons, now they are seriously noisy! |
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 22, 2020 12:48:53 GMT
Even so, I think there's a history of rabid audiophiliac tinkering involving such practices.
No opinion here, one way or the other (except that life is fairly short and there are other things to do), just recognising the existence of it.
There's always Mike's approach of just covering them!
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 22, 2020 13:49:11 GMT
Black card can be your friend !
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Post by MartinT on Oct 22, 2020 14:08:50 GMT
I never thought Google and black card would have anything in common.
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Post by jandl100 on Oct 22, 2020 18:50:55 GMT
Welcome to the forum from me as well.
Just been looking at some pics of the Q60 and I think they look great.
Nice paper midrange cones by the looks of them - no reason at all why they won't sound very good!
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dret
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Post by dret on Nov 30, 2020 22:18:42 GMT
Hi Everyone,
This is probably as basic as it comes, but I've never know and don't have a manual to refer to, how do I know which of my speaker leads is the +ve and which the -ve please. Both leads are grey, but one has a blackline down it.
I can then be sure I'm getting the best from the speakers ! - thanks again
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 30, 2020 22:36:03 GMT
The black striped wire is usually positive, I think. If you can get the cover off one of the plugs, you could check. Assuming, as I think they are, you have DIN plugs with a flat blade and a round pin. The smaller terminal (round pin) is positive, while the larger one (flat pin) is negative. The other way is to touch the terminals on an AAA battery against the wires (one wire on each end of the battery) and watch, or feel with a fingertip, how the woofer moves. If it moves out (forwards), then the positive battery terminal is on the positive speaker wire. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 1, 2020 10:57:14 GMT
Chris has it. Some cables don't have a black line but a ridge along one edge, which is equivalent to the line.
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dret
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Post by dret on Dec 1, 2020 22:08:11 GMT
Thanks Chris & Martin for the great advice once again. Trying with a battery sounds fun ! I'll give it a go
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 1, 2020 23:20:00 GMT
Excellent! Good luck and let us know how you get on.
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