Speakers / UK + EU
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Shortly after starting Subjective Audio in 1976 I came across my first pair of Cambridge Audio speakers. A not unhappy experience. I made some notes at the time. Thus what follows here is a combination of facts (manufacturer’s specifications) plus my subjective impressions derived from deciphering my notes. And after that, memories of the experiences. […]
The new Graham LS8/1, designed by Derek Hughes. The Graham LS8/1 resembles daddy Spencer Hughes’s fabled two-tweeter BC1 (footnote 2). Compared to the original, two-tweeter BC1, which extended up to 16kHz, the Graham LS8/1’s new “super-tweeter” extends up to 20kHz. At the other end of the frequency spectrum, the Graham LS8/1’s woofer descends to 45Hz […]
Since I got back into hifi this time last year I’ve been having a good time piecing various systems together and in particular trying out all sorts of speakers. I’ve bought many sets now when they’ve cropped up ie Castle, Celestion, Ruark, Royd B@W, Naim and many others, some have been a great surprise and […]
Howard Popeck asks: Am I correct that cheap ‘n cheerful imitations emanating from China or elsewhere are in circulation or is this just a rumour? Dave Smith replies: No there is not an ‘imitation’ so far to my knowledge. The GB-101 chrome stands are re-manufactured by me purely due to the demand I had to […]
From our image vault and so is FYI only because ….. we don’t have this for sale.
Anybody else here using these old wonders?I bought a pair of these for my second system.A year later and now with three rebuilt pairs I have come to love these things and they now reside most of the time in my main system. Over the years I have owned all sorts of speakers-electrostats, BBC monitors,horns […]
Howard Popeck asks: Dave – If enough money were invested, could a UK maker totally and faithfully reproduce the original sound using modern components or, as I suspect, part of that special and elusive sound only be achieved by original components? Dave Smith replies: In conjunction with the previous question I have no doubt […]
