Scott Frankland from MFA turned me on to the speakers, which I heard at his home in San Jose,CA. I powered them with MFA M-150s. My son put his finger through one of the tweeters, but Bill sent me a replacement.Can't remember when I sold them.Hey!!! Those are some rare birds- Perkins PR2Fs at a guess. I'm suspecting that this pic goes further back than two decades @carl13 ??? And you must have lived in Southern Alberta at the time 'cuz I don't think any of the handful of those exotic handbuilt loudspeakers ever traveled all that far from their maker. They sure did sound great right up until the tweeters failed. How long did you have them for and where did they ultimately end up?
Well they were fantastic sounding loudspeakers in their time (and even to this day I suspect if one could have sourced replacement tweeters to keep them going). In my early twenties living in Calgary Alberta some 35 years ago, Bill helped me out with a few audio projects in his workshop and home electronics lab. Those afternoons we would hang out and talk for hours while he worked on my project.Scott Frankland from MFA turned me on to the speakers, which I heard at his home in San Jose,CA. I powered them with MFA M-150s. My son put his finger through one of the tweeters, but Bill sent me a replacement.Can't remember when I sold them.
Great looking system for 1992!This was my system exactly 30 years ago,in 1992
Turntable Yamamura with Pluto 5A
SUT Yamamura
pre YBA nono reference
4 pairs ML 20 bridge,400 watt instead 100
Soundlab A1
4 pairs because after 4 months arrived sub mono Soundlab B1
Beautiful wood on those Pipedreams !Circa 2005? Pipedreams and their "depth charge" subwoofers. The Pipes were the most beautiful speakers I ever owned. Carpathian Elm Burl. Hemisphere back. No serial number. Bought them off the floor from an old CES at Alexis Park many moons ago. I used a DSP-based system at the time to integrate the subs appropriately.
"But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"- Bob Dylan
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Circa 2005? Pipedreams and their "depth charge" subwoofers. The Pipes were the most beautiful speakers I ever owned. Carpathian Elm Burl. Hemisphere back. No serial number. Bought them off the floor from an old CES at Alexis Park many moons ago. I used a DSP-based system at the time to integrate the subs appropriately.
"But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"- Bob Dylan
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My system, 2001-
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MarcMarty, please promise to NEVER upgrade that ceiling.
Pacha, this is beyond category! I would love to have heard this in action. Thanks for sharing these pictures.This was my system approximately 35 years ago:
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This was approximately 25 years ago:
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