DM 14s

[hired goon]

G'day,

There's someone in town selling a pair of B&W DM14s. These are from the early 1980's (I think), and I'm wondering if they are worth inspecting. An old user manual is available at http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFi...DONE_-DM14.pdf, but I cannot find any specifications.

Can anyone offer an opinion on these?

UPDATE: I found some specifications: http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFi..._info_DM14.pdf

The specs mention the following: "Power Handling 15W. No upper limit because of overload protection device". Dunno where the "overload" begins. What would my 200w amp do to these?


--Geoff

[Aussie Geoff]

Hired Goon,

20 year old speakers often start to have mechanical issues with the compliance of the spider, speaker surrounds etc. Also some crossover components such as capacitors can age and go out of specification effecting the sound. Lastly, speaker technology has improved immeasurably in the last 20 years...

So - unless they are nearly free and you have lots of time on you hands - my advice would be "don't bother"

Geoff

[hired goon]

G'day,

So - unless they are nearly free and you have lots of time on you hands - my advice would be "don't bother"

I had a listen, but the electronics running the speakers were not very good. After one hour of fiddling with cables and amps and dodgy CD players, I couldn't tell if the bad sound I was hearing was because of the speakers, the electronics, or both. So I didn't buy them. Still no B&Ws for me...

-- Geoff