Hawthorne Silver Iris 15" open baffle coaxials

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Angaria

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Hawthorne Silver Iris 15" open baffle coaxials
« on: 16 Sep 2008, 12:42 am »
Pair of these in perfect condition with the latest crossovers.  Nice and loud with 3.5 watts.  Excellent condition. $200.


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Re: Hawthorne Silver Iris 15" open baffle coaxials
« Reply #1 on: 19 Sep 2008, 12:02 am »
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Re: Hawthorne Silver Iris 15" open baffle coaxials
« Reply #2 on: 19 Sep 2008, 12:59 am »
Great deal.  Good luck DOS.  Angaria, how is the sound with the speakers set up like that?  If you play them like that, do the speakers vibrate on the hard surface?  Did you try any other set-ups?  Sorry to sorta hi-jack the thread, but I would possibly be interested if DOS doesn't snag them.

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Re: Hawthorne Silver Iris 15" open baffle coaxials
« Reply #3 on: 19 Sep 2008, 09:05 pm »
Sale pending to DOS

For this shot/sale I took them out of their baffles for visibilty.  They do work fine with a very minimal baