These are custom made speakers, which uses Coral drives and all wrapped in a mahogany enclosure. When I got them the owner said it was made by an audio company when he was living in British Columbia. He told me he went in and asked for their best sounding pair of speakers and these were it, from what he could remember he said the company was called Sound Labs however he was unsure as it was so many moons ago and I have doubts if it has any relation to the current Sound Labs.
Nonetheless, these are very nice sounding pair of speakers and well built. They use Japanese drivers from Coral. These are a 3-way speaker in an acoustic sealed box. Featuring a 1" dome tweeter, 2.5" done mid and 12" woofer. The tweeters and mids are protected by a metal dome grill and the woofer has a treated paper accordion surround, all wrapped in a nice, well built and heavy mahogany box to give it that dark wood look. Corners are rounded too!
There are two attenuators for the mids and tweeters as well they are mirrored imaged. They had some MDF risers but I removed them as they need to be raised a bit higher, as well they were falling apart.
So how do they sound? Well, first of all, they need a good power behind them to bring the woofers to life. Being an acoustic sealed and treated paper surrounds means they need some oomph behind them to get the bass out.
To me, they have that clean Japanese sound to them. Quite dynamic with a very good bass response, clean mid and sparkly treble. Work great with a variety of music. Seems to like my raw sounding Hitachi amplifier, albeit, may be too raw sounding, need to attenuate the treble down to avoid sibilance. Will match very well with the HK730 or mosfet powered amplifiers.
Many may recognize them as they are currently on demonstration duty. Overall, they are in great shape, cabinets have some nicks but that's quite common for heavy speakers. But, more importantly they have a really nice and clean sound. And, it can't hurt to look pretty either! I'm sure a re-oiling would make them stand out even more!
They do come with grills.
Nonetheless, these are very nice sounding pair of speakers and well built. They use Japanese drivers from Coral. These are a 3-way speaker in an acoustic sealed box. Featuring a 1" dome tweeter, 2.5" done mid and 12" woofer. The tweeters and mids are protected by a metal dome grill and the woofer has a treated paper accordion surround, all wrapped in a nice, well built and heavy mahogany box to give it that dark wood look. Corners are rounded too!
There are two attenuators for the mids and tweeters as well they are mirrored imaged. They had some MDF risers but I removed them as they need to be raised a bit higher, as well they were falling apart.
So how do they sound? Well, first of all, they need a good power behind them to bring the woofers to life. Being an acoustic sealed and treated paper surrounds means they need some oomph behind them to get the bass out.
To me, they have that clean Japanese sound to them. Quite dynamic with a very good bass response, clean mid and sparkly treble. Work great with a variety of music. Seems to like my raw sounding Hitachi amplifier, albeit, may be too raw sounding, need to attenuate the treble down to avoid sibilance. Will match very well with the HK730 or mosfet powered amplifiers.
Many may recognize them as they are currently on demonstration duty. Overall, they are in great shape, cabinets have some nicks but that's quite common for heavy speakers. But, more importantly they have a really nice and clean sound. And, it can't hurt to look pretty either! I'm sure a re-oiling would make them stand out even more!
They do come with grills.
