Unfortunately they are local pick up only in Melbourne. I'm in Hobart. Bass Strait is in the middle. And unfortunately my friend who died didn't keep the packaging.
Sorry to say my health isn't up to more than having a shower and walking out to the lounge at the moment. Let alone organizing a freight company to go pick them up, pack them and get them to me. And then hoping they arrive undamaged.
In any event - these photo's were from the Estate sale: the seller hasn't posted any recent photos. You will be able to tell me if they are original Stamm's. They have the whizzer, so I expect they are.
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Ahhh - that all makes sense. The ones I had in 2008 were a pair of the now defunct Hawthorne Audio 15 inch coaxial sterling drivers with bass 15 inches drivers, in tall not very wide baffles, and then in 2009 single drivers (by memory some form of Lowthers) in much the same.
The OB's I came up with sounded not bad - especially with certain music - but not in the same league as the Troubadours, or ESL's or a good box speaker - at least for classical which is what I listen to. Fun experiments though. I am quite sure what you are making would sound sublime.
I shall follow your adventures with much interest! A great pity I cannot snap my fingers and come over for a listen. Your type of systems interest me. Something away from the usual.
Speaking of Single Drivers - the Eclipse TD 712.
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This was a speaker I owned in 2015/2016 that was very special. It is a single driver sealed unit. I would own another pair of those is a jiffy - they were my wife's favourite speakers - high WAF. That said - SETS need not apply - well they would work with 8 watts of 300B, but you wouldn't want to. I found them monsterously difficult to partner well. The better you feed them the better they sounded.
Thank you again for posting.
Andrew, the Stamm drivers in your late friend’s Troubadours are the second version of Stamm drivers and not the original version, but nonetheless great drivers based on my research and understanding. I have not heard the second, and last, version of the Stamm driver myself, but someone who has and who has great knowledge of all things Loth-X/Stamm summarized the differences as follows:
the Mk1 have more separation and extended highs whereas the Mk2 extended the bass a little lower, had less separation, rolled off earlier, but also had no peak.
I have Heard good things about the Hawthornes OB speakers. And also hear that the Fujitsu Eclipse series has very precise imaging. Lots of very different paths lead to audio nirvana. Keep enjoying your music in good health.
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