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IMF owners thread!

Fried newsletters # 9, 10, and 11 may describe which model(s) were produced then in 1974 & 1975. Maybe it only was the Model R.
 
Yvan_donald said:
Hi, it seems M.Fried was craving for new products and for him easy to do joint ventures with others like IMF-Jordan-Watts speakers, just found IMF Kelly Ribbon,maybe someone know's about this Mr.Kelly? Yvan
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The Fried-Jordan modules stated n the Fried Newsletters never appeared in the consumer market.
 
Since the companies split in 1975, maybe the Model R was the only speaker caught in between the split.

If we look at it the opposite way - during 1974 & 1975 IMF made the -
Monitor II
Studio Monitor
Monitor III
Studio IIIA
TLS Junior
Super Compact series I

But, other than the Super Compact, not sure any of those 6 ever got Fried badges.
It is possible the Super Compact may have had transitional badges, but not sure it worked in this opposite fashion. Guessing if any other model transitioned, we may see a Fried badged Super Compact - the biggest seller IMF manufactured. I know 2 old friends from way back that would know but haven't contacted them since 1983. One day need to look them up, last known the 1 was about 1 hour away, 1 maybe still in town. There is a very good chance they actually may still have contact with the 2 seller-dealers who sold the IMF & Fried lines in 1975.

Fried had some models later with some of the same names out of the 6 on the IMF list, but pretty sure those Fried were made in mid 1990's.
 
Makes sense if IMF was affiliated with a Kelly Ribbon, because Fried was involved in working with many of the companies in this link. The link here http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/ribbon.html discusses the Kelly Ribbon at top, middle, and throughout article, with pictures. The IMF Ribbon Monitor used a ribbon voice coil as found in the AK thread here.
 
Fried Products describes a 1965 design called "IMF-Kelly TLS" (transmission line system) in their Fried Model H pamphlet. Had posted earlier in this thread that it would have been glorious to see an IMF with T-line design coupled with a true-ribbon mid & high frequency driver. If that could have been available for sale, it might have been another whole big step up. Maybe the T-line bass could not keep pace & match the ultra-fast ribbon speed. But, it is being done today I think by others.
 
Hi,luv'r probably end of 74,begining 75,M.Fried start his own speaker's line using IMF logo and maybe IMF binding post, war have begin between USA versus England.M.Fried lost in court,can't not use IMF name anymore but in his report call is line of products IMFried to be shure people reconize is previous involment in IMF.Yes he didn't have time to create many model of is own,the " R" is surely the only model at this moment and until they settle in court he couldn't sell any speaker,including the " R".The StereOpus begin in 75,so Vol1 .4 probably at 3/4 of the year.The H model came almost at the same time if I refer to his report 11, Sept. 75. Report 12 Sept,76 , R/!!,H,M, the signature serie make is debut. He is talking about developping is speaker with ribbon (superior in sound), but until now this ribbon couldn't reproduce a satisfactory mid region. Yvan
 
The Fried Model H was developed after Fried's split with IMF.
He replaced the H subs with the model T which used his oem Dalesford 10" driver.
The B-2 also used his oem Dalesford 5.25" which had a longer xmax then the Kef B110 driver.
Fried also switched to the Dynaudio D-28H for his choice of tweeter.

From what I was told the Kef B200 voice coils bottomed out at high spl due to their short xmax in the H enclosure. They were not the best choice for the T-line enclosure for this reason.
 
Hi, Jim you know these fried speakers are new for me,the H came at the end of 75? So are you saying the Fried are superior speakers than IMF,Tls 50 or Prof.But I am not so shure a transmission line speaker should play high SPL,Yvan.
 
Yvan_donald said:
Hi, But I am not so shure a transmission line speaker should play high SPL,Yvan.
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I knew I.M. Fried from being a longtime customer of his and also live in the same county he once resided in before his death.

I never heard any of the IMF T-lines since Fried was then marketing his new line of speakers.

I was able to compare the sound of the older Fried speakers that used the Kef drivers to the first model C satellites and O and Sm T-line subs back in 1979-81.
I agreed with Fried that his newer line of drivers were much superior in clarity to his older models that used the Kef drivers.

Fried developed drivers specifically for use in his T-lines and series crossover designs.
They evolved over the years by the use a newer types of cone materials such as carbon fiber and Kevlar.

Loudspeaker driver technology has greatly improved since the days of IMF. :)
 
Yvan_donald said:
Hi,just looking in an other post thread, AK's member owns a pair of Als 40 MK II and a pair of Fried R. Yvan
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Ive just recently sold my Fried model "R" after owning them for many yrs.I had them recapped around 2010 as they were starting to sound muddy to my ears ,the original caps were shot.Ive always enjoyed their sound ,they were better on tube amps then SS tho.

I also have a great pair of IMF als 40iia studios that ive kept and most recently ran with a pair of Dynaco MKiv mono block amps/with a pas 2 preamp,both fully recapped.
Incredible together..
hunter
 
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Yvan_donald said:
:thmbsp:Great hunter another AKer satisfy with is IMF.
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Ive compared the 2 sets of speakers many times over the yrs.The "R"s were less efficient and needed power to open up.Ran them on various solid state amps/preamps but they seemed to shine with my old Harman Kardon 16a amp with a Pioneer spec 1 preamp the best.I run tube amps now and need efficientcy.
In comparison to the IMF als 40iia's the R's lacked clarity on the top and of course the bass on the IMF's is hard for any speaker of its size to compete with.
I bought the mdl R's from the original owner who powered them with a HK 930 dual powered receiver.
I ownly sold the mdl R's to help fund a speaker build{University 6303's}as they haven't been in use for some yrs now and had dropped in my speaker rotations.My IMF als 40iia are on the nervarforsalelist..

hunter
 
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Have you heard bigger IMF brothers? or only Als 40IIa, they have the cones with the rib? ,are they vented coil woofer ?Have you change the caps? Yvan
 
Here are a few pics of the IMF als40ii's.
 

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Only ever seen one other pair of IMF's for sale in the Vancouver area over the last 2 decades,i think they were the imf 50ii,i was too late on the call that was back in the buy and sell days before Craigslist.
The cones have the ribs you were mentioning.I had the foam surround done as they eventually deteriorated .All the drivers are original.Not many speaker manufactures finished the unside of the grills with wood veneer and they have the aluminum extruded border around outside of the grill,must of cost a small fortune to build these back in the day.

hunter
 
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