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[Gary406]

just bought myself a pair of jamo GF35 speakers for the house .... cant find any at all on the net must be a rare speaker ..

has any1 ever had a set of these. there quite huge . there 76cm high 46cm wide and 33cm deep .. wife isnt overly impresed ...

owner bought from new in fantastic condition . even got front grills with them

[lozz]

Had Jammos years ago mate,

that was when, Tandys where up and running, think they went Bankrupt or something,
since then never seen a shop sell jammos,

there a good speaker ,
mine didnt last tho they couidnt handle the old skool Harman amp ihad them running on,

[leestudd30]

Just googled them, look bloody cool! I always wanted a set when I was younger, remember seeing the bigger ones mounted to fairground rides! I think they are still going though, there is a website:

www.jamo.com

[lozz]

iirc they were on sale around 95 -97 ish,
came in 3 sizes,

smallest pair were around £70
largest ones where around £170 -£200

alot of money back then,

[Gary406]

people i got them off said they had from new (it shows) ... they said they paid £400 ... i dunno if thats true. i cant find much info about them
can find loads of info on GF25 model but not a lot on my GF35 ones

[lozz]

Depends where they bought them from mate,

all irember is, they where Mainly sold at tandys, Wharfdale was the killer of them,
as they made smaller speakers that couid handle more power,

the jamos where agood speaker but not many had the room for em,
things like the Wharfdale modus cubes where Tandys best seller then

feck that makes me feel old thinking back,

[leestudd30]

I remember the biggest ones used to be the D365 ones, think they had a 15" woofer! Are some awesome ones on their website, found the R909 model on Google:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jamo+r ... 24&bih=615

[lozz]

Looks like old skool speakers are making a comeback,

just popped in one of them Cash G places , normaly you couid pick up speakers from them for under £50 for decent ones,
spotted a pair of B&w speakers, used to have some and there good so thaught id ask how much,

£280
They where 10 years old and most probs theyve been cained,
noticed the old seprates have come back on the shelves too,

2 years ago all this stuff was obsolete/ to some people it was carboot tackle (junk)

[Gary406]

ive always had old seperates . hate todays cheapo hi fi systems. currently have a cambridge audio A1 MK3 stereo amplifier. its not got sh*t loads of power but does just nicely for my home...

[lozz]

Yeah,
todays systems are tacky,
the Bose systems are as good as they get,

Got a few seprates my self, Technics and sherwood, trouble is its easily Vandalised by My kids so ileave it all in the loft till theyve
learnt to keep there Mitts off stuff.

[lozz]

Now then,
check thems out

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTLAKE-AUDI ... 45f812dfeb


Cheap arnt thay

[mjb]

I picked up an awesome pair of Tannoy floorstanders from ebay for about £50 because they're less lethal to a baby than a pair of bookshelf speakers precariously balanced on the fireplace with cables dangling down the side... They were 'quite good' when driving them with a cheapie "Tangent" amp (cheapest Richer Sounds sold), but when I upgraded to my Onkyo AV receiver, WOW can turn your innards to mush if you crank it

[jasper5]

For what it's worth, here is my gear...there are 4 more speakers at the back of the room and I just added a Blu Ray player to the kit......

[Gary406]

looks like a very decent setup that john.

pioneer tv = best tv's on the market fact .

i was once into the AV side having a yamaha av package it was really good. had bluray on it. blu ray is a must for a good av setup.

i dont have the av setup anymore . im getting into the hi fi side now.

the jamos have gone now they were just to bloody big for the house.

now have a pair of old "wharfedale valdus 500" and in the process of buying a new stereo amp and its turning out to be a bit of a pain

[dummysock]

and here's my mini JAMO's

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