ADS L300C Speakers

I picked up this pair of ADS L300C a few months back and had to wait until the right tweeter was listed on eBay to fix these wonderful little speakers.

These are built with Braun drivers and sound very similar to other Braun, Visonik, Heco and Canton speakers, in fact these are Realistic Minimus 7 and 11 killers.Super heavy for their size due to a very larg magnet in the woofer and cast aluminum enclosures.

There seems to be a bit of an internet following with these little speakers and they seem to fetch a pretty good price on eBay.

Of course the bass is pretty limited with a 5 1/4 inch woofer but the midrange and highs sparkle just as they should with Braun driver.

This pair had already been re foamed but the job could have used a but more careful attention, not the cleanest job I have seen.

DCM Time Window

I am just in the final finishing touches in restoring a friends DCM Time Windows.

 Sorry about the photos I resorted to using my phone camera.

This pair needed a new diaphragm for one of the Philips tweeters which I had kicking around.

This is the old diaphragm.

DCM's have always had the reputation of disappearing when listening to them and this pair does a pretty good job at doing that.

The design is basically two 6 1/2 inch woofers and two 1 inch dome tweeters in one speaker offset by about 30 degrees. When offset at 30 degrees it is the best for speaker dispersion.

So how do they sound?

The bass was pretty solid down to about 50hz, I was expecting a bit more considering these are ported and usually two 6 inch woofers should have the output of a 10 inch woofer, these did not nearly go as low as the Oxford Tannoys.

Mid range and highs is where these speakers accelerate and you get the sense that the speakers have disappeared in the room, extremely smooth and well dispersed. this creates a great 3 dimensional image of the sound field.

These are a really nice sounding pair of speakers and it is a pleasure to refinish these and have them to listen to for a short period of time.

I did buy new 1/2 inch foam covers for these and that is the last chore to do with these. I opted to take pictures before the foam grills went back on to expose the drivers.

There was a bit of water damage to the veneer on the top surface, a light sanding and Minwax took care of that and brought the veneer back to life.

I am sure my buddy will be stoked to get these back.

Koss Pro4S Headphones

For Christmas I got a wonderful pair of Koss Pro4S headphones. A headphone set that I wanted for some time.

I have been a huge Koss headphone fan since my first pair of Koss Porta Pro, which sound amazing but the Pro4S is definitely a step up in the audiophile sphere.

The Pro4S are super comfortable and have a noise cancelling tendency as the cups cover your ears completely. The Pro4S is well built and like all Koss headphones they carry a lifetime warranty of which I have capitalized in the past with the Porta Pros and will have to do again with the Porta Pros.

Back to the sound of the Pro4S, these headphones are like strapping the Speakerlab Super 7's to your head.
Bass is full and smooth, not boomy like you would get with Skull Candy or Beats. Mid range imaging is fantastic, female voices sound spot on and no chestiness with male vocals. The highs are crisp and clean.

One thing about Koss headphones is the money goes into the headphones and not marketing, one has to seek out the Koss product as Koss mostly sell direct to consumer online. I have seen a smattering of Koss headphones in stores but nothing like their website.

If you are in the market for a great set of headphone I would recommend these for a great bang for the buck.

The Koss site can be found here.