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Ascension (Adelaide Speakers)...........Made In Australia Valve series prototype V1062AQTL 2-way Efficient Floor Standing Speakers Purchased direct from Adelaide speakers on 25th January 2020 http://www.adelaidespeakers.com/valve.html Local Pickup Only - No Postage Option Is Offered Due To Size/Weight. Sorry. Condition: Used - But Near New. Can still smell the fresh American Oak! Purchased these from Edward who was a great help in selection of the these speakers. But they are a little oversized in the smaller room. I think they would suit a larger room where they can breath and do their magic down to 32hz. No real need for a sub, but as usual, a sub is best! I have been running these on a Yamaha HTR 2071 (cheap) and also Cambridge Audio integrated amp. AXR100. As they are easy to power, both work a treat, so you don't need expensive high powered equipment to run these. I have never used a valve amp, but these are of course suitable for that duty also. Details: Valve series prototype V1062AQTL 2-way efficient floor standing speakers Size: 1020H x 300W x 225D 8 ohms 140wrms 94dB 1W/1M (easy to power with receivers 5.1 etc.) 32Hz - 30kHz /- 2db with short hybrid transmission line bass load and smooth series crossover design, in American Oak veneered cabinet. Weight 23kg each 10 inch woofer 2 Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Further information: Focal Electra 907 Be 25th Anniversary edition What a great pair of speakers by Focal. Launched in order to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Focal-JMlab, the Electra Be line is a special limited edition of the Electra line. This was inspired by the famous Electra 906, the compact 2 channels Electra 907 Be is considerably improved retaining from its sibling only the profile. The Electra 907 Be is a whole new construction drawing on the luxurious finishes of the Utopia be line and includes the new W cone optimised by the bass/medium 165mm and the new OPC crossover. Above all, it is essential to stress out that we have put the same pure Beryllium inverted dome tweeter as in the world reference loudspeaker, the Grande Utopia Be. Needless to say that the unmatched refinement and natural beauty are the expressions of high quality listening. This loudspeaker is being produced in a limited series of only 1000 models, all of which are numbered. The Electra 907 Be is an exclusive product. The sound spectacular the bass is very tight and full and top end is so smooth and very musical. You wont be disappointed in its performance. Specs: Description 2-way bass-reflex bookshelf loudspeaker Crossover technology OPC (Optimum Phase Crossover) Drivers 6" (16.5cm) W mid-bass, focus plug 1" (2.5cm) pure Beryllium inverted dome tweeter Signature: Burgundy In-room response 43Hz Frequency response (-3 dB) 50Hz-37kHz Front cover • Curve grid for mid-bass Removable metallic grid for tweeter Effi ciency (2,83V/1m) 89dB Nominale impedance 8ohms Port Front firing Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Further information: Bought these a couple of months ago, before I settled a new house so, along with some other things, has to find a new home. Drivers are magnavox circa 1960s. Lovely sounding vintage speakers and selling with a (genuine) heavy heart. Photos:

Further information: Having to sell my hi-fi gear due to imminent house move, including these lovely AE-100 speakers. Less than a year old, in excellent condition Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Hi friends, Recently, I purchased a used monitor audio silver 8. It's used for stereo listening the source files are Spotify, YouTube music. Using Rotel RA 971MKll integrated amp connected via RCA from my Oppo AX7 phone. Chromecast audio in transit but delayed due to covid 19 closures. While listening, I fell the some highs are very bright and shrill. Is that because of low quality music or is speaker opens new music?(last 3 year, I am with Klipsch RP series speakers HT set-up with denon) Is there anything I need to make the sound signature very musical or MA audio sound signature are like this. I fell the music is open, but to much of high's. Any suggestions much appreciated. Thanks , SBM @rantan @genkifd @wen @blakey72

Further information:https://www.whathifi.com/proac/studio-140/review Excellent speakers, happy to demo for serious buyers with some of my amps or BYO. Comes with 2x3m Tara Labs Prism banana terminated cables. Pickup only, no boxes. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Further information: Bought from Klapp Audio in Melbourne, used it since new. Used with NAD T762 ( also for sale) Excellent clarity for movies or music. Used in no smoking, no pets home. Tiny dent on the top/right as seen in the photo. Price for both speakers $220 for a quick sale. (Stands are not included ) Made in England. 100W / 8ohm 88dB sensitivity - easy to drive Dimensions H 286mm W 175mm D 219mm

Item Condition: Small Chip on Corner

Extra Info: I purchased these speakers brand new with their dedicated stands from an authorised dealer approx 8 weeks ago and after extensive listening I have decided to keep my Quad floorstanders. The speakers come with all paperwork and warranty and are in as new condition. Current cost is for the speakers is $3995 and the stands are $895, So I am offering them at a substantial discount. Happy to demo for genuine interested buyers and happy to ship at cost and risk.

