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28th Mar 2017, 5:01 pm | #1 |
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Gilbert Briggs biography
In case it's of interest, I see that Postscript Books' latest list includes David Briggs' 2012 biography of Gilbert, A Pair of Wharfedales, at a heavily discounted £9.99: http://www.psbooks.co.uk/products/sc...of-wharfedales . It hadn't come to my notice before, but after a glance at the generous excerpts on view at http://www.impublications.com/flip/1...1282304356.pdf I'll be belatedly ordering a copy.
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28th Mar 2017, 7:17 pm | #2 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
Thanks for the tip-off Paul, copy ordered!
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28th Mar 2017, 8:02 pm | #3 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
£12 including postage, original published price was £30. Mine is on it's way. And going on that massive excerpt, a right good riveting read it is too..
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28th Mar 2017, 10:24 pm | #4 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
Indeed thanks for the tip off, I have ordered one too.
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28th Mar 2017, 11:47 pm | #5 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
I shall order one as well Paul. Just my kind of book-thanks
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29th Mar 2017, 7:53 am | #6 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
Thank you Paul.
I've ordered as copy as well. Jac |
29th Mar 2017, 10:13 am | #7 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
Thanks for the link just ordered my copy.
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1st Apr 2017, 1:07 pm | #8 |
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I should be on commission
My copy has just arrived, a weighty volume with a wonderful range of photographs and reproduced brochures, covering the humble early extension 'speakers as well as it does the later audio products. The treatment of Gilbert Briggs' personal and business life seems proportionate and well judged. From what I've seen so far the book appears thoroughly researched and promises lively reading, and deserved to sell well at its published price of £30. Perhaps it was let down by a failure of publicity, I don't recall seeing it mentioned in the Bulletin or anywhere else. Paul |
1st Apr 2017, 9:30 pm | #9 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
I have received a copy also on first inspection its a cracker
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1st Apr 2017, 10:56 pm | #10 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
Well spotted Paul, and a real bargain! Cheap P&P too at just £2.00.
Good that they accept paypal, so all done in a couple of minutes. Quite a large extract, which really sells it. What a pity it's such a niche subject that it didn't sell well at its well-deserved cover price.
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2nd Apr 2017, 8:02 am | #11 |
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It is indeed.
Although the book predates my stint at Wharfedale in the very early 90's, there is a picture of a very young Gareth Milward, who was still there when I was there. He developed a specialty for the Diamond, and had at that time designed all five in the series. It is a really tough business to make money though. By the time you take off distributor and retailer margins (at 30% to 50% each), to make a profit you have to pare costs right to the bone. Shaving the last penny off was taken almost to an artform. Needless to say nowadays all Wharfedale speakers are made in China, and the company is owned by two Taiwanese brothers. As are Quad, Mission, Audiolab, Luxman, and Ekco. |
2nd Apr 2017, 9:11 am | #12 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
Another book I bought by G.A.Briggs.
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2nd Apr 2017, 9:48 am | #13 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
Thanks Paul, just ordered mine, and it's a very interesting bookshop that seems to have lots of other bargains.
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2nd Apr 2017, 10:00 am | #14 |
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The sand filled baffles were a great idea, and an early precursor to the modern idea of constrained layer damping, where a dissipative core is constrained between two much thinner skins. Used in aircraft, and in loudspeakers.
Back in the day (early 70's) I built a mirror pair of irregular pentagon speakers (to break up air resonances), peppered the inside with nails - to anchor the concrete lining. My Dad thought I was certifiably bonkers (he was not wrong!). They were not light... |
2nd Apr 2017, 12:49 pm | #15 |
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Er, Ekco??!!
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2nd Apr 2017, 1:35 pm | #16 |
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Re: Gilbert Briggs biography
The Ekco brand has been revived, but there is no connection with the original company.
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2nd Apr 2017, 4:40 pm | #17 |
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Well all new to me! Thanks for this Link.
A curious use of the brand, as the nearest EKCO came to Hi Fi was their dalliance with Dynatron - often sharing the same chassis in different cabinets. I wonder what old Eric would have thought of this.......
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2nd Apr 2017, 8:32 pm | #19 |
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Yes, this was a superb product and now rarely seen anywhere even on auction sites. But a long way removed from Southend-on-Sea...
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My copy has just come, a superb tome, an era of quality & ethics sadly missing from the modern world.
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