On 17/12/2015 18:30, Don Pearce wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:46:14 +0000, Eiron
wrote:

On 17/12/2015 15:12, Don Pearce wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:59:11 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Eiron wrote:
All very well but what about the T15?
I acquired a pair of KEF Cantata G4s and can't live with them,
even in the garage, so they'll be on ebay after Christmas.
Unless I decide to give them another chance and re-use them with an
active crossover, as they look very nice with the mirrored domes.

IMHO, a crossover frequency right slap bang in the middle of the most
sensitive part of the hearing is asking for trouble. As is expecting one
unit to handle the top 4 or 5 octaves. Or the bottom 4 or 5, come to that.
;-)

You've just reminded me of poor old Keith. He was a great fan of
full-range drivers.


Indeed :-) I didn't entirely get it, despite being propped up in front
of his latest and greatest from time to time. He did like to play some
quite eclectic music loud, in quite a small room - which didn't suit me
especially well.

Some of the smaller one driver speakers did sound pretty good - he had a
pair tucked behind a computer that had remarkable bass from (IIRC) a
single 4" driver.

And in fairness, he did have conventional speakers in his hifi room.
Always switching between them - almost trying to like something more
conventional. And a big pair of Ruarks for the AV setup.

I was reminded of him this week when I saw in a second-hand shop a pair
of large, nicely home-made, cabinets, each containing a 4" full-range
driver with whizzer cone. Remember this Christmas to drink a toast
to absent friends. "Valves and vinyl, because I say so."
And smoke a Voigt pipe in his memory....


Will do. Remember him fondly.

Towards the end he was obviously pretty frail, and on enough
medication to stock a chemist's shop, but he still managed to ride his
huge old motorbikes. I think maybe a lot of the time when he was
extra-cantakerous, it was the pain talking.


Aye, I gather it was grim towards the end. But he seemed OK a couple of
months before - we had a huge curry dinner and he was on fine form. And,
it has to be said, he was never one to suffer fools ;-)

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Cheers, Rob