Item: Dynaudio Emit M20 (Pair) Location: Brisbane, Northside Price: $800 Item Condition: Perfect, As New Reason for selling: Have upgraded Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: This pair of Dynaudio Emit M20's was bought new by me from The Audio Tailor here in Brisbane less than 12 months ago. They are satin black lacquered finish, in perfect condition and have never been abused - less than 100 hours use. I ended up deciding to upgrade after I upgraded my turntable - the wicked cycle of 'what's next' after an upgrade. These speakers have received multiple awards for their price point. Would prefer local pickup but can ship at buyers expense.

Longish post, however I want to write about a few simple tricks that many hi-fi heads will already be well familiar with, but took me years to learn about, or learn the value of, which profoundly improved the way my music sounded through a system I thought was incapable of that level of performance. And I did it for next to nothing. I recall after buying my first set of real speakers, walking back into the hi-fi shop and asking if it was possible to get another set of fronts to run together with the ones I’d just bought. This because I just wasn’t hearing what I wanted to hear from my new purchase. “Why would you want to do that?” the store owner asked me. “Yours are fine.” I thought she was saying that just to justify the fact that she’d let me buy an inferior pair of speakers (which my Cerwin Vega VE-15s sort of are, but in some ways they aren’t at all). Instead of a new pair of speakers though, she led me to purchasing a QUAD 99 power amp that I could run from the pre outs of my Yamaha AVR. Which did go some way to sweetening the sound I was hearing from those Cerwin Vegas. Though after a few years of use, and the entry of a nice turntable into my life, I started to think that I really should just leave those massive VEs as home theatre speakers, where they perform incredibly well, and set up a second system to do hi-fi duties. It was in this mood that I met Allan MacDonald, of Vinylhead Records in Coffs Harbour. My initial question to him was around possible speaker recommendations. “What are you running now?" he asks - and I tell him. “Oh, right. Well, they are a very efficient pair of speakers, those Cerwin Vegas,” he tells me. “They should be sounding ok. How have you got them set up? Are they on spikes?” “No.” “What sort of floors are they on?” “Wood.” You really need to have them on spikes or some kind of rubber pads to isolate them properly from the floor, he tells me. “You don’t have to spend a lot,” he says, and points to a pair of speakers nearby that are sitting on rubber pads he’d picked up at a hardware store. So, first chance I get, I go to Bunnings and find these inch and a half square rubber anti-vibration pads. After a bit of internet research, I also decide to put down some stone tiles, which went under the pads/speakers. The change in sound was immediate and satisfying. There was greater detail and air, and a general increase in focus and that undefinable element i'll call juice. It didn’t end there though. While it sounded great with jazz, after playing one of my CDs of more modern music with more consistent bass frequencies, I noticed that the bass was sounding really boomy. The Cerwin’s have always been established in the bass department, but never so much that I felt annoyed. Now, there seemed to be the overwhelming, droning bass response. With them already well away from the wall, I thought it was the tiles at fault, or maybe the fact that the speakers were off the ground now. I emailed Allan, with a couple of pictures of my room. “You speakers are fine,” he says. “But I notice that you have your components sitting on wooden shelves in your entertainment unit. You should try isolating the components as well, as this will help with tighter bass.” So back to Bunnings I went. And once again, once installed, the improvement was little short of amazing. The boomyness was gone. They gave my bass a new control, sharpness and punch, and the new clarity in the bottom end seemed to open up the mid-range to a new level of detail. The isolation also gave my CD player a heightened expansion and finesse I wasn’t expecting, and though I really should be using a platform for my turntable, jamming some larger rubber squares under its feet also made a noticeable and enjoyable difference to its sound, just in composure and presentation, and warmth. In short, I learnt the value of a hi-fi rack without actually using one. I emailed Allan to thank him for his advice, and let him know of the results. “I am right into isolation,” he replied. “Most audio shops don't sell or mention it, or don't know?” His comment got me thinking. Maybe the hi-fi shop owner was legitimately confused at my desire to find new speakers. Maybe she wasn’t avoiding the fact that they were not that good. Maybe that was because she had tested them and thought that they were. And now that I’ve got all of the components in my system isolated, including the speakers, the difference in music presentation is night and day. They are lovely, particularly with jazz. So why had nobody suggested I do this before? When I started complaining about my speakers initially, why was isolation not mentioned? Ok, so the store owner used it as an opportunity to sell me a new piece of equipment, in the power amp, and maybe that is the reason. I might have been satisfied with my AVR’s sound had I just isolated everything in the first place and went from there. And though I’m happy I have that power amp, I think I’d have been happier setting things right up in the first place.

