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Help Identify These TANNOY GRF's
Tannoy GFR Rectangler Red's 15 ohms. Mid 1960's as the drivers have black dustcaps, the earlier 1960's have orange dustcaps. Great family heirloom. To the right buyer, can fetch 7K-9K. Hope you keep them. 
Looking for preamp suggestions
Aesthetix calypso, nice tube linestage that meets all your requirements. 
Best bargain find ever ?
Over the last 3 years:Most recently pair Tannoy 15" red GFR Rectangular all original. Was advertised on Craig's for $900. When I arrived, seller said he had calls with an offer for $2000. I offered $1500 and accepted, would've match.Pair Klipsch H... 
Personal speaker evolution
1979 highschool years Audio Reflex 3-way's new1982 M&K 1A & Volkswoofer demos1983 M&K 1A & 2 Audio Pro B2-50 subs used1885 B&W 802 F80 used & Audio Pro B2-50 subs1986-00 M&K 1A & Volkswoofer given back to me2001 Par... 
Sonic Frontiers- Quality and Reliability?
I've owned my Line 1 for a couple of years and very happy with it. But after an hour or so of playing the volume knob on it does not operate. The volume control on the remote works fine. I have it in a cabinet with only 1 1/2" clearance. Is there ... 
Best Find Ever???
$170K Todays local news a lady in a thrift store found $170,000! in a box of goodwill. Apperantly an elder died and the relativies donated some boxes of stuff to a thrift store. One box had 100's and 50's bundle in with the stuff and a will. The t... 
hifi as investment?
Like classic cars... vintage audio equipment. Look at Mac, Marantz tube amps ie MC-22 pre,MC-275, MC-75 mono blocks, Marantz 7c, ect. For speakers large Tannoy's with factory cabinets with 15" reds or golds or large classic JBL, Altecs. Must be in... 
Best of both worlds?
Ecclectique,thanks for the suggestion. After disconnecting the xover from the pre-amp I realized there is 2 outputs! And thats how I connected my system. My mains are Tannoy Rectangular GRF with 15" golds. After a bit of tweaking with the xover, I... 
Best of both worlds?
I have a sonic fontiers line 1 and sonic frontiers sfs-80 amp. I added a Paradigm servo 15 with the x30 xover. The mid's and hi's I notice had less detail since the addition. Is this because the xover is SS and in between the tube pre and power am...