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Kalman Rubinson November 14th 05 05:53 PM

Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations
 
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:38:50 +0000, Eiron wrote:

Andy Evans wrote:

I have pairs of B139, B110 and T27 (though Bailey/IMF was Celestion
1300 to Coles supertweeter) out of a transmission line. If you want
these to build the original design let me know. I'm in W.London
aeatartsandmedia~at~aol~dot~com


Who hasn't? :-)

I've also got the plans for the C. J. Rogers TL including circuit diagram
of the Cambridge Audio R50 crossover, if anyone is interested.


I have accumulated lots TL and crossover info, along with a pair of
midrange drivers and crossovers from Rogers' Pro9TL, for which I have
no need. Anyone (in the US) interested? The Cambridge R50s are still
in my brother-in-law's system.

Kal


sbring November 14th 05 06:18 PM

Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations
 
Are there any schematics for Radford crossovers among your crossover
info? If yes, I am interested.

Sven


Kalman Rubinson November 14th 05 06:59 PM

Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations
 
On 14 Nov 2005 11:18:11 -0800, "sbring" wrote:

Are there any schematics for Radford crossovers among your crossover
info? If yes, I am interested.


Sorry. No Radfords, mostly DIY, IMF, Rogers, etc.

Kal


harrogate2 November 14th 05 07:50 PM

Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations
 

"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message ...
"Eiron" wrote in message
...
sbring wrote:
Among speaker projects I am thinking about, now that I am

reitred, is a
1972 Bailey t-line system. The cabinet seems no big problem;

Bailey has
all the necessary measurements in his article. Driver choices

and
passive three-way crossover deisgn seem much more difficult.


The Bailey used a B139 if I recall correctly.


I made two copies of the original Bailey TL somewhere between 1964

and 1967.
The recommended bass driver was the KEF B139, and the tweeter was

the
Celestion HF1300. The cross-over was as in the Radford Bookshelf of

the
same era which used the same drivers. Commercial versions of the

speaker
were on offer a few years later from TDL (if memory serves me

correctly).

[Nowadays I get more grunt from a sub-woofer...]
--


Many would say a 'senior' moment, but actually a 'craft' moment -
'can't remember a f'ing thing!'

The original design by Arthur Bailey was, IMSMC, published in Wireless
World in about 1971 and was later included part of a collection of
hi-fi designs republished by Wireless World in the late 70's or early
80's of which I still have a copy.

The design was originally (I think) for B139/B110/T15, but they
stopped making the T15 soon after and the T27 was substituted.
Wilmslow supplied an addition of a Coles 4001 super tweeter which
many, including myself, added to good effect.

The commercial units were the TLS50 and TLS80 produced by IMF, of
which you still some being sold at silly prices to this day.

The TDL's used what they called a 'reflex transmission line' which was
really only a fractional wavelength but quite effective. The B&W DM2
(or was it DM4?) used a similar design to good effect - and that did
use the HF1300 and Coles 4001.

In my experience the only other speaker that could manage the
subtleties of deep base - albeit rather quietly - was the Lowther
Acoustic Labyrinth, but as they say that's a different can of worms
altogether!


--
Woody

harrogate2 at ntlworld dot com




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