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I have owned more than 1 pair of Phase Research speakers. My friends and I traded Phil Clements speakers between us. I had the Little D's then got a pair of RT's in the mid 80's from a friend who knew the sales rep who introduced us to Phil in the early 80's. They are still working superbly 40+ yrs later. I also have a vintage pair of larger Advent speakers in utility cabinets that I had to recone the woofers to. I very very use the Advents beca... (Full Review)

Ever since the founder of Tannoy, Guy R. Fountain, created his dual-concentric drivers, in this writer's humble opinion, no other speaker manufacturer has bettered them. The Ascot T145 is no exception to this rule. In its price range of around £280 in 1979, nothing else could touch it. It's price, allowing for inflation, is the equivalent of around £1,500 in 2024, and I think it's still arguable today, that you'd be unlikely to best the Ascot f... (Full Review)

After buying a freshly refurbished Denon 900V (which I gave to a friend as a present) I was blown away by the grip and control of this old Denon - I can only describe the sound as beastly... sound like it's eating those medium-sized Onkyo speakers alive. Having bought some smaller amps here and there I needed a quick higher wattage fix for a low price and acquired a 920 from a German seller. After setting up the "big boy" and listening a bi... (Full Review)

Had these speakers since new, honestly without fault. Sound is amazing, although quite rich without eq tuning which some people might not like, but I love it. Only 2 main issues, the tweeter cones, over time, start to peel and become sticky, and are very difficult to put back if accidentally pushed in. Also, since they use regular copper speaker wire, they are quite sensitive when the cable isn't properly inserted, but that might just be for me. ... (Full Review)

Cet ampli Technics est ?tonnant, j'en poss?de un, jamais eu de soucis avec ! Manquant ? mon gout un peu de puissance avec ces 2 x60W (DIN), mais qui fonctionne encore parfaitement ! Voil? pour le positif Et en n?gatif : le bornier pour brancher les enceintes, vraiment pas top, alors qu'as l'?poque il existait des syst?mes bien meilleurs ! Je n'ai toujours pas compris le choix de la marque Technics ? l'?poque ! (1989/1990)

Translation: This Technics amp is amazing, I have one, never had any problems with it! Lacking a little power for my taste with these 2 x 60W (DIN), but which still works perfectly! That's for the positive And on the negative side: the terminal block for connecting the speakers, really not great, while at the time there were much better systems! I still don't understand the choice of the Technics brand at the time! (1989-1990) (Full Review)

Bought on a whim for 300 euros this year and the old review about "electrostatic tweeters". I have a pair of Quad ESL-988 and like the non-hifi treble. Replaced the xover caps with better ones. Lots of good bass down to about 30 Hz in my room and smooth treble, slightly boomy bass but tamed it with DSP. They're kind on the ears and non-fatiguing. If you're into APMs, check out soundoddity.com. (Full Review)

I have both the Mini and Gold monitors. Sweet, warm and open sounding speakers great for small rooms. Bass notes are tuneful not bloated and enough weight, more than you can ask from the size of the drivers and cabinets really. I've used them with various amps, Pioneer A400, MF A1 and Jadis DA30 amps. They sounded best with the Jadis to my ears, pure class A tube sound. Of the two the Golds sound smoother at the top end. But the Jadis is pe... (Full Review)

Very clean sounding pair of speakers. I bought these used a year ago, to use as my music speakers in a setup which includes 2 Talk Electronics Tornado 3 monoblocks, running off a Marantz SR8002 AV amp as the pre-amp, with my surround speakers going through that (Ruark Prologue Ones, and Dialogue One as c speaker), I wasn't sure how good they would sound in comparison, but in music especially, they are very very good. The top end is so crisp and n... (Full Review)

The good performance of this monitor speakers, can put to shame new speakers in a same price. Small room like 11m2 are perfect. (Full Review)

I had this unit for nearly 40 years. Never a bit of trouble, sounds incredible. Plays cd-r flawlessly. Great piece of retro kit. (Full Review)