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In Reply to: RE: What is/was the most obscure component you've owned ? .... posted by reelsmith. on September 24, 2016 at 10:07:01
Concrete enclosures. From Sweden. I still have them.
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I have still got a Near Mint Pair of Rauna Tyr.... --- I have had many pairs of Monitor Speakers (Up to $12 Grand a pair) in my Home trying to Best the Rauna Tyr, but none have. My banana connectors are on the rear of the speaker toward the bottom, so no trouble attaching speaker cables.I believe the guy is still in business... Here is a link to history..
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Thanks for that link. I do understand your love for the Raunas. They really are amazing little speakers. I remember a review in TAS where they were described dismissively as "little boat anchors". Not anywhere near true. They were my primary speakers for a number of years. Then the Spica TC-50s came along.
They were also my Primary speaker about 14 years ago, until Horns and SET amps afflicted me. :-)
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We had a dealer in San Diego and they featured the floor standing version.
"The piano ain't got no wrong notes." Thelonious Monk
Any pictures?
The original foam grills disintegrated a long time ago. I replaced them years ago but it's been so long it's happening again. I think I bought these in the mid eighties.
I looked them up online, saw these and other models, I like them. Those open cell grills always deteriorate into a powdery substance, I might consider running them sans grills, could always either paint, or coat the concrete enclosure with plastidip or some similar product.
Martin
OK but be aware that on both of mine the adhesive for the top and bottom plates dried out. Both plates on both speakers fell off. Not surprising on a speaker this old. I reattached them with Gorilla Glue. Mine are the original version, with the speaker connectors (banana only) on the underside of the speaker. Unless you use thin cables that will fit in the channel on the plate, you have to put something under the speaker to provide enough room for the cables.
They're nice speakers. That's why I've held on to them for so long. I used them with an NAD 3020B, which I also still have. Good luck and be careful not to drop one of these little guys on your foot. It's an experience you'll remember for a very long time.
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