Does anyone know what model of VAF speakers is this? Is this a good series/model? Thank you

Further information: These are very accurate UK manufactured two way speakers. They are well balanced and have a surprising amount of bass. They sound great with solid state or valve amps. I have really enjoyed listening to these speakers over the years but financial controller says they must go. The speakers also Come with one spare tweeter (that was purchased new and never used) as well as removable spikes. I am the first and only owner of these speakers. The speakers have always lived in a smoke free room. Have just adjusted price due to a typo. Only $600 not $6000 🙂 Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Used Klipsch 5.1 speaker pack. This kit comes with the newer version of the Synergy series, including the F20 towers, C10 center, S10 surround speakers and a SW450 ported subwoofer as standard. Pickup in Ferntree Gully or Footscray. Please view the Synergy series via the link below. PERFECT HARMONY. As the best value in high-performance entertainment, the Synergy Series is the perfect union of great sound and contemporary beauty. Our exclusive Tractrix® Horn technology and aluminum tweeters deliver a powerful, dynamic sound that has long placed Synergy speakers at the forefront of affordable luxury. Lightweight IMG woofer cones enhance the listening experience by creating tight and well-defined bass. A new Linear Travel Suspension minimizes distortion for crisp, clear high frequencies. Not only sonically pleasing, the Synergy Series’ sleek black ash vinyl finish complements any home décor. Features: Dual F-20 Floorstanding Speakers C-10 Center Channel Speaker Dual S-10 Surround Speakers SW-450 Subwoofer Black Ash Vinyl Finish

Hi guys, trying to find a new front tower speakers for my home theatre system and seem to have found a JBL "S 311 II". but cant seem to find any information about them. The only thing is that it seems to have is "250 - 400Watts" on the sticker. size is the 1200h X 200w X 410D Would anyone have any information about them? Would anyone know how they compare to the Axis LS-38/LS-88? Would it be better a Yamaha NS-F51 or a DALI or JAMO ? Will be using mainly for movies and some light music listening. Thanks

A thread dedicated to speakers having a rated efficiency of 96db\watt\meter or more. Over the years I have built a number of speakers, mostly single driver, which have been high efficiency. We are all aware that low power valve and SS amps can struggle to produce good volume levels with speakers of efficiency lower then 90db. But team-up you flea power valve amp with a speaker featuring the Fostex FE206En and magic happens. Even SS amps in the 25W range can not always produce the dynamics which more powerful amps will produce into speakers with a more normal 87db rating. I have built four pairs of speakers three using the Fostex FE206En, the driver having a rating of 96db. From simple ported types to the super complex back loaded horn. See images. These have worked extremely well with 2 to 5W SE valve amps but some complain there is no weight behind the music. I think the counter argument to this is that these ultra light weight coned speakers produce better micro-dynamics, general dynamics and detail than there less efficient partners. Weight in notes can be enhanced with the use of active sub-woofers or assisted bass speakers and yet still retain the detail and dynamics of these special drivers. Over the last three or four months I have been using only my DIY 98db efficient 12" Beyma concentric speakers (retro-thermionic - VoXConcentriC). My 5.8W DIY SE 300B plays to ear-bleeding levels when hook-up to the Beymas. They are Tannoy style and with a 2" Titanium tweeter produce reasonable bass to 50hz and bright treble response to 20K+. To pickup a little more weight in the lower register I team them up with 12" active stereo sub-woofers. This way I get bas down to 31hz, crisp micro-dynamics, detail and what appears to be unlimited head room. I have really fallen in love with these speakers. Even my 3W DIY 6V6 SE amp plays to excessive levels with these speakers. Voice, brass, and acoustic instruments sound excellent and alive through these inexpensive speakers. I like these Beymas so much I have ordered the 15" version. Please post your experience, good or bad, with either commercially built or DIY high efficiency speakers. Any projects you may have in the future and would like to discuss here. Images are always good to. Even experiences at shows, demos etc.

Item: ELAC BS 243.3 Bookshelf Speakers - black Location: Collingwood, Melbourne Price: 1,200, negotiable Item Condition: 10/10 Reason for selling: Raising funds Payment Method: Pickup - Cash Extra Info: Picked up from Vinyl Revival in Fitzroy late last year (Nov), selling to raise some funds. I auditioned a few bookshelf speakers and found these to be the best sounding and looking of the ones I tried in the two weeks I spent in there auditioning! I've had these in my apartment and they fill the space beautifully, lovely to listen to in the background but can definitely deliver if asked to. I have had them hooked up to a Sonos AMP. The jet tweeter delivers a lot of detail in the highs and they sound like much larger speakers for the size. The build and finish are beautiful. Glossy black, and really cool looking under the grille. Bought for 1,995, selling for 30% off: https://web.archive.org/web/20190407073809/https://www.vinylrevival.com.au/collections/elac/products/elac-bs-243-2-bookshelf-pair Comes with original box and packaging. Pick up Collingwood. Photos:

