Wow!! What are those?
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Raynald
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Meridian active speakers, M100. Bob Stuart made nice stuff.
The only real difference I can see between the M10 and M100 is that the latter M100 had plugs on the back for room equalization settings( presumably when connected to a Meridian preamplifier.
Like my M10s, I think later models of the 10 had T33 tweeters.
Time to join this thread. I've been living with KEF 105's (Mk1) since 1980 when I purchased the demos from a stereo store that I did a lot of business with. I was blown away by the sound stage the 105's created while listening to both classical and certain rock music. And I've been amazed at how well they have held up after all these years with no driver failures. The foam on top of the woofer module is starting to break down but that doesn't affect the sound. Thankfully the British engineers who designed the drivers used rubber instead of foam surrounds on the woofers and I owe them a huge thanks for that. (Or a few rounds of beer at the pub.)
My listening room isn't anything special however the KEF's still sound great and I'm fortunate that there is a lot of space between my house and the neighbors so I haven't had any complaints yet when letting loose. Here are a couple of older photos back when my living room was cleaned up:
And a close up:
The only modifications I've done to my 105's is to bi-wire them from the amp to the speakers with separate cable feeds for the woofer and the mid/tweeter. Also replaced the wiring in the woofer module with a larger gauge wire. And I've found the 105's are somewhat power (current) hungry speakers that sound best with an amplifier that has a lot of headroom.
Bob
My listening room isn't anything special however the KEF's still sound great and I'm fortunate that there is a lot of space between my house and the neighbors so I haven't had any complaints yet when letting loose. Here are a couple of older photos back when my living room was cleaned up:
And a close up:
The only modifications I've done to my 105's is to bi-wire them from the amp to the speakers with separate cable feeds for the woofer and the mid/tweeter. Also replaced the wiring in the woofer module with a larger gauge wire. And I've found the 105's are somewhat power (current) hungry speakers that sound best with an amplifier that has a lot of headroom.
Bob
Nice. Love that SOTA.
moebuster
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These were well abused and left out in the elements for some time before i got them.
one cabinet was pretty much falling apart and had been cut open for some reason.it was a mess but i glued it all back together and covered it up as best as i could.not a restoration by any stretch more of a makeover.
one cabinet was pretty much falling apart and had been cut open for some reason.it was a mess but i glued it all back together and covered it up as best as i could.not a restoration by any stretch more of a makeover.
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moebuster
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one grill frame was delaminating from water damage but i was able to brace it up the reglue it.
not too bad and looks 95% (afer a few beers in a dim room)
i made some woofer grills and run them without the big original grill/covers.
probably the ugliest 105's in existence but sounds wonderful.
not too bad and looks 95% (afer a few beers in a dim room)
i made some woofer grills and run them without the big original grill/covers.
probably the ugliest 105's in existence but sounds wonderful.
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On the 105 Series 2, I made 6 bent washers and flipped the woofer upside down, the washers used as a retainer/spacer prevent it from getting away from their location.
You also need to put in wire extensions for the terminals cos they wont reach if flipped. That gets you a proper 180 degree flip, which is needed for a proper "re-center" atleast a couple of months.
Then of course you can do a 120 degree flip and use the original bolt holes on the woofer. This way you don't drill extra holes in the cabinets.
arts
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That is a real oddball,and I believe it is the very first model. The early models used rubber woofer surrounds,later went to foam; what do these have?
I'm guessing that the elimination these items was a cost reduction initiative by the bean counters:
The bass port looks ''carved'' into a bolt-on front baffle as opposed to the plastic ring type. (lot's of time and effort here)
Rear of cabinet is unfinished. (probably quicker and easier to just veneer the whole thing and you eliminate the paint step)
Terminals are high-mounted and recessed. (you eliminate a machining step,and running the leads downwards if the crossover is in the basement,as in later models)
Could those 104/2's be pre-production models before the final ones came out? They look rough to me, like they were trying different things before the final model: http://us.kef.com/explore-kef/kef-museum/1980s/reference-series-model-1042-1984-96 Just a wild guess...
They are definitely power hungry. My 107's so far have really liked my McCormack DNA 0.5 and Audire Forte amps.
