🖤without the eq they're kinda like 18 101's which is not entirely a bad thing, a mini *_wall of sound..😂_* my mates bro, plays metal on his but he's got them back to front and the sound is very acceptable.. to be fair, after a few drinks, etc, all 60's, 70's and 80's metal and rock thunders forth with great aplomb.. 🌏✌♥& 🤘

🖤g'day from Oz.. you scored!! those grills may be Tygan, in which case they'll never wear out. did you mention a production year? 🤔a tip for screws to prevent stripping the thread, and you'll owe me big-time for this! ♣First, align and locate the screw at the start of the thread without trying to turn it in. Second, with mild pressure, turn the screw anti-clockwise (out) until it goes 'click' and drops down slightly into the thread. You will feel the click more than hear it and it should/will do this (locate) within one full turn. Third, keeping that same mild pressure on the screw, turn it clockwise (in) until it's fully threaded as far as you can comfortably do so with your fingers. Four, finish off with a screwdriver. You'll never strip any thread using this method no matter even if it is the smallest and finest machine screw/bolt. It's a great method for when you have to work blind; for locating screws in dodgy plastic cases like multi-meters, etc; it even works well for those tiny screws that hold the temples on your glasses. If you practise with a few different articles on a bench, it wont take long to get the feel for it and you'll never have the fear or "embarrassment" of stripping a screw ever again. Or.. if you can't see the screw hole in the crossover board behind the baffle, insert a thin piece of wire through the baffle screw hole and locate the board onto this to align both holes. Then use the screw trick.. Hope that helps, TY for the video and these comments get swept in approx. 48hrs so no need to leave a comment unless you'd like to..🌏✌& ♥

Audio thrift, I like it, I moved when I was a kid, into a city that had second hand stores that sold audio, there was an abundance of second hand hifi, weird and wonderful, cheap and expensive. I loved seperates as a kid seeing friends fathers and so forth having these systems, and I was then given my 1st Wharfdales and a fancy music center for £5. These speakers and many others were pretty common, and rather cheap, I have lost count of all the models I owned, and sold, traded in for better ones etc, but fond memories. These days finding such things is rare, and had I known just how things would have been today, there is so much I would not have thrown in skips. Loved the history too.

I've had a pair of these for several years, don't recall where I got them. Might have to hook 'em up to see what they can do.

Great video! Loved you on the Big Bang Theory!!

I never heard of this model. Now I want a pair. They look so nice.

Very interesting review The Rogers ls3/5 sound at a fraction of its Price? People follow fashion without reasons I wonder how many hidden gems are out there that nobody cares about

I really love that you go into all the nitty gritty details that us nerds love to take note on!

Great channel , subbed 👍

The UK Kef are the originals not HK counterparts... They r in no way American etc in origin

I like how ya mentioned using heavy metal to benchmark a stereo. I can see where that would be a tough genre for a lot of stereos to reproduce good. A lot of music sounds good on most stereos and doesn't give em a challenge like metal would. Take "Aja" by Steely Dan, that album sounds really good on almost any stereo.

i wonder if they sound slightly different wood sides on outside vid wood sides on inside. not to be one of those annoying audiopervs ha!

Hello fellow audiophile brethren. This is the 64 year old Black man O.G and music loving audiophile, ( my full title 🤣). Those speakers look fantastic!👍 With the retro Renaissance that is going on in high end audio, I think KEF should bring out a modern version of these. I'm sure they would be hot sellers! I would like a pair with biamping/wire terminals and the same wood finnish with magnetic grills and that gorgeous pattern!👍👍

why you didnt recap with legit non electrolytic capacitor? it would sound way better....

Just found your channel, very cool, both for 70's (age & era) audio nerds like me. So much audio, so little time, so enjoyable.

You are the first person I have heard call KEF 'K E F'.

If you're looking for crossover parts... checkout Solen in St Hubert Quebec.

Beautiful open reel player!! Great vid.

I always wondered about these. I've seen the made in hongkong KEF crestas before at thrift stores back in the late 90s early 2000s, twice and both times I passed them up because I thought they were some hong kong knock offs. Now I'm wishing I woudl have just got them regardless. They wanted less than 20 bux for them IIRC.

OMG I love the look of those! I appreciate the history lesson regarding why these were manufactured elsewhere and imported individually. Very cool detail. Stay YouTubing!

WOW, another great video! Thank You so much!

Thrift shop finds...Coolest electronic find was a AMPEX ATR 700 Open Face Reel to Reel tape deck, Works great with the wired remote but front panel buttons are dead. Coolest book is A Star of the Unborn, 25 cants for a 100 dollar book. Oh the ATR 700 was 5 bucks., Honorable mention for electronics is a Sunn 16 Channel studio mixing board 40 bucks. .

