Tír Na HiFi

Ordered the bits and pieces today and will start to strip the speakers down at the weekend. I read that PFM piece by Mr. Tibbs, if I can get anywhere near that quality of rebuild I'll be more than happy.

A clue or two for the last one: http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp125/dermot1/IMG_4498.jpg As he said himself:'They'll all know that you were here when you're gone....'He also experimented with weird tunings and was probably one of the first to use classical embelishments for his songs,especiall...

Thanks for that Richard. This opens another can of worms. If I replace the surround with a generic surround what will this do with regard to compliance? Anyway, for 32 quid I'll give it a go. I think my major concern will be centrering the cones on the magnet. If it all goes horribly wrong Wilmslow ...

Got this on cd in Tower for €4.99 today. My vinyl version suffered from too many crap teenage parties in it's day. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3bSNO-_ad6LJ9M:http://img12.nnm.ru/a/b/d/f/4/abdf4ec713efab15b594840bd5458042_full.jpg And strolled around the corner to get this in HMV on Dermot's r...

I was given a pair of Gale 401's ( not the chrome end ones) a while ago and am now starting to rebuild them. I will have to replace the mid units, and can source a suitable one from Wilmslow Audio. The bass units have the usual rotten surround and I have two options here. Wilmslow again do a replace...

Ivor wrote:

JAW wrote:
How dare you!!!!! I'll have you know my man Smithers regularly irons my sleeves!!! :-))

Is that a euphemism?

I'm not going to rise to that sort of comment!

Whoops! Just twigged the second clue! Crosaire is dead, long live Crosaire!!!! http://slimeydave.com/My%20Closet/My%20Records/Albums/Browne,%20Jackson%20-%201976%20-%20The%20Pretender.jpg Kudos to Mr.Reliable.....well done my man, well done :-)) BTW I loved the tattered and well worn sleeve, is it ...

Right some more clues are in order: http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp125/dermot1/IMG_4467.jpg This album was made after the death of the singer's wife... he's still making music and more than likely taking it easy too :-) Any chance of a year on this? It looks kinda familiar, early seventies? W...

Right some more clues are in order: http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp125/dermot1/IMG_4467.jpg This album was made after the death of the singer's wife... he's still making music and more than likely taking it easy too :-) Any chance of a year on this? It looks kinda familiar, early seventies?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41n5RC8QOCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg Ah fergus, you bring a tear to my eye.....Wishbone Ash's 'Argus'.A band at their peak,which sadly,they never scaled as high again.I remember listening to that album on 8 track,would you believe, on my brother's all singing,all danc...