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mountain monkey · 08-25-2008, 07:19 AM

Hey there hot rod, welcome! I don't know much about speakers, so I'll certainly keep an eye on you. Hopefully I'll learn something. Stick around and you'll be amazed at how much you can learn from these very guys that have already welcomed you here and many more. This is a great forum.

Josh the Marine

hot.rod.audio · 08-28-2008, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Check twice!

Looking great hot.rod,

Your area of the world seems to be just a rocking. What style of music do you prefer?

Have a great day
John

Hi John,

well, since getting into Vinyl a few years ago, I listen mostly to jazz, classical, and 60's and 70's rock. I usually have either an ipod or one of my turntables playing music into a tube amp then through any number of my vintage speakers (Ampex, Jensen, Advent, Dynaco, KLH). My basement is FULL of all sorts of audio goodies

hot.rod.audio · 08-28-2008, 09:07 AM

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1964 VINTAGE!!!!!! That was the year that I arrived in Australia from England, having already spent 17 years in the audio/TV repair business. Some of those 15" woofers needed something like 10 to 20 watts just to get the cone moving! when re-coning some of these monsters I could almost get my fingers in the air gap it was so wide (a bit of an exaggeration) but this is why they were so inefficient, they were the days before all the exotic rare earth magnets came into being, which, coupled with smaller air gaps increased speaker efficiency dramatically.

very cool . . . England put out some of the best speakers available. I've had a pair of BBC stdio monitors pass through my hands (LS3/5a's and a very cool pair of Goodmans Maximus 3's)

most of my favorite vintage speakers are even older than 1964 - that is about when efficiency started dropping off (acoustic suspension / solid state amps . .) mostly, I use drivers from the 50's so the higher efficiency is a good match with my tube amps.

Check twice! · 08-28-2008, 03:30 PM

Hi hot.rod

With vintage amps and vintage speakers, and vintage music,,,,,,,, I'm getting nostalgic vibes already.

I never really got into the audio aspect of music, I can respect and appreciate vintage equipment though.

You bring a great hobby and exceptional knowledge to the forum. You and Harry seem to speak the same launage.

BTW I really enjoy 50's to 70's tunes. I cut my teeth on that kind of music, and a great time in my life.

Have a great day
John

08-25-2008, 07:19 AM	#11
mountain monkey Registered User Sr. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 74 View mountain monkey's Gallery	Report This Post! Hey there hot rod, welcome! I don't know much about speakers, so I'll certainly keep an eye on you. Hopefully I'll learn something. Stick around and you'll be amazed at how much you can learn from these very guys that have already welcomed you here and many more. This is a great forum. Josh the Marine
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Check twice! Registered User Forum King Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nova Scotia CA Posts: 833 View Check twice!'s Gallery	Report This Post! Hi hot.rod With vintage amps and vintage speakers, and vintage music,,,,,,,, I'm getting nostalgic vibes already. I never really got into the audio aspect of music, I can respect and appreciate vintage equipment though. You bring a great hobby and exceptional knowledge to the forum. You and Harry seem to speak the same launage. BTW I really enjoy 50's to 70's tunes. I cut my teeth on that kind of music, and a great time in my life. Have a great day John __________________ John Cleaning my glasses will not make me look any better, but will make what I'm looking at better!
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