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Title: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: gab on 4 Aug 2017, 05:55 pm

http://brinesacoustics.com/

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/310164-bye-sort.html

Sad to see this happen. A very talented designer.

gab

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: mresseguie on 4 Aug 2017, 07:28 pm

Bummer.

Ever since JLM mentioned his designs, it's been in the back of my mind to someday try out one of his speakers.

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: bacobits1 on 4 Aug 2017, 09:42 pm

Sorry to see this happen. I had a pair of his FT100 when they were 80 lbs each. Bob was building them from mdf at the time. I had them during my low watts Decware years and beyond.
Best wishes Bob!!!

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: FullRangeMan on 4 Aug 2017, 10:10 pm

Sad news.The world wide fullrange community is a small group of afew thousand of people that know the thuth of a single cone speaker, less is more.
Very thanks for your effort Bob.

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: JLM on 4 Aug 2017, 10:22 pm

Commissioned the first M18-F200's from Bob in 2004, which was soon after he'd retired from his "real" job, so I can understand being ready to retire from his speaker business.  He offered MLK designs and good workmanship at very competitive prices.  Bob was a reliable source for advice and answers.  I greatly appreciated everything he's done to help me out.

I hope all the best for Bob.

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: Bemopti123 on 5 Aug 2017, 02:17 am

Quote from: JLM on  4 Aug 2017, 10:22 pm

Commissioned the first M18-F200's from Bob in 2004, which was soon after he'd retired from his "real" job, so I can understand being ready to retire from his speaker business.  He offered MLK designs and good workmanship at very competitive prices.  Bob was a reliable source for advice and answers.  I greatly appreciated everything he's done to help me out.

I hope all the best for Bob.

More than a money making venture, I believe it was a labor of love.  I was able to see his designs improved upon since my first order of a pair of FT200 speakers from him and than later, a pair of standard bass reflex speakers and finally, about 2 years ago a pair of full range speakers with a helper 8" woofer for the lows, all with his TL calculations.  Sad to see him go and wish him to still participate in forums from time to time.   :thumb:

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: richidoo on 5 Aug 2017, 02:55 am

I loved building and listening to his TB1772 speaker. Congrats and best wishes on 2nd retirement!

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: Klorenz on 23 Jan 2018, 05:37 am

I am interested in purchasing a set of plans from Bob for one of his designs. Is there still a way to contact him for dimensions, port and driver placement for the Tang Band W8-1772 mass loaded box?

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: richidoo on 23 Jan 2018, 06:44 pm

Try this email (http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/310164-bye-sort.html#post5135407) he posted on diyaudio.com  if no luck, PM me.

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: Klorenz on 24 Jan 2018, 05:35 am

Thank you for the assistance. I’ll give this address a try. It sounds like Bob is still active, just in other directions.

Title: Re: Bob Brines shut down his business
Post by: Klorenz on 27 Jan 2018, 12:42 am

Settings don’t allow me to PM, but I had no luck with the email in the post.