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Sound is ransmitted in three ways- conduction (from physical connection), radiation (directly from the source) and modulation...
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Probably Mr. Boat. I finally looked them up and they originally sold for $600. I hate it when they say 599. Anyway it's a different...
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Mark E. Long
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Yes Sir this is what I was referring too again very nice work . Am interested in your thoughts on the difference in Gen 1 to the Gen 2...
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Might have been me. I upgraded the cabinets on a pair of the 2nd gen. Added bracing, thicker panels and altered the volume accordingly...
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I use them on their sides, immediate near field, with tweeters at ear level. The waveguide situation around the tweeter tends to make me...
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The Qts, of the 15" Tannoy Monitor Gold is 0.20 which is very low.
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Their impedance was rather close to their published impedance. Loudspeakers of that time did not have impedances going stupidly low as a...
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I stumbled on a copy of the exhibitors for the 1962 Audio Fair at the Hotel Russell on Russell Square London. This is a snap shot of...
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The modded cabinets are significantly heavier and ultimately inert. The stock ones are adequate. I think it seems to have tightened the...
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The 620C centre is pretty large but there will also be the 520LCR which is more manageable. Hopefully they have made some improvements...
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For a small speaker they do have a good bass response. -3db at 45 Hz confirmed by stereophile. FR is really pretty good apart from a...
Apr 23, 2026
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The modded cabinets are significantly heavier and ultimately inert. The stock ones are adequate. I think it seems to have tightened the...
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I have both series 1 and 2 of the centers both are in my opinion great a what they do but I like the LC-2 in a race . Both very...
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Might have been me. I upgraded the cabinets on a pair of the 2nd gen. Added bracing, thicker panels and altered the volume accordingly...
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