Acquired some speakers

[Playground Politics]

just helped my bro with moving, and he gave me some wharfeldale mid-tops (i think they are mid-tops)

they say 1500 peak watts

just wondered what they are like (dont know much about speakers)

[Ruff Beat Provider]

Dunno what there like but can i have them?

[Playground Politics]

Dunno what there like but can i have them?

ummm, ill hav to think about that

[MrAHC]

thats the peak there prob bout 800w. warfdale are good didnt they get bought out by fane?

[Ruff Beat Provider]

thats the peak there prob bout 800w. warfdale are good didnt they get bought out by fane?

Fane are phatty!

[MrAHC]

Fane are phatty!got fane loaded w bass bins:weee:

[noname]

Which Wharfedales are they (some were really good, some not so - the force 9's Wharfedale did are almost legendary now - really sweet clear sound, but really loud too)...

And yes Wharfedale did get bought by Fane or at least their audio business did.... and Fane are as noted VERY phat (gonna be building a set of double loaded colossus bins at some point this winter... :weee: )

[General Lighting]

ironically Wharfedale offshored their manufacturing to China - in part because the locals made such a fuss over the din the factory made testing speakers that they got fined thousands of pounds, making a dent in their profits - and people complain British industry isn't being supported :you_crazy

[Playground Politics]

they are LIX-15s of something like that with a CD something HF driver and a 15 inch boombastic in the bottom

[Southcaver]

and a 15 inch boombastic in the bottom

Ah the boombastic, made of course by the legend himself Mr Boombastic

[Raj]

CD is constant directivity - means the top end will have a horn flare that has a specification for the spread it achieves - also means it is a fairly powerful top end (most big rigs use these - ours currently has a pair powered by 2" throat rigid driver).

The 15's will likely be fairly decent drivers (if they take a 1500W peak, then they're likely to be somewhere around 400W RMS).

I assume the boxes will be ported radiators (the 15's radiate directly - ie you can see the speaker cone from the front), in which case they are likely to be pretty good speakers (most of Wharfedales later radiator designs are based on the same design as the force 9's).... They're full range btw, not mid/tops...

All in all a pretty good set of boom boxes by the sound of it... You should say thank you very much to your bro...:weee:

[Playground Politics]

CD is constant directivity - means the top end will have a horn flare that has a specification for the spread it achieves - also means it is a fairly powerful top end (most big rigs use these - ours currently has a pair powered by 2" throat rigid driver).

The 15's will likely be fairly decent drivers (if they take a 1500W peak, then they're likely to be somewhere around 400W RMS).

I assume the boxes will be ported radiators (the 15's radiate directly - ie you can see the speaker cone from the front), in which case they are likely to be pretty good speakers (most of Wharfedales later radiator designs are based on the same design as the force 9's).... They're full range btw, not mid/tops...

All in all a pretty good set of boom boxes by the sound of it... You should say thank you very much to your bro...:weee:

i did say thanks indeed, pity both HF drivers the edge of the diaphragms where the copper coil has come away from the bowl of the diaphragms, im thinking of repairing them, instead of buying new "phragms" with maybe some solvent sement or something

[Raj]

i did say thanks indeed, pity both HF drivers the edge of the diaphragms where the copper coil has come away from the bowl of the diaphragms, im thinking of repairing them, instead of buying new "phragms" with maybe some solvent sement or something
You want rubber cement like for bicycle tyres or neoprene wetsuits [have fixed several drivers with this stuff and they are all still running [in one case 10 years later and after being in a hire rig for years]]

[elretardo87]

You've fixed CD diaphragms like that? How do they sound....usually the slightest knock and they are bolloxed.

[Raj]

Not CD diaphragms per se - I am not sure without looking at them if I would try and fix these ones.

[I have fixed multiple drivers where through accidents we have wound up with holes in them and rubber cement is the best thing for those jobs - we have one repaired driver in our current rig [it got damaged when a stack toppled though we still have no idea how that happened to this day] which sounds A1 or I would have retired it ]

Maybe sourcing new drivers would be easier although I am naturally curious and would like to try it at least once....all of my other repairs were deemed to be driver write-offs before I fixed them :wink:

[Playground Politics]

sorry they are 1200w peaks, whitch means 600w speakers


im seriously looking for amp for these badboys, they say 8 Ohms as well, dont wanna spend more than 100, anyone got any ideas, cos im at a straight loss

[jack_daniels]

i would have a look on thomann.de if i was you

[MrAHC]

i would have a look on thomann.de if i was you
got to agree the t-amp i got off there kicks it and was at a great price.

[Dan Ooops!]

I got a couple...I could possibly stretch to a oner...

Make me an offer

[Playground Politics]

i would love to make u an offer, what have u got, prob is, i would not know where to start with an offer, and u sound like a sound bloke, so i will let u decide what a reasonable amount to sell one for :)

pm me or reply to thread, and ur only in S OX so not to far

[MrAHC]

i would love to make u an offer, what have u got, prob is, i would not know where to start with an offer, and u sound like a sound bloke, so i will let u decide what a reasonable amount to sell one for :)

pm me or reply to thread, and ur only in S OX so not to farhe gives you a bottle of beer when u buy off him as well.

[Dan Ooops!]

PP - I work in Newbury, so I'd be happy to come to see you with an amp and some leads to give it a try.

I jutst need to establish connections - have your speakers got bare terminals on the back, or sockets? If sockets, which ones?

I also need to check the Ohm rating of the amps, they are 1200w, but I think they might go to 600W at 4Ohm, so hang on a day or two...


Mr AHC - you crack me up mate. Yes, I do give beers out, but only when peeps have come all the way from up North to buy old bits of rig off me - and even then I don't let you in the house for a wee or owt(Sorry about that, the missus was in a foul mood that day, plus my big dog wanted to eat the little one that was with you....:laugh_at: )

PP - I have two PSL amps going for £125 each, with the opportunity to get a discount (of £25) if someone wanted the half working C-audio one...

So, if it works, would you pay the £125???

[MrAHC]

Mr AHC - you crack me up mate. Yes, I do give beers out, but only when peeps have come all the way from up North to buy old bits of rig off me - and even then I don't let you in the house for a wee or owt(Sorry about that, the missus was in a foul mood that day, plus my big dog wanted to eat the little one that was with you....:laugh_at: )

should of eat the dogs owner :laugh_at:

[Dan Ooops!]

should of eat the dogs owner :laugh_at:

I was deliberately tyring to careful about the words I used there....

[Playground Politics]

PP - I work in Newbury, so I'd be happy to come to see you with an amp and some leads to give it a try.

ill have to get new diapragms for the CD tweeters, well one, as the edge has come off so it might be a week


I jutst need to establish connections - have your speakers got bare terminals on the back, or sockets? If sockets, which ones?

they are plugs whitch look like this
http://www.intenserecords.co.uk/images/dogs/Speakon%20To%20Jack%20Cable.jpg
its the top one (not the jack)


PP - I have two PSL amps going for £125 each, with the opportunity to get a discount (of £25) if someone wanted the half working C-audio one...

So, if it works, would you pay the £125???

if i can get someone to buy the other amp, would u do it for 100 (sorry i just wasnt expecting to pay over a hundred as im proper skint), if not dont worry about it, this is just a side project i just want some proper loud speakers for parties etc

[MrAHC]

there called speakon connectors