Today I've picked up a pair of Goodmans of England TwinAxiom 10 Speakers (vintage drivers) in custom made to UK plans, tuned port cabinets. The speakers are 15/16 ohms each rated at 20 watts.

 

I'm told the speakers cost over $1,000 to import from England, and the enclosures were build by a past president of Melbourne Audio Group for over $1,000.00.

 

These are wide range speakers, which should be great on classical music, records and reel-to-reel tape. I've always wanted a set of this style of speakers. Drivers like these were commonly used in UK recording studio monitors in the late 1960s and 1970s.

 

I'm not sure which system I'm going to attach them to, or which room I'll put them in, but I'm confident they'll sound great regardless. I might try them with the Sansui Seven AM/FM Stereo Receiver in the dining room for the time being.

 

Edited August 14, 20187 yr by lloyd_borrett

I now have a Dining Room sound system up and running. Some remodelling of the sideboard was required.

 

I'm using a Sansui Seven AM/FM Stereo Receiver (36W per channel, Vintage 1972-73) with the Goodmans TwinAxiom 10 speakers, plus a HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro as the network digital media player (Raspberry Pi 3B with HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro, Steel case, and 16 GB memory card running RoPieee OS to create a RoonBridge).

 

Sounds really nice. I doubt many of my dinner guests will appreciate it though.

 

Edited August 14, 20187 yr by lloyd_borrett

Lovely speakers and interesting cabinets.  They will shine with a valve amp!

I’ve never had a valve amp. Anyone have some suggestions?

6 hours ago, lloyd_borrett said:

I’ve never had a valve amp. Anyone have some suggestions?

Yeah, get one........may the glow be with you.

 

I saw a lovely Dared 845 integrated pop up on classified section during the week, 18 watts from memory....... match made in heaven.

 

Good luck 

wow, beautiful looking setup mate. Enjoy experimenting with them!

On 02/09/2018 at 6:29 AM, lloyd_borrett said:

I’ve never had a valve amp. Anyone have some suggestions?

Here is my link to my SNA review of my budget tube amp with my Goodman's speakers: 

 

Lots of even cheaper DIY and Chinese manufactured tube amps out there.  The advantage of your Goodman's drivers are that they are very sensitive - they will go loud with a handful of watts,  particularly with those cabinets.  

 

Edited September 5, 20187 yr by mkaramazov

Just listed in our classifieds : https://www.stereo.net.au/forums/topic/253192-fs-mcchanson-6em7-amplifier/

Today I've picked up a pair of Goodmans of England TwinAxiom 10 Speakers (vintage drivers) in custom made to UK plans, tuned port cabinets. The speakers are 15/16 ohms each rated at 20 watts.
 
I'm told the speakers cost over $1,000 to import from England, and the enclosures were build by a past president of Melbourne Audio Group for over $1,000.00.
 
These are wide range speakers, which should be great on classical music, records and reel-to-reel tape. I've always wanted a set of this style of speakers. Drivers like these were commonly used in UK recording studio monitors in the late 1960s and 1970s.
 
I'm not sure which system I'm going to attach them to, or which room I'll put them in, but I'm confident they'll sound great regardless. I might try them with the Sansui Seven AM/FM Stereo Receiver in the dining room for the time being.
 

Good to see another set of axioms in use from when goodmans was goodmans and built quality stuff , ive just been playing around with some triaxioms myself this last week !

G'day,

 

Sadly the volume was cranked up too loud and my pair of Goodmans of England TwinAxiom 10 Speakers now sound damaged. So I'm looking for recommendations.

 

Should I try to get the speaker drivers repaired. If so, who in Melbourne would you recommend.

 

Should I try to find another pair of the same speaker drivers. Any suggestions or offers.

 

Should I just replace the speaker drivers. I wanted this pair of speakers because I was attracted to the sound of twin and tri axial speakers as often used in UK recording studios in the 1960s and early 1970s, and I liked the sound of this driver and cabinet combination. So ideally I'd like the replacement to be along these lines. But I'm also open to other suggestions.

 

Best regards, Lloyd

 

On 21/04/2020 at 4:18 PM, lloyd_borrett said:

G'day,

 

Sadly the volume was cranked up too loud and my pair of Goodmans of England TwinAxiom 10 Speakers now sound damaged. So I'm looking for recommendations.

 

Should I try to get the speaker drivers repaired. If so, who in Melbourne would you recommend.

 

Should I try to find another pair of the same speaker drivers. Any suggestions or offers.

 

Should I just replace the speaker drivers. I wanted this pair of speakers because I was attracted to the sound of twin and tri axial speakers as often used in UK recording studios in the 1960s and early 1970s, and I liked the sound of this driver and cabinet combination. So ideally I'd like the replacement to be along these lines. But I'm also open to other suggestions.

 

Best regards, Lloyd

 

Hey lloyd,  i have an immaculate pair of twin axiom 10 drivers spare if you  want to repair these 

 

Regards alex  

LLoyd - for repairs - you may want to check out Boyd at Total recoil in High St Thornbury. Although not everyone is a fan, he's done some good work for on gear that I was hesitant to work on myself - like a full rebuild of my Tannoy HPD315s. Reasonable prices too.

 

Edited August 14, 20205 yr by riclin
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Hi

i realise a couple of yrs have passed but just wondering what ppl do re the crossovers on these two and three way vintage designs?

Do you replace all the caps etc or wait and hear?

Lloyd, did you try any valve amps?

i used a Leak St 20 with Goodman’s 212c and really liked the sound (thanks Andy R😊)

Be Well

Edited June 24, 20214 yr by EddieT
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I have some of these drivers, do you have the box dimensions?