Up for sale is a pair of IPL Acoustics M3TLM ribbons all info can be found here LINK. I built these myself including doing the veneering. In stock form these are already a very good speaker, I moved from a pair of Art Stilettos which the M3TLM are a good step up from in quality. I have also upgraded the crossover which is also externalised and mounted on the back of the spaeker, this now has brought these speaker to very high leave.
Modifications are; Both original 5uf tweeter capacitor changed with a Duelund VSF Copper (£160 each) LINK and bypassed with a .22uf V-cap TFTF (£50 each) LINK. The Duelund caps have been mounted to the outside of the crossover box as they are very big. The resistors on tweeter have been replaced with Duelunds (£14 each) LINK. The capacitor for the bass have been changed with a Dynacaps at £30 each. There is 4 meters of Atlas Hyper 3 used at £20 a meter and 2 pairs of Eichmaan cable pods at £76. All wire in cross over is silver.
Kit and veneer came to £375 + £700 for caps and other bit so over a £1000 for build - would take £250.
These are quite a good size not too big as most of the IPL range, and very easy to drive, veneer is light oak. I have been running them with a 25watt tube amp with no problems.
Quality of work is pretty good can only see it has not been done professionally if you look hard, from a few feet away you cannot tell. Would have to collect from York as obviously their are no boxes. I am in no hurry to sell, so why not come up for a day this summer and spend a day in York. You get the speakers wife/other half get's a day out. My shop is in the centre so can be collect from there.
Any questions let me know.
Modifications are; Both original 5uf tweeter capacitor changed with a Duelund VSF Copper (£160 each) LINK and bypassed with a .22uf V-cap TFTF (£50 each) LINK. The Duelund caps have been mounted to the outside of the crossover box as they are very big. The resistors on tweeter have been replaced with Duelunds (£14 each) LINK. The capacitor for the bass have been changed with a Dynacaps at £30 each. There is 4 meters of Atlas Hyper 3 used at £20 a meter and 2 pairs of Eichmaan cable pods at £76. All wire in cross over is silver.
Kit and veneer came to £375 + £700 for caps and other bit so over a £1000 for build - would take £250.
These are quite a good size not too big as most of the IPL range, and very easy to drive, veneer is light oak. I have been running them with a 25watt tube amp with no problems.
Quality of work is pretty good can only see it has not been done professionally if you look hard, from a few feet away you cannot tell. Would have to collect from York as obviously their are no boxes. I am in no hurry to sell, so why not come up for a day this summer and spend a day in York. You get the speakers wife/other half get's a day out. My shop is in the centre so can be collect from there.
Any questions let me know.