Bro those are cool. even if they didn't sound great there still a conversation piece. Nice find. ✌👉

Those catches were absolute standards on kitchen cabinet and sideboard doors when I was a kid. They were replaced with magnets later on.

Another great video, my fellow thrifter. Those are beautiful MCM speakers. You scored!

I wish I wouldn't have watched this. Now I must find a pair.

I'm glad those KEF Cresta speakers are working well for you (after some minor repairs) because they certainly have that cool factor when it comes to Mid-century modern design. :)

Is that woofer polyurethane? I didn't even know they made them this early. The best stereos of the era had very large and extremely efficient paper woofers and mid range drivers and they were built into a very large cabinet. (this was still the era of console stereos with both tube models and solid state models). I can still remember as a little boy when my parents threw the large console stereo away and replaced it with a pretty cheap bookshelf type system. Even though the new one could play 8-tracks, I still loved the old one. The new one couldn't hold a candle to that console stereo.

Why was it called "Foundry?" Were they casting baskets or something? Pouring the metals for the magnets? Very cool find. They are definitely period correct looking.

I wouldn't mind having a set of those KEF speakers. That is, if they don't cost an arm and a leg these days. Tou lmow how it's done with vintage audio equipment these last several years.

Thank you so much, i wonder how the mic would handle singing or an instrument :)

That is cool. A few years ago, I found a pair of KEF K-140s at a yard/rummage sale for $50. Hooked them up to my old Yamaha receiver (and later, an Emotiva BasiX A2M) and they sound pretty darn good. Could a use a little more bass, but I had a cheap Yamaha subwoofer that I also hooked up and provided the needed bass. Granted the KEF K-series is an "entry level" line for KEF, but those speakers brand new were about $400 at the time, and I do still see pairs occasionally come up on sale where people are asking $200. I will admit that I do like the look of those KEF Cresta speakers that you found. Pretty neat, and yes, being a metalhead myself, that is my key metric to how audio equipment will sound. How does it sound with METAL! 🤘👹🤘

5:29 Do people _collect_ loudspeakers? What for? Where do they put them after they've got enough to use with their home stereo(s)? Seems rather pointless, like collecting vintage scissors or something. Do people have displays of speakers that are unconnected to anything? People are weird...

I have old Kenwood walnut speakers that don't have foam on them, so they will never go bad. Super loud and clear. 12 inch woofer.

Yamaha tuners like this one use something called OTS (Optimum Tuning System). It's really not a great system, because locking into OTS can be an issue. This basically renders your tuner to mono if it doesn't lock. They aren't my favorite tuners, and I've owned two.

When I was a teenager, the Minimus 7 went on sale every summer for $50 a pair. I got a pair every year, one each in silver, black, and white, all of which are still in use. I have always (since I understood what imaging/soundstage was) been impressed with the really nice image they present, and theorized it was probably because they have a simple crossover. Thank you for confirming my theory, and for appreciating my very favorite inexpensive speaker. Full disclosure: my main listening speakers are the Magnepan MG-III (6 feet tall with the upgraded ribbon tweeter). So it's not like I don't know what good speakers are supposed to sound like.

PS Lemon Pledge keeps em shining for quite a long time

Vintage Art you have there! Looks amazing

Well done! Concise and informative.

Eight is just a lucky number in asian cultures.

Just picked up a pair of white speakers from a free pile at a yard sale. Didn’t know what they were but they felt solid and made in Japan. Can’t go wrong 🤓

Nice video! Other analogue tuners with a twist are Sansui T-7 (auto search function ) and Yamaha T-7 (auto tune plus preset memories).

Thats a beautiful deck. Great find. Enjoy!

Found some of these at goodwill today for $12, saw them on another video like a year ago and instantly recognized them.

Complimenti un bel video,adoro la yamaha e ho ascoltato il K-340,buon registratore mi piace come suona,unica cosa mancante e il potenziometro per la calibrazione manuale del bias,K-340 si basa solo sulla calibrazione dei trimmer interni,quindi e' a calibrazione fissa,per il resto tutto ok

I own the silver version. Bought it because I loved the way it looked.

What kind of solder did you use?

Back in the day I had a suspicion that Dolby-C was really intended as a way of compensating for/offsetting the almost inevitable mis-tracking/muddying with Dolby-B when tapes were played on decks with slightly different head alignment to the one they were recorded on (if so no-one, least of all Dolby themselves, were going to admit to it), i.e. you record with C and use (ETA >> the far more ubiquitous) B on other decks/players.

The bulk of my childhood was spent playing with this fascinating device… 📻

It's a good introduction in bias.