Sonus faber Extrema Vintage (like the Minima Amator Vintage they already resurected) would be most interesting. They would have to substitute the KEF B139 passive radiator though, as the whole remaining stock of B139 drive units have been bought by Wilson (to service the WAMM model).
There is a Trent from Wilson holding one of those precius spares:
Sonus faber Extrema Vintage (like the Minima Amator Vintage they already resurected) would be most interesting. They would have to substitute the KEF B139 passive radiator though, as the whole remaining stock of B139 drive units have been bought by Wilson (to service the WAMM model).
Although my pair Extremas used the KEF B139, I saw some Extrema's using the TDL 3021GT03 bass driver - it did not have a flat surface. Although the unit was used as a passive it needed to have a coil and magnet, as it was damped using commuted resistors.
It is curious how the B139 was so popular in the early 80's - its Thiele/Small parameters were not suitable for a medium sized speaker with low bass. I considered it for subwoofers and it would need an extremely large box to have an acceptable bass response, such as used by David Wilson in the Wamm. However it was great for transmission line speakers.
That's interesting...only out for a few hours it seems.
BTW, i noticed that when Linn sold their LP12 40th anniv table at $40K that it was sold out immediately....then guess what..some poor soul tried to re-sell his 40th anniv LP12 on ebay for $40K and the result...
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No sale after multiple insertions! Is this telling us something?
