THOMO Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) Trimax EL34 monoblock EL 34 power amps circa about 1968 feeding Toshiba SS30 speakers circa about 1965. Some wonderful synergy here and the room suits the speakers. The Toshibas can sound jaw dropping in the right system and room.They are best in a smaller room where they benefit from some bass room gain.They are very efficient and sound lightening fast and dynamic and have superb imaging. I really need to find a 1960s front end to complete the system I suppose. Edited July 13, 2019 by THOMO 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_m_54 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I love the enthusiasm of you younguns nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops110 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Very cool Thomo. Love the look of the Toshiba’s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendes Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Stunning Jon , I remember these Toshiba’s with my 300B’s..... stunning with Lucinda Williams as I recall.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOMO Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mendes said: Stunning Jon , I remember these Toshiba’s with my 300B’s..... stunning with Lucinda Williams as I recall.... Listening to The Best of Lou Rawls which sounds great.Some of those tracks were 1960s recordings. And yes Lucinda Williams Live at Filmore is another good one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Harris Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 just the thing to play some Jimi on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOMO Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 You mean this Jimi?Very daggy but superb recording quality. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtexcnndrm99 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Looks great, could look at those speakers all day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) I’ve heard that system at Thomo’s place in the past and it is incredibly good! It is fast, detailed and musical ...would teach a modern set up some important lessons. Cheers, Steve. . Edited July 14, 2019 by Steve M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzagruzz Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Great looking vintage system there Thomo. Amazing how old gear can hold their own with today’s equipment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Harris Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Gotta luv olde equipment I run two systems one with Wharfedales Dovedale SP's and One with AR93's Wrong Jimi is more my Jimi (note US cover posted lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonagon Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Oh yes !!! I have the Toshiba SS30 speakers. Actually purchased a pair after reading the glowing report by Steve M on his blog. Agree totally. A beautiful sound. And they cost me next to nothing. I run them with valves in a second system (in a smallish room). And it easily rivals my main Solid State system, which cost at least 20 times the price. Thank you Steve M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Nonagon said: Oh yes !!! I have the Toshiba SS30 speakers. Actually purchased a pair after reading the glowing report by Steve M on his blog. Agree totally. A beautiful sound. And they cost me next to nothing. I run them with valves in a second system (in a smallish room). And it easily rivals my main Solid State system, which cost at least 20 times the price. Thank you Steve M. You are welcome N, but gratitude must go to Thomo who was first to discover the Toshie spkrs, which belie their 1965 vintage having a passive radiator and tri-wiring. The SS-30 remind me of what is good about single driver point source speakers (Lowthers etc), but more full spectrum and not so quirky. They could do with deeper more powerful bass, but this might spoil their sense of speed I feel? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonagon Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Thank you Thomo for making the Toshiba discovery. A year or so back I was looking to re-create a Sixties style Room ( just the look and feel) for my second system. I was never intending to get great sound. Just a nice atmosphere. The SS 30's came my way and then for a front end, I added the Toshiba SR -510 turntable to get that feel and look. It's not quite as old as the speakers, but a match in quality. All surrounded with some nice Danish furniture and Tretchikoff prints from the sixties. It's a treat to look at. And as an absolute bonus,I got Audiophile quality sound as well. So Thanks again Thomo and Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Nice ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATMAQN Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I got a pair this year as well again the blurb from @Steve Mhad me convinced they were something special no regrets here. I sprayed the brown grills black with some fabric paint, to me they look better. I run them with a Weston Topaz with KT77s the combo works a treat it still surprises how good these are. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOMO Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) It is spreading! Some nice systems there. You might have noticed that I inverted the woofer and passive radiators in one pair of my SS30s so they are mirror imaged. That probably does improve imaging but it is a tricky job because they are glued in and you risk pulling away some of the front baffle material [chipboard] with the driver frames as you pry them out.Best to try to cut as much glue between the frame and the baffle with something like a marking knife first. Edited July 15, 2019 by THOMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOMO Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, Steve M said: You are welcome N, but gratitude must go to Thomo who was first to discover the Toshie spkrs, which belie their 1965 vintage having a passive radiator and tri-wiring. The SS-30 remind me of what is good about single driver point source speakers (Lowthers etc), but more full spectrum and not so quirky. They could do with deeper more powerful bass, but this might spoil their sense of speed I feel? Steve. Yes I agree they have a bit of the point source type sound to them but closer in sound to a Goodmans Axiom 80 than anything else I have heard. Except the treble is much better [and probably bass is better too] .And those are selling for huge money nowadays[ $5700 for a pair here a while back] Edited July 15, 2019 by THOMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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