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"Iain Churches" wrote


Quite so. Never be satisfied - you'd have to sell your circular saw,
and that would never do.

Agreed. Keith's journey to audio Nirvana is one of the most interesting
topics on this group. He is one of the few "hands-on fettlers" - fast
become a rare breed.


Absolutely not - you don't have to travel far from this group to find
hoards of people hacking and chopping bits of wood or setting fire to the
carpet with their soldering irons! My piddly little doings are chicken****
compared with them!!

Check this out for a start:

http://www.diyaudio.com/index.php?s=...c81e0181db5c6e

And then there are countless little, specialised forums!

I was talking about *this* NG.
There are very few fettlers.

Iain

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Wally wrote:

Eiron wrote:


What enclosures and room do you have?
B139s need an enormous box to get decent bass.


The enclosures are the remains of the home-brews I acquired many years
ago.
They're based on the KefKit3 - Concerto drivers, crossover and baffle,
build
yer own boxes. About 14" deep, 2' wide, 3' high. I once calculated the
volume to be 135L. They also have a series of slots cut in the back (by
the
original builder), which I think is probably a bad thing. The main
speakers
are Kef Q Compacts, so the mid and top drivers in the old boxes are now
unused - they're just big reflex bass cabs, probably with added slotty
mush.

The cabinets are the right size. Don't know how you tune the slots in the
rear.
Not that it matters if you have a DSP to equalize the bass.

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Kef had an even larger driver than the B139, known as the B1814
which was eighteen by fourteen inches. It was used in the Kef K1 monitor.
I have a pair of these, ex BBC. They can bee seen at:

http://www.kef.com/history/1960/k1monitor.asp


Iain

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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote


Quite so. Never be satisfied - you'd have to sell your circular saw,
and that would never do.

Agreed. Keith's journey to audio Nirvana is one of the most interesting
topics on this group. He is one of the few "hands-on fettlers" - fast
become a rare breed.


Absolutely not - you don't have to travel far from this group to find
hoards of people hacking and chopping bits of wood or setting fire to the
carpet with their soldering irons! My piddly little doings are
chicken****
compared with them!!

Check this out for a start:

http://www.diyaudio.com/index.php?s=...c81e0181db5c6e

And then there are countless little, specialised forums!

I was talking about *this* NG.
There are very few fettlers.



OK, but there are a number who have done plenty in the past - I'm only a
latecomer!! ;-)

My problem is I don't/won't take anybody's word for *anything*.....

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Iain Churches wrote:

Kef had an even larger driver than the B139, known as the B1814
which was eighteen by fourteen inches. It was used in the Kef K1 monitor.
I have a pair of these, ex BBC. They can bee seen at:

http://www.kef.com/history/1960/k1monitor.asp

Why do all cabinets of that era look like ( as dull as ) Lockwoods ?

Graham

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writes


Iain Churches wrote:

Kef had an even larger driver than the B139, known as the B1814
which was eighteen by fourteen inches. It was used in the Kef K1 monitor.
I have a pair of these, ex BBC. They can bee seen at:

http://www.kef.com/history/1960/k1monitor.asp

Why do all cabinets of that era look like ( as dull as ) Lockwoods ?

Graham


As "impressive" ;-))
--
Tony Sayer

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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
I was talking about *this* NG.
There are very few fettlers.

Seems to me the 'fettlers' are mainly those who mess about with ancient
technology which by nature *needs* fettling. Not that there's anything
wrong with that as a hobby. Anymore than playing around with old cars,
etc. As long as one retains a hold on reality...

--
*Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Kef had an even larger driver than the B139, known as the B1814
which was eighteen by fourteen inches. It was used in the Kef K1 monitor.
I have a pair of these, ex BBC. They can bee seen at:

http://www.kef.com/history/1960/k1monitor.asp

Where were they in use, Iain? KEF also made at least some of the BBC
designed LS 5/1s of that era.

--
*Vegetarians taste great*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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Eeyore wrote:
Kef had an even larger driver than the B139, known as the B1814 which
was eighteen by fourteen inches. It was used in the Kef K1 monitor. I
have a pair of these, ex BBC. They can bee seen at:

http://www.kef.com/history/1960/k1monitor.asp

Why do all cabinets of that era look like ( as dull as ) Lockwoods ?

Lockwood, of course, started out as cabinet makers and supplied the BBC
with all sorts of custom made enclosures not only related to audio. Then
ventured into speaker making. For a while they were flavour of the month
for pop monitoring. Dunno if they still exist.

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*Some days you're the dog, some days the hydrant.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Drill Chucks - Try this place for a start - in the UK
 

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"Keith G" wrote in message
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Any idea where's the best place to get a replacement chuck for my Bosch
drill...??


I need a chuck with a 10mm (9.5?) female thread - no luck in any shops I
have been in, so far. Plenty with a 'male' thread...!!

http://www.tooled-up.com/MicroCatego...&MANUF =Bosch


Ordered now - thanks for that tip, they are very good to deal with, but....

*Yesterday* the chuck was 14 quid + bits, today it's 21 quid...!!

Apparently an 'offer' ended yesterday....!! :-(

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Kef had an even larger driver than the B139, known as the B1814
which was eighteen by fourteen inches. It was used in the Kef K1 monitor.
I have a pair of these, ex BBC. They can bee seen at:

http://www.kef.com/history/1960/k1monitor.asp

Where were they in use, Iain? KEF also made at least some of the BBC
designed LS 5/1s of that era.

My pal in BBC transcription put me on to them. I have never seen another
pair. When Raymond Cooke was alive, I mentioned to him once at an AES
convention that I had a pair of K1s, and he expressed an interest in
having them back on a "new lamps for old" basis.

Iain