Item: Linn Katan Location: Sydney Price: $380 price dropped postage included to Eastern states Item Condition: 8/10 Reason for selling: NLR Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: I’ve owned these speakers since new Original boxes so they will be well packed All tools included. Were part of an Aktiv system Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Item: Avantgarde Zero 1 XD Active Speakers DSP Location: Brisbane Price: $17,500 ONO Item Condition: Mint Reason for selling: Time for a change Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: These are the top of the line model, above the pro model and come with DSP, digital and an analogue (A/D card) for turntables etc. They are incredibly dynamic! They sound just as good when theyre shaking the house or playing whisper quiet. I have all original packing so transport is not an issue As im going to need a complete new system Im happy to look at trades Specs can be found here https://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/en/products/zero-serie/zero-1-xd.html

Just got these babies from Mark at @frankprowse here in Perth. All I can say is... “holy wow!!!” The sound, the fit, the finish... truly amazing. I reckon they could ask 3 times the asking price just for the finish!! I’ve used floorstanders almost all my life and forgot how accurate bookshelf imaging is and how wide their soundstaging is. If u live in Perth, look for Mark at Frank Prowse and he will hook u up a great deal! U wouldn’t find a better person to deal with. You wouldn’t be pressured to buy anything. Super knowledgeable and a good bloke all around.

Item: 2 x Monitor 9 v7, Monitor Center 1 v7, 4 x Monitor Surround 1 v7, DSP-3200 Subwoofer with Perfect Bass Kit Location: Geelong Price: $2500 Item Condition: Excellent apart from minor scratch on top of subwoofer cabinet. Reason for selling: Switched to different speakers due to a smaller room Payment Method: Pickup - Cash Extra Info: Selling as a set only. Modified subwoofer feet for extra height. Monitor 9 v7 - 4-driver, 2-1/2-way bass reflex, quasi-3rd-order resistive port, floorstanding model Center 1 v7 - 4-driver, 3-way center channel Surround 1 v7 - 4-driver, 2-way bi-directional surround/rear DSP-3200 - 12-inch single driver, bass-reflex, dual high-velocity low-turbulence resistive ports, built-in amplifier, USB Port / PBK Interface. 900 watts Dynamic Peak / 300 watts RMS. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Item: ELAC BS 243.3 Bookshelf Speakers - black Location: Collingwood, Melbourne Price: 1,400, negotiable Item Condition: 10/10 Reason for selling: Raising funds Payment Method: Pickup - Cash Extra Info: Picked up from Vinyl Revival in Fitzroy late last year (Nov), selling to raise some funds. I auditioned a few bookshelf speakers and found these to be the best sounding and looking of the ones I tried in the two weeks I spent in there auditioning! I've had these in my apartment and they fill the space beautifully, lovely to listen to in the background but can definitely deliver if asked to. I have had them hooked up to a Sonos AMP. The jet tweeter delivers a lot of detail in the highs and they sound like much larger speakers for the size. The build and finish are beautiful. Glossy black, and really cool looking under the grille. Bought for 1,995, selling for 30% off: https://web.archive.org/web/20190407073809/https://www.vinylrevival.com.au/collections/elac/products/elac-bs-243-2-bookshelf-pair Comes with original box and packaging. Pick up Collingwood. Photos:

Item: Linn Katan speakers (price dropped) Location: Huskisson Price: $460 includes postage (price dropped) Item Condition: 8/10 Reason for selling: NLR Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra These speakers have been used in an Aktiv set up, the amp of which I’m selling in a separate ad. They sound great and haven’t been overdriven. I’ve owned the speakers since new and still have the original boxes so they will be well packed. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Item: OCELLIA Calliope 30 Silver Speakers (Full Range 12') Location: Perth Price: $4,550 ono (priced to sell as were 11,000 Euro new) Condition - Immaculate Reason for Selling: No Longer Required Payment Method: Cash, Bank Deposit, Wire Transfer, Paypal (add 3 %). Extra Info: Manufactured by Ocellia in France and truly unique!/ The driver is a rare French made 12" full range (drivers alone are valued at $5,500), alnico magnet, silver wire coil, paper cone, cast bell bronze housing. This model was made by Bernard Salabert, who is no longer with us. The piezo tweeter in the middle is paper cone also. It is a bi-wire version and accepts banana plugs. Internal wiring is solid core silver. The cabinets are immaculate with no marks dings or scratches. Comes with original boxes to ensure safe transport. Each speaker weighs about 30kgs each. The cabinets are made of musical instrument grade spruce. These speakers are ideal for tube amplifiers. I have played these on 6w Single Ended Triode, and they produce ample volume to fill a large room. The are 16 Ohm and 98db sensitivity and are truly unique and impressive and no longer available new. Postage: Pickup ok or shipped via courier. These are quite large, so shipping may be >$200. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.