Smeggy

I nominate Peter Pinna for not being here. That's something I really appreciate about the guy.

Yeah, they're pretty sweet. They were getting out of my price range though. At the time I think they were about 1,200 UK pounds.

I think my head just imploded trying to make sense of that....

Holy shit, my birthdays were never that cool. Have a good one knuckles me old fruit.

Yeah, baffles are rock maple and profiled like the original in that they are dished to the outside an the pads snug into the curve. The driver hole is gently rounded into the driver. They do still swivel as I put the bolt through the cap screw hole, added a washer and screwed a nut on it. It's not ideal but it works as long as you superglue the nut in place. I still have to cap the ends. Man, how'd they get so hairy?!? I blame the cats

These are closed back with small vent and it uses all the original parts except the shell. The housing needs to be rock solid and weighty to let the drivers sing. And they do! Circumaural comfort and awesome sound.

Current production, used all the standard parts except the cups which suck ass and kill all their potential. I love these guys :ian:

Steve, get the T50RP and make some new cups for it NOW!! It's a perfect complement for the K1K srsly good.

Scratch all that, the T50RP (driver) is the fucking tits! Stuck in a new housing that doesn't cripple the driver these are the best phones I've ever heard.

Yeah, the bass is nice but not a full as I'd prefer.

Yep, orthos are more fun than you can shake a stick at. I'm now in the process of fully molesting the new RP... I knew I couldn't last long without really going at it so I went out and got some nice Kingwood and hacked the crap out of it

I wish They were all lovely little speakers but the were all gone by the mid 80s when I got some Naim speakers, which I then gave to a friend in the mid 90s when I moved to the US. Now I have some big ole Vandersteens hooked up to the TV.

No, I bought a set years ago in the late 70s when they were new. I was looking for some really nice compact speakers and they were just perfect. Lovely design and beautifully smooth. I only had one set of speaker wires anyway so the base fitting wasn't a problem. It was hooked up to a nice Sansui amp and TT. More stylin than the 3/5 and better bass but keeps that same overall quality Beeb sound. I later upgraded to the Tangent TM3 (long defunct) then the Celestion SL6. They alll shared that same smooth mid/high. Creamy, buttery goodness.

I've only ever heard them SE so can't say. Nice phones though.

That's because I have a pinhead, the bigger the head the more retarded the phones look.

Now Duggeh, you know perfectly well that a DAP with SRD 7Mk2 with the O2 is a perfectly reasonable portable setup.... as long as your generator is on wheels

Am I the only who is happy running mine off a DAP? They sound perfectly fine and still better than just about any other phone I plug into it as long as you don't need high volume. Anyway, It's a good phone to have no matter how dumb you look wearing them

Ack, no! Do not awaken the beast from the deep, nothing good can come of it......

Interesting read indeedy, It has to be said, I always liked maggies, apogees, logans, quads etc. So it's nice seeing the planars getting good blind results.

The LS3/5a was very nice but I decided to go with the JR 149 which was Jim Rogers souped up 3/5a, same drivers, better cabinet and crossover. Rogers was one of the original licensees as you know and he worked hard to improve on the original. I loved those speakers. I don't know which variant would cost more these days, both are still highly desirable. check it out... http://www.jr149.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/JR149%20History-3.htm

Acubes is getting damn expensive for a lot of things like pads.

Bleh, I now have so many friggin phones here I can't even think. My newest ranking is 1- everything I like 2- everything I don't like. That was way easier. It's like every time I put one of my phones on I'm all like, woah, man. This is like, soo cool, these phones rock. Then I put on another set and it's like, these phones are like sooo cool. Then I put on another set and it's like...... Yeah, my phones are all fucking awesome! Like, totally.

Heh, that's the layer of the 'liquid nails' glue I spread over it.

Hey, epoxy putty is sekseh stuff

You can get epoxy putty at many places like art supply shops and Lowes etc. They come in various sizes, single or two part. It's basically a putty-like substance which is a two part epoxy than you mash together and mold into whatever shape you want. They have different set times from 5 min to 20 hours. I prefer the 20 minute stuff from woodcraft. It comes as a stick with resin and hadner together in one. Cut a piece off and mush it until it's an even shade and apply. Buy Quickwood Epoxy Putty, Neutral, 2 Ounces, Quikwood Epoxy Putty , Fillers - I have the 5-min lowes stuff, the 20-min woodcraft stuff and the two tub 20 hour Apoxie Sculpt from Blick art supplies. It's glue/filler/structure stuff alll in one. Really good shit you can sand, drill, file and build up. Sets like concrete. I've used it on numerous phones to build up various shapes like the ear wedge on the NAD RP18 which has a brown leather strip on it to hide the putty.