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Hello everyone, it has been a very long time since I posted. Since that time I have accumulated a collection of audio equipment. My latest addition are a set of rare Yorkshire 1-3 speakers. I took a chance on these via ebay. Going by looks alone based on the drivers is how I decided I wanted these. I tried these out with an Exposure XV (not the super) integrated amp and they seemed okay. But then I got curious and tried them with a Rega Brio-R integrated and they really opened up. Compared to my Epos ES-11 (which are run by a Naim Nait 5i) speakers they are much much different. I can't really explain it. I just got these tonight and although it may seem early to talk about these I just wanted to share with everyone. I would explain the sound as natural vocals, bass isn't very heavy (its there but not very heavy), have a flat sound which I like. I may try these with the Naim Nait 5i and Musical Fidelity X-150 just to see how they sound.
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wow i remember those speakers i did audition them with a friend in the eighties they were in competition with heybrook speakers and jpw
my friend ended up buying the heybrook with a creek amp
i heard them with the mission cyrus amp and they sounded pretty decent
sadly most of the englishmen would look down on the yorkshire name as bunch of northern drunks and farmers and truck drivers etc
Hi merdy thanks for the response. Wonderful to hear about your experience with these, I find it fascinating. I did read that these were competing against Heybrook but also cost more as well. Recently I have had a soft spot for British speakers and it would seem integrated amps too. I was into the East Coast sound for a while. Since the time I joined this forum at about the age of 17 and now 12 years later I have moved to a different sound. I do miss my Original Advent Large, Avid Model 110, and Smaller Advent though.
There isn't much on the web about these. The drivers were made by Elac. The crossover is impedance compensated, so they are very easy to drive. I suspect they were not sold in the USA. Let us know how it goes. You are probably the only one on this asylum that has a pair.
Dave
Thanks for your reply Dave. I found some more information on the web about these and decided to share with the asylum. I also attached a picture of my Yorkshire 1/3 speakers as well. Currently listening to them and they sound much better than when I first hooked them up to the Exposure XV. Guess my ears just needed to adjust to them. Anyway here is some info I found on the web.
I found this information on the web via google on a site called hifiwigwam. I pasted the link below.
The following is from a user by the name of: jontyb (to give credit where its due). The following is what he says on the site:
"Just found this whilst browsing and feeling sentimental. I know everything that is needed to know about YHF etc as I was part of it with my father in the mid 80s. There were plenty of reasons why we stopped, but the spirit is still there and the occasional bespoke speaker appears.
it is true the crossover (which was the key) was more Bessel like, although it was a little bit cleverer than that and actually had a Patent. the crux was that the impedance BACK to the amp was (within 1db) 8ohm. Whilst the speakers (1/3 2/3 and some very special and very rare 2/3 and 1/3 SE) were not that efficient, the accurate impedance made all the difference - low powered amps could really perform, and high powered amps excelled ( never forget a whole 24 hours with a pair of Beard P100's)
The drivers were made by Elac to our spec - Cobex cones and soft (NOT metal) domed tweeters with cast alloy chassis. My father knew Elac from the old days (my dad was there at the beginning of it all and used to rub shoulders with Clive Sinclair when he used to make amps that constantly blew up) and the units ( and the soft dome/ferrofluid were developed with us)
Still have the designs, the speakers, the components sitting waiting for the revival - when I get round to it.
In the meantime I make 'subs' the defy believe and front centres that actually can stand on their own.
I run an IT firm now, but, well, the sound it is just in your blood!"
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