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IMF speakers

SansuiSurfer

SansuiSurfer

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Let's have a show of hands of who runs IMF monitors and why?
Mine are IMF Improved, with caster wheels,Formica veneer for density.
The 4 way drivers are: Kef B129,Kef B110, Celestion HF1300 and Celestion HF2000.
Love them for Jazz as they breathe out the bass like a warm summer breeze.
Driven with a Sansui Au/Tu-919,the IMF's makes the Sansui sound more tube like at low level listening. :music:
 
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I've owned TLS50, and Pro MkIII SSurfer, a beautiful sounding couple of pairs of speakers I wish'd I would've never sold. Probably find that not too many people here own them as they're kinda rare.
 
I use TLS-80s in a system at work. The electronics are highly variable.
The have an effortless and natural bass that is difficult to describe...certainly not the typical resonant box. Mine have been reworked and rebadged as "Fried". They have a different tweeter and crossover mods, so I assume they were repaired by Fried in Philadelphia.
I think you have uncovered 3 out of 4 of us on AK.
 
IMF made in USA or England

Here is an interesting article of how Irving Fried was not responsible for the conception of the original IMF speaker.
Seems some were made in the Good ol' US of A and some were made in jolly old England. Mine were made in England. The Fried's were Made in USA.
Here is the link: http://marklev.com/IMF/history/index.html
 
IMF speakers are veddy, veddy British...

The IMF/Irving M. "Bud" Fried imbroglio is well known (at least in some circles).
 
I have owned TLS 50s, Fried Qs and Betas. I have mixed feelings about them (probably related to system matching or old caps) but I think they are one of the most interestingly oddball companies ever. I'd love to see their really early models, like the Styrene Pressure, which had some sort of central suspension (thread?), or the giant room size horn kits they seem to have offered in the seventies.
Part of their appeal was the speakers themselves, because they always sounded pretty darn good, but alot of the appeal was the newsletters, and the confidence they induced that this was solid and sober unflashy british design, not wild eyed american marketing. In retrospect I realise you can market yourself in all sorts of cunning ways, but that doesn't stop me from regarding Bud Fried as being right up there with Edgar Vilchur as not only an acoustician of note, but an advertiser of remarkable talent.
 
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Not just an IMF fan, a large room fan. You need a large room to fit all those speakers into, and my experience is that IMFs suit bigger rooms, having used TLS 50s in tiny dorm rooms.
Impressive collection.
 
2 pairs of TLS 50...
>>> Wish I had four pairs.

Really ! !

One pair coupled with a Bryston 2b.
I mean, bass is everywhere, fast and smooth at the same time ( it can ! ).
Soundstage is like I could touch the sound ( no cannabis involved ).

They are updated with the MSH 115 Monacor Mids as the original ( ELAC ) mids were refoamed in a bad manner.

I must be a good person to have 2 pairs of wonderful speakers.

And I'm retired so, listening to music takes most of my time.
 
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