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In Reply to: DCM Time Windows posted by BigL on May 11, 2005 at 21:10:58:
I am very biased in that I prefer the vintage speaker sound and presentation to most of the expensive modern style. I have a pair of the original Timewindows that I picked up inexpensively very at a charity fleamarket. They have displaced a number of fine (albeit vintage) speakers in my house as the de facto 'daily drivers', and for good reason. Timewindows were among the first speakers (yes, along with Dr. Bose) to really address the idea of three-dimensional presentation of sound, and they do that quite well. The TL design wrings tremendous LF performance out of two very small woofers, and the choice of drivers (Philips) was also excellent. They are also remarkably efficient, IME. I drive mine with an EICO HF-81 (14 wpc EL84 PP integrated amp) and they're quite happy. I also felt that the even sounded quite respectable with my little 3.5W Bottlehead Paramour 2A3 SE monoblocks (3.5 watts per). Esthetically, the Timewindows offer a small footprint (before such a thing mattered) and are (IMO) timelessly attractive (when in good condition)... not anachronistic at all.The sound of music, voices, and instruments hasn't changed since the mid-1970's (or for a long time before that!), so if speakers sounded good in 1977 (which the Timewindows certainly did) they sound good today, by definition.
Are they the best sounding speakers in the world? No. Are they an excellent value in sound reproduction? I'd say so.
Does that help any?
all the best,
mrh
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