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navin · 18th July 2005, 10:58

aseem,
Blaupunkt make an 8" tube. I got 2. I forget the cot and model number but pester me enough i and i will take a trek to my car and get the model numbers atleast.

The Sony 504 is good VFM at 5K if you can spend about 3K more the Alpine 340 has about the same power but is a bit smoother.

Sam,
I am old enough to remember the JBL's (today the brand is owned by Harman International) birth. James B Lansing left Altec Lansing (some say he was voted out) and started working on bringin the Studio sound home. Altec Lansing (and UREI) was big with the American Studions at the time.

Harman International was formed when Harman Kardon (of Citation amplifer fame) needed money. Slowly Harman International bought tthese brands (Infinity, Mark Levinson, Studer, Soundcraft, dbx, Revel, Audax). In some cases they bought the facilities too (Audax, dbx, etc..) in other cases just the brands. Today other than Bose no other Audio company makes as much profit.

JBL's Pro line used to have a 17cm driver but I think that too has been dispensed with as Audax's very good PR17 series was competing with it. Today If I remmeber right JBLs Pro line starts at 21cm but it really their 35cm+ drivers (15", 18", etc...) that sell well. I used the 2 B460's (each using one 2245) as part of my home audio system before WAF made me give it up.

Peerless, Vifa, ScanSpeak are now all part of Tymphany. That is another story. When I was in Odense and Videbeak, Vifa and ScanSpeak were seperate entities and Peerless was being restructured. All 3 companies as well as Dynaudio owe their existence to Ejvind Skaaning (http://www.flexunits.com/iz.asp?id=4|a|583|||). Mr. Skaaning is 75+ now. One good reason to be a loudpspeaker designer most of them grow old well (Ted Jordan, Neville Theil, Richard Small, Richard Vandersteen, Jim Theil (no relattion to Neville), Edgar Villchur (he's gone now), etc...) :-)

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navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: mumbai Posts: 11,468	aseem, Blaupunkt make an 8" tube. I got 2. I forget the cot and model number but pester me enough i and i will take a trek to my car and get the model numbers atleast. The Sony 504 is good VFM at 5K if you can spend about 3K more the Alpine 340 has about the same power but is a bit smoother. Sam, I am old enough to remember the JBL's (today the brand is owned by Harman International) birth. James B Lansing left Altec Lansing (some say he was voted out) and started working on bringin the Studio sound home. Altec Lansing (and UREI) was big with the American Studions at the time. Harman International was formed when Harman Kardon (of Citation amplifer fame) needed money. Slowly Harman International bought tthese brands (Infinity, Mark Levinson, Studer, Soundcraft, dbx, Revel, Audax). In some cases they bought the facilities too (Audax, dbx, etc..) in other cases just the brands. Today other than Bose no other Audio company makes as much profit. JBL's Pro line used to have a 17cm driver but I think that too has been dispensed with as Audax's very good PR17 series was competing with it. Today If I remmeber right JBLs Pro line starts at 21cm but it really their 35cm+ drivers (15", 18", etc...) that sell well. I used the 2 B460's (each using one 2245) as part of my home audio system before WAF made me give it up. Peerless, Vifa, ScanSpeak are now all part of Tymphany. That is another story. When I was in Odense and Videbeak, Vifa and ScanSpeak were seperate entities and Peerless was being restructured. All 3 companies as well as Dynaudio owe their existence to Ejvind Skaaning (http://www.flexunits.com/iz.asp?id=4\|a\|583\|\|\|). Mr. Skaaning is 75+ now. One good reason to be a loudpspeaker designer most of them grow old well (Ted Jordan, Neville Theil, Richard Small, Richard Vandersteen, Jim Theil (no relattion to Neville), Edgar Villchur (he's gone now), etc...) :-)