"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:58:21 +0100, "Keith G"
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"Don Pearce" wrote


It's a TLS. And it uses the good old B139 driver, which was never the
loudest. A friend of mine bought a pair when they were new and I seem
to remember he paid a fortune for them. I did a quick measure-up and
went home and built my own pair for less than a tenth the price. I
used them for quite a while.


And developed your taste for *excessive* bass? :-)

To a midget, Tom Cruise is too tall, I suppose :-)


I believe the trick is to use a small tea chest....

??



Well mine are on eBay now (Auction No. 270178019709) with a Start Price
of 200 quid, auction starting 9:00 pm, Sunday Night.

(Collect only - *crane* vehicle advised...!! :-)


It's all that Dr. Bailey's long fibre wool that does it.


Is that what it is? :-)

The IMFs used plastic foam instead of Dr Bailey's long haired underpants.
They had different densities depending on where they were in the cabinet.
That made the 'speaker largely insensitive to movement whilst shipping.
Long-haired wool didn't take kindly to being shaken about and would tend to
settle.

As to the sensitivity, my TLS50s were similarly insensitive. I first used
them with a 30watt SS amp, and the sound was awful. A scope across the
terminals confirmed the amp was clipping, almost continuously. A change to
a 75watt amp (93 actually) cured the problem.

Nevertheless, great 'speakers if you've the room, can back them up against a
wall and drive them hard.

S.

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