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    You can turn on and begin to shake!

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

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    No idea what this is:

     

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316037848911?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3yayhehcsfc&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

     

    "Guitar for Phone / for T4V71210

    Features:1.The guitar is the instrument interface adapter adapter and guitar and bass tone mobile software an easy to use
    2.adapter into the headphone jack
    3.insert bass guitar adaptation
    4.stresses headphones or external speakers into the headphone jack adapter
    5.You can turn on and began to shake"

    Is this a good buy?

    in Amps and Cabs

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    1 hour ago, Phil Starr said:

    I hadn't seen that. Damn you, I feel a hi-fi design coming on. My current speakers; based on a 5" Focal driver and the Scan-Speak 2008 needs some attention to the crossover but that looks like a better mid/bass driver. If I hadn't seen this I wouldn't now have the itch 🤣

    It does look good. Should we start a new thread dedicated to non-bass amp and speaker builds?

    Covers that 'made' the Original

    in General Discussion

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    On 15/03/2019 at 11:39, dlloyd said:

    Kingston town by UB40... I prefer the original by Lord Creator, but it was relatively unknown... There's a heart-warming story about the effect that UB40 had on him...

    "In 1989, the British group UB40 recorded Kingston Town. There is a story that after this, Eccles saw Creator, who had become homeless and destitute, on a Kingston street. When Eccles called out to him, Creator fled thinking Eccles had come to collect $30 he owed him. Eccles chased him down and told him UB40 had recorded Kingston Town and that Creator had earned substantial royalties. With the money he earned in royalties, Creator revitalized his life and career. He appeared in oldies shows in Jamaica, and even toured Japan." https://www.westburymusic.net/ArtistDetails?Aid=WBM_AR_274

     

    I was never that keen on UB40's covers, but their hearts were most certainly in the right place."Labour of Love" was what it said on the tin.

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    What are you listening to right now?

    in General Discussion

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    13 minutes ago, BassBiscuit said:

    Slade were definitely under rated as musicians. Not everyone's style  or 'cup of tea' I grant you. The football terrace stuff aside they were very musical.

    Noddy I believe was considered for the AC/DC job to replace BS... But declined....

    12 year old me was astonished by Coz I Luv U. "That singer doesn't need a microphone!!!"

     

    I'd love to have heard Noddy+AC/DC.

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    Is this a good buy?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Yes that's what mine look like.

     

    When did you work for Tannoy? These, and their predecessors the Monitor Golds, were their flagship. They proved too expensive to manufacture (the hf driver fires through dozens of exponential holes in the magnet, then the cone continues the exponential curve so the hf from 1kHz up is horn loaded, very sensitive and thereby suffers less from thermal compression) so they dumbed down with the DC2000, still dual concentric but with separate hf unit. Then they did the Mercury and other bog standard boxes.

     

    They recently(ie this century) reissued the hpds for staggering prices.

     

    They have a unique sound that doesn't appeal to people who like Beats headphones, i think the average age of a tannoy hpd owner is similar to the Basdchat mean, but I wouldn't swap them for ordinary boom and tizz boxes.

     

    Other fan boys here:

     

    https://www.hilberink.nl/speaker.htm

     

     

    Is this a good buy?

    in Amps and Cabs

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    They made them like that between 1979 and some time in the 80s. They were standard in British studios; Dennis Bovell, Mad Professor and others still prefer them. I have four, and have reconed more than once. You can still buy the cones, but sadly not the speakers. They are beautiful loudspeakers.

     

    Google "tannoy hpd"

    Is this a good buy?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, stevie said:

     

     

    I'm fascinated to hear how you can extend the off-axis rolloff by an octave by manipulating the cone and dustcap, as I've never seen this in real life. A wizzer cone is a bit different, as it is a separate transducer attached to the voice coil.

    I always thought a whizzer was an extension to the cone, rather than a separate transducer. Used to see them on cheapo record players - the luxury ones had separate tweeters.

     

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