new speakers....again!

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Easily, some people even think the Linn LP12 is a legendary classic

[Lindsayt]

i bought these blind in an auction up north,it was a tense moment when i first plugged them but im happy to say all the drivers work.phew!
i think my speaker search has ended with these,they really are in another league from my past speakers.
clarity and mid range detail is simply stunning.]

Are the speakers you've compared them against the ones in your signature?

In which case, I'm not surprised.


It's always nice to get a significant upgrade to the sound of your system for minimal net outlay. Congratulations!
I think the Yammies are a reasonable compromise between price, size and sound quality.If you ever get the chance, try to compare them against vaguely similar sized JBL's from that era.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Try these and then sell the Yammies

http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/phpBB3/view ... 81#p146881

[wiicrackpot]

Are Protos the same size as the new banned Omnisets?, looks bigger,
quite tempted but i am not one for dark veneers,
the Banned pairs lighter shade is right up my street.

While we're talking about it, just caught sight of Steve the Shadows new set up with his teardrop Lenco and your 20 amps,lovely looking system.

[antonio66]

I have no experience of the Yamaha's so if you're happy they were a good buy at £500. Time will tell if you keep them long term.

[Classicrock]

£500 looks like snip judging by condition. I've heard these sounding both great and awful depending on system. They are obviously very amplifier sensitive and I believe difficult load to drive. However one of the best sounds I heard from a pair of these was with modified Quad II power amps.

[_D_S_J_R_]

I bought and sold mine decades ago for £450, so £500 is a bargain for a collectors item today.

Please forgive this old misery-guts. I've been around the block a hell of a long time now and played with loads of stuff in that time. The bigger the (pro) amp for these, the bigger they'll sound. This is one speaker where a few hundred watts per channel will help to force to bring them to life - and good-enough watts is cheap these days (Yamaha do some well received pro amps for a few hundred quid, but don't expect NVA fine-delicacy though)...

[jayman67]

£500 looks like snip judging by condition. I've heard these sounding both great and awful depending on system. They are obviously very amplifier sensitive and I believe difficult load to drive. However one of the best sounds I heard from a pair of these was with modified Quad II power amps.

yes thats one of my concerns,from what ive read they are are as you say amp sensitive, my sony seems fine,well to my ears it does.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Good amplifiers show them up as not so good speakers.

[jayman67]

For flattest response, the mids should be set to 10 - 30 and the tweets to 11 - 30 and this seemed consistent throughout the production run.

perhaps im being thick here but how the hell do you set them to 10 and 11-30??