Tandberg TL 5010 Speakers
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Got a pair of these local and really dig the cabinet and design. Crossover PCB is superb for the year these were manufactured (around 1971 - 1974). This is going to be a winter project with new capacitors, new seals for the drivers, new mounting hardware, possibly new binding posts and a lite sand and shine for the cabinets.
Ongoing thread, and here are a few pictures:
Ongoing thread, and here are a few pictures:
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Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer
Cables: Speaker: Furez 10/2 with GLS Locking Banana Plugs
Interconnect: Furez 10/2 with SpeakONs
ICs: Custom Furez by Douglas Connections
Den:
Bose 901 Series II Continentals Restored, Re-Built Equalizer with Elna Silmic IIs, Sonicaps, and Silver Mica Caps
Carver CT-3 Pre, Carver C-500
dhsspeakerservice.com/
Exclusive Distributor of Gimpod's Custom SDA Circuit Boards
"And keep her under 70, would you, huh? Betty likes a slow ride"
In case the OP's not aware of it, there is a website with a smattering of Tandberg literature & catalogs (not all in English, not surprisingly).
http://www.kallhovde.com/Njord Noatun's Vintage Audio Resources.html
the specific link for Tandberg stuff is:
http://sportsbil.com/tandberg/
found 'em in 71-72 (Norwegian) catalog:
http://sportsbil.com/tandberg/1971-72-cat.pdf
How do they sound now? Really nice pickup!
You are a walking encyclopedia of all things audio. We are all better for it. Thanks!
De nada.
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable
-- am I stereotyping?
They are beautiful cabinets.
A friend of mine bought some Jamo speakers back in 1984. They sounded good, but my baseline at the time was, shall we say, "relatively low".
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable
Great information! Thanks!
Tandberg made excellent receivers as well. The drivers on this speakers look phenomenal, the crossovers look really clean too. I would test the components before replacing anything... you may find that their still under spec.
Frequency Response: 35Hz to 22kHz
Power Handling: 45W (max continuous)
Crossover Frequency: 700, 2000Hz
Impedance: 4Ω-8Ω
Xover 700hz,2000hz
I'd replace the resistors at least with some Mills...
Better inductors too if the old are not hand wound...
The Xover diagram is at hifiengine.
They may well not be -- but I ain't sure.
PS are all y'all cool with the protective used of the light bulb?
I mean, it's a valid thing that's been done in many loudspeaker designs -- but it seems a little... inelegant, doesn't it?
Those tin cans should all be checked. The lamps were used quite often by many manufacturers. They do exactly what they're supposed to. If you have a ported system, being driven hard, you will frequently see them glow.
Not sure how they affect the audio signal. They could be replaced with a resistor, but you give up protection. In my opinion, much less intrusive than Polyswitches. I usually replace them with new, equivalent "Festoon" lamps.
Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer
Cables: Speaker: Furez 10/2 with GLS Locking Banana Plugs
Interconnect: Furez 10/2 with SpeakONs
ICs: Custom Furez by Douglas Connections
Den:
Bose 901 Series II Continentals Restored, Re-Built Equalizer with Elna Silmic IIs, Sonicaps, and Silver Mica Caps
Carver CT-3 Pre, Carver C-500
dhsspeakerservice.com/
Exclusive Distributor of Gimpod's Custom SDA Circuit Boards
"And keep her under 70, would you, huh? Betty likes a slow ride"
hahaahahaah
I know WATT you mean. Or were you just trying to make LIGHT of the situation? EDISON the phone. I'll ask his opinion. Although maybe he will just LAMPoon it as you did. SOCKET to me, Ed.
Lordy, I love this place!
It's free for now. It might be $400 a year in the not too distant future.
Anyone remember a British speaker that used a small light to help with speaker positioning?
PS If any of youse guyses happens to have a surplus pair of KEF 105s collectin' dust... shoot me a PM
One-oh-five... point two.
source: http://www.kef.com/uploads/files/en/museum_pdf/70s/Reference_Series_Model_105_2_r.pdf