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The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 8:46 pm
by Fran
So I'm Fran and I have a problem with vintage HiFi!


I picked these up yesterday - coral bx1401, they sound pretty good!


Anyone else want to share?
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Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 9:24 pm
by ckspeakers
Well done Fran.... on 2 fronts, first for admitting you have a problem, and second, they look like an ear full, what size is the bass driver?

Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 9:58 pm
by Fran
A whopping 15"!

103db/w/m - I thought I might do a spud amp for them....
(have to justify the somehow!)
Fran

Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 12:00 am
by cybot
Fran wrote:A whopping 15"!

103db/w/m - I thought I might do a spud amp for them....
(have to justify the somehow!)
Fran

Spud amp? That's a good one! Enjoy....

Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 12:06 am
by Adrian
Wow... that really is something.... prehistoric 801's!!!!!!! ahahahahahahaha....

They look in good condition as well, I bet you you are going to have some fun with them!!

@ 103 db they are very sensitive are they not?

I have my grandfathers Trio amplifier...very similar to the unit below..

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Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 12:39 am
by Fran
love the design on that amp Adrian!


A spud amp is a single tube very low wattage valve amp - typically a very simple build.... I think it came from the phrase "a one-tuber" ie one tube. well, tuber.... spud.... geddit?


Fran

Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:07 am
by jaybee
that was my next question.....!!!

Is that a 7 way or 5 way speaker, some of the drivers look very similar?

Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:08 am
by jaybee
I have a wonderful horn loaded turntable based mini system....

Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:11 am
by jaybee
it's even fully isolated from dirty A/C......

Re: The great big vintage gear thread!

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 6:17 pm
by Fran
7 speaker 5 way....