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I agree that speakers from the 70s look stunning. No competition, really. My brother has a pair of old Tandbergs that look like this, only larger:

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To see them is to love them! (but "to hear them is to love them" is not a very accurate description, unfortunately)

I'm dreaming of giving them a @Cosmik -style makeover. We'll see if I get to it. Might need a little help from my friends in that case!

Otherwise, I almost feel bad for not being cheapskate enough, having bought some fairly expensive speakers the last year. I make up for it by using very cheap amps and electronics though.
 
ON CHEAP

Let me chime in with some pedantic semantics here... ;)

Is cheap a scientific term?

I think utility/cost may be a better term:

=> Cost can be quantified.

=> Utility is in the eye of the beholder.

We could thus argue that utility is a debatable concept as well. So maybe «hifi» could be used instead of utility? We know from tests that the middle of the audio chain is easy to describe in terms of hifi (information theory). The problem with said definition (hifi in the middle part of the chain) is that it doesn’t take into account features, userfriendliness/ interface etc.

Anyway, cheap is not a very exact or helpful term.
 
ON CHEAP

Let me chime in with some pedantic semantics here... ;)

Is cheap a scientific term?

I think utility/cost may be a better term:

=> Cost can be quantified.

=> Utility is in the eye of the beholder.

We could thus argue that utility is a debatable concept as well. So maybe «hifi» could be used instead of utility? We know from tests that the middle of the audio chain is easy to describe in terms of hifi (information theory). The problem with said definition (hifi in the middle part of the chain) is that it doesn’t take into account features, userfriendliness/ interface etc.

Anyway, cheap is not a very exact or helpful term.
Hang on il make a thread for this....
 
Thanks for the award, Thomas! I am a worthy recipient.

It's not that I absolutely have to be a cheapskate, but I take great pride in it. If you build your own speakers using vintage donor enclosures, you can choose from hundreds of really stylish, well made designs and get them from eBay for £20. :) Throw in some low cost drivers (that have a very easy job to do), a fanless PC based on the same chipset as a tablet, a multichannel DAC that musicians would use, and the aforementioned AV amp and you've got 'high end' for about £500. You can control it from your phone or iPad, say.

The lack of stress in such an approach is immense. If it fails totally (not that it can, really) you've at least done a few interesting experiments and not wasted 27000 euros. If it succeeds and actually sounds really good, then you may just have learned a small secret of the universe.

For me, though, it's the look of the speakers. I don't think you can do better than have some 1970s speakers in your living room...
With those recycled cabinets your a shoe in for the February’s award too!

You will thrive in a post Brexit Britain.
 
I have a Crakow Klezmer Band disc or two.

From some concerts, recordings of indeterminate origin, not their commercial discs. They're fun.

I'm not Kosher, though, if that's what a Rebbi points to.

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Hi, greetings from Poland!
Really great forum, I enjoy reading it!
Greetings from Microsoft Amir Majidimehr ;)
 
Just love Calvin & Hobbes. A sad day when he stopped. But, he did it with class and style!
 
Hi, greetings from Poland!
Really great forum, I enjoy reading it!
Greetings from Microsoft Amir Majidimehr ;)
Whoa. I hope you don't tell any secrets from when I was there!!! :D

Warm welcome to the forum.
 
Just love Calvin & Hobbes. A sad day when he stopped. But, he did it with class and style!

Yep.

I had a Calvin & Hobbes reference in my wedding vow 25 years ago. From time to time I still pull out one of the Calvin & Hobbes books and read the strips for 15 minutes or so ... still makes me LOL. Best strip ever, better than The Far Side or Bloom County which I also really enjoyed.
 
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