Anyone have any experience with vintage Goodmans drivers?

I was looking for a new cheap and simple diy project and thought I'd try some old full-range units from Goodmans. I'm not expecting them to sparkle on the uppermost frequencies but they do seem to have a bit of a following with some folk. I've got a single Axiom 300 on the way from ebay for £32 delivered as a start, though I might struggle to find a partner for it as they're old and not very common. I did have a pair of later axiom 201's a few years back but that was before I'd tried my hand at anything diy so sold them on, but they looked nicely made and reassuringly substantial.

I had considered trying out an open baffle design just for fun, easy to do and if I use mdf it's cheap enough to scrap if it sounds crap.

 

And 'made in Somerset too!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nuukspot/decdun/loudspeakers2.html#myfr

 

Wow, cool! Do you still use the 201's or did you switch to the Ciare's permanently? Not anywhere near Yeovil are you, I wouldn't mind a listen if you've still got them!? The 300 is an older driver than the 201 but is probably quite similar - 12" with whizzer, I've found another single one for sale as well , and what's more I have a couple of piezo tweeters hanging around to help out the hf a bit.......

 

I'm not using the 201s, nor the Ciares. Still open baffles though with the Hawthorne SI/Augie drivers.



It would be quite a lot of work to set up the 201s again. Incidentally, due to space problems, I am about to chuck out those TL subwoofers I used with the 201s. The cabinets are here for the taking, and I'll take offers for the drivers.

I'm in the town with the shortest pier in the country!

 

Not really thinking about subwoofers at the mo' as I haven't even received the driver yet. I'll be experimenting at my workshop so I can get away with huge baffles, will see what develops!

No idea what town you're in (I'm not a pier expert), but as you're coastal somerset I have a reasonable idea of general region!

 

Does 'lighthouse on stilts' give you more of a clue?

 

No!

 

You sure you are from Somerset!

 

Actually no, I live in Somerset but I'm not from Somerset!

 

In that case I will have to tell you that I live in Burnham-on-sea! (about 45 miles from Yeovil)

 

If you could get some of these it may just be what your looking for. Perhaps hard to find now.
http://melhuish.org/audio/axiom80.html.
Jim

 

Ah yes, the Axiom 80, I've read about them, Thorstens Magnificats etc. Rare, sought after, and therefore expensive (like really expensive). Be nice to find a pair in a junk shop )), but otherwise totally out of my reach and not the cheap and cheerful project I had in mind!