Recently arrived: Clements Little D

These rare Canadian speakers, the bottom of Clements' ribbon/compression line, were in rough shape when I got them. They sounded great for about an hour, then the woofer in the right speaker started to distort at a specific frequency (it's in the bass line of Dire Straits' Six Blade Knife). The foams, which looked fine were starting to deteriorate. Now refoamed, with new sound absorbent front baffle treatment (the original foam turned to dust years ago), they sound beautiful. Their bass is truly impressive for their size, and the ribbon tweeter covers a wide frequency range seamlessly, with awesome musicality and great detail, without brightness. I'm loving these!

New Red Hot Chili Peppers!

I'm listening to this wonderful album on a Cyrus 3 integrated amp driving a pair of Mission 770 mkIIs. I've had a number of detours on my way to getting the Altec 14s in here for a long stretch with tubes. The Cyrus has been a cool one. It's been great with the 770s, The IMFs, and the Clements Little D (a two way 'compression line' system with a 5" ribbon tweeter and 5.5" woofer that I'm restoring now).

Please listen to this immediately.

I just wrote this to a friend.

If he'd only played guitar like that, only wrote like that, only danced like that, only played very other instrument in a band like that, only sang, only produced…he’d be a huge star.

Prince is one of my all time favourites. I was hooked from the first drum kick of Dirty Mind in 1980 . His music has given me decades of joy, and will never stop.

Finally, IMF TLS-80 photos.

I pulled these out after a very long absence. They were pulled from a studio. One woofer is the original JBL 116-A, the other a 116-H, the difference being the magnet (alnico in the A, ferrite in the H), and dust cap shape. They are wonderful speakers, classic JBL, and a tonic to me after a long period of listening to some really big speakers in my space.

Just arrived!

I've been looking one of these for years. England circa 1985. Flat earth pace and rhythm, same  fairy dust to performance ratio. More than enough power for the Altec 14s. Stunning phono section. More to come.

Dyna SCA-35 integrated amplifier. Heaven with the Altecs.

Very nice with Mission 770s.