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sbring@gmail.com
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:18 am Post subject:
Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations |
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Among speaker projects I am contemplating, now that I am retired, is a
1972 Bailey t-line system. The cabinet seems no big problem; Bailey has
all the necessary measurements in his article. Driver choices and
passive three-way crossover deisgn seem much more difficult. My budget
is not impressive, so I would like to build the crossovers myself, but
I don't know enough to design them. Any recommendations concerning
choice of drivers and crossover design are welcome!
Sven
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François Yves Le Gal
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:39 am Post subject:
Re: Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations |
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On 13 Nov 2005 13:18:48 -0800, "sbring@gmail.com" <sbring@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Among speaker projects I am contemplating, now that I am retired, is a
1972 Bailey t-line system.
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The original Bailey TL uses vastly obsolete drivers, either a combination of
Radford BD25/1, MD9/2 and TD3/2 or Kef B139, B110 and T27.
I wouldn't wnder about the xover before getting hold of drivers... |
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sbring
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:52 am Post subject:
Re: Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations |
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François Yves Le Gal wrote:
| Quote: | I wouldn't wnder about the xover before getting hold of drivers...
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That seems wise. So what drivers should I use?
Sven |
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François Yves Le Gal
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:26 am Post subject:
Re: Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations |
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On 13 Nov 2005 13:52:46 -0800, "sbring" <sbring@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | So what drivers should I use?
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There are thousands of drivers and as nearly many TL designs... Check for
instance http://www.t-linespeakers.org/ as a start. |
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sbring
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:59 am Post subject:
Re: Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations |
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François Yves Le Gal wrote:
| Quote: | On 13 Nov 2005 13:52:46 -0800, "sbring" <sbring@gmail.com> wrote:
So what drivers should I use?
Check for
instance http://www.t-linespeakers.org/ as a start.
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I have done that, and that is why I decided on the Bailey 1972 t-line
model, and it is recommendations for this specific enclosure I am
asking for.
Sven |
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François Yves Le Gal
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:13 am Post subject:
Re: Bailey t-line driver & xover recommendations |
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On 13 Nov 2005 14:59:50 -0800, "sbring" <sbring@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I have done that, and that is why I decided on the Bailey 1972 t-line
model, and it is recommendations for this specific enclosure I am
asking for.
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An enclosure is linked to the drivers used. A Bailey is basically unusable
if you don't have the right drivers. |
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harrogate2
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:14 am Post subject:
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"sbring" <sbring@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131922790.771003.110410@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
François Yves Le Gal wrote:
| Quote: | On 13 Nov 2005 13:52:46 -0800, "sbring" <sbring@gmail.com> wrote:
So what drivers should I use?
Check for
instance http://www.t-linespeakers.org/ as a start.
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I have done that, and that is why I decided on the Bailey 1972 t-line
model, and it is recommendations for this specific enclosure I am
asking for.
Sven
One thing I can tell you - you will never regret building them. I used
to have a pair before Management decided they were too big and they
had to go (sob) and I have never heard - with one exception - anything
like them. They could rattle windows at 50 paces and with very little
power, but best of all was the deep down detail, especially the pedal
reeds of a pipe organ which no other speaker that I have heard before
or since could manage.
The exception was the Cambridge R50 which was basically the same
design in a different shape.
Look at the Wilmslow Audio site - you never know what he might have.
Failing that look for a pair of secondhand TDL R3's - not quite the
same but getting there.
--
Woody
harrogate2 at ntlworld dot com |
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