Cranes in the sky is wonderful. Didn’t realise it was Raphael Sadiq. went to the Devon Turnbull exhibition a couple of years ago and he played Kahil el zabar. Sounded incredible.
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They’ve had them in SK1 for a bit, hard to gauge playing in a shop but they know their shit so I’ll assume they are v decent. I can also confirm they look the nuts.
Very nice design and build quality, looks like they are going for the DIY look with the birch ply cabinets. But 89db for the coaxial isn’t very good at all and the sub is listed down to 25hz, I’d be surprised to hear anything south of 50hz from that cabinet, but you never know till you hear them.
Lists it as digging down to only 65Hz. But it comes with a sub so you’d be crossing over around 100Hz anyway. Lots of cash for 2 powered low sensitivity coaxes and a mini sub, but if they sound nice, they sound nice. I bet with that little 200w plate amp they’d fill a small to medium room.
The sales point seems to be that they are plug and play and don’t need anything in the way of amps and cables, but you’re get something that looks like a Troels Gravesen speaker and hopefully sounds pleasing.
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Those ATC 3 ways are probably the nicest monitors I heard when I was lucky enough to be able to listen to lots of different pairs, including full genelec range, dynaudios and some lesser stuff. 3 ways are lovely. I have Genelec S30s which I’m so so happy with as something comparable.
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Played in a bar last night that had them with the master sounds Radius mixer . Sounded good to my ears .
If you’re handy with wood glue, a soldering iron and a screw driver - the talented Scott Hinson is selling his MEH horn as a flat pack kit these days. He’s not in it to make a profit, so there’s also free plans to cut (or have your local CNC shop cut) the wood and save on postage. It uses the now-open source Danley patent and probably sounds better than most high end speakers out there. Someone has developed a PA version too (the Hinson one is aimed more at home use), or there’s the ever-popular Syntripp that proceeded it. Might be of interest to some on here. Anyone can read more about it, but basically all your drivers come from a single sourcepoint inside one horn.
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there’s a good idea.
How’s this coming along? Would love to see the finished result.
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I can’t recommend these tough little units highly enough. Really punchy sound without straying into jbl xtreme bass-monster territory. Made by an independent company in Bristol (Minirig). My pals very kindly bought me two plus a sub-bass for my 50th. I put one of them on my bike for the commute and it’s been a total game-changer.
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https://www.etsy.com/listing/1129037919/2-set-bike-bag-feed-bag-bikepacking-bag?ref=yr_purchases
The speaker fits perfectly in this 
These things are indestructible I swear. Had one since 2015 been to countless festivals and even left overnight in the rain after a house party and still survived
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Mates after an amp with a network receiver so he can play tunes off phone also, anyone got one they’d recommend?
Not too expensive if possible…
Assume it’d be standard on most modern ones
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I’ve got one of these, it’s really good upgrade from my previous 30 odd year old NAD.
Always thought these looked fun
Or this looks bog standard but cheap
What speakers are they driving?
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Wiim are pretty good. I’ve got the Pro Plus. But they do amps too
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Wiim Amp - Network streamer portion of it is near perfect and the amp section is respectable. WiiM Amp Streaming Amplifier Review
I’m currently running a Wiim Pro Plus into a Topping PA5 Power Amp into Klipsch Forte’s for the living room. Really liking the Paratmetric EQ / auto Room Correction built into Wiim line (Amp, Pro, Pro Plus etc…)
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Bit of a home project for the front room. Altec 414’s with Altec 808-8A’s on 311-90 horns. Just got them running for the first time yesterday.
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Beautiful looking, how do they sound? Are you running a crossover or biamp?
Thanks mate, I’m running a second order crossover that I haven’t quite got right yet and need to L-pad the horne, but the clarity of those old Altecs is quite the experience. I can see myself maybe adding a sub at some point, for electronic stuff, but I’ll have to live with them for a while first before I’ll really know what it needs, if anything.
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