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In Reply to: RE: Well I just won a vintage... posted by Brian McGowan on July 31, 2014 at 16:43:19
About the only type of speaker I wouldn't run it on is a full range estat.
My 796 version does well with everything I have died on it. It's very flat, accentuating no part of the spectrum and can tame speakers with those bass humps, nicely. It is voiced not dissimilar to my old ARC tube amp and not like most receivers. The detail is very good with little coloration.
I had mine on the original Large Advents and KLH Fives today. Earlier before I sold my Symphonyss when I paired them the bass was almost under whelming coated to my McIntosh but not too far off when I had the Philips Lab Series amp and preamp on them.
Oh, on the Heresy IIs with the limited bass the combo does seem too bass thin. Still really good for classical and jazz, solo instrument and the like but for rock and similar, not going to get anyone excited.
Get a decent antenna on it and the tuner is like we'll worth what you probably paid for it. Prepare for some sore fingers herring the speaker wires on, those little buttons are small and it takes quite a bit of pressure to get the wires on. I use either 1/2 of an open spare or bare wire. Running can help but, I do not like that practice. Once in, they are in as well and maybe better as to the connection than a banana or screw terminal.
I seem to remember the black version top cover is paired wood veneer. Even if you strip it, it still will look cheap. I always wanted to get a nice case made for mine. Also, the stark white lighting needs for at some point. Thinking maybe a light blue for my silver faced unit.
In running mine it seems quite stable into 4 ohms.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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As always thanks for your advice & help! I have right now my Allegro 3000,paired with my Allegro 1000 on my Magnavox stereo 300 & Lawrence Welk,The Rat Pack,Tony Bennett,etc.all sound good!This unit was based on the 1500 Receiver,but much lower in power!They have Horn Tweeters which I hope will work well with the Philips! I would love to find a pair locally
of Klipsch Heresy series 1 or 2!
My memory is foggy on this one, but if it was made in the US, then I suspect it was from when Philips owned Magnavox, and I suspect it was built in a Magnavox plant in (I think) Tennessee. I don't know whether it was a Magnavox design with a Philips logo, or a Philips design built in a Magnavox factory. I had one briefly that someone had put in the ewaste bin where I work. I liked it, but didn't really need it, so I put it back for some other lucky soul to take home.
Thanks for the story it was interesting & fun to read!
You are right as root place of manufacturer. That was where the Magnavox plant was located. It was totally a Magnavox design and was ordered into production but before it started, the company was taken over and the series rebadged to Philips.
Seems like a lifetime ago when I happened upon the first of the series and other than TIC with the review of the 673 tuner there was with the exception of a static Web Page referencing the separates of the series nothing about them. I tried to trace some history as the sound and guts were impressive. No one associated with Philips US even knew they were ever made. I did finally run down a rather elderly person who worked in TN at the plant and while not on that project knew of it and had some remaining memories. The impending sale caught all by surprise as it looked like the company had a winner and could turn it around. The engineering team was let go not long after and hence no further development of the series. Philips tried to capitalize on the series that had been relatively well received in the US by expanding the tuner offering and adding integrated amps with all but the largest integrated being manufactured offshore. Not certain but, suspect the engineering was also offshore. Radioactive, over on AK has or had a couple of the other turners and integrated amps. By '81 with a 4 year run under its belt, Philips killed the line in the US but kept the series in Europe for a few years with totally different units. There also appeared to be that Philips offered the tuners offshore tuners and integrated amps in Europe with out the series designation.
Philips had a potential winner in the US where other than its turntable could not get much traction. It should have exchanged the looks of its totl reel to reel and cassette decks and kicked the 212 up a notch so they looked like the series and labeled them as such. It could have done more with the mfb speakers and regular speakers by associating them, also. The company was just going in too many marketing and product directions confusing dealers thereby limiting customer access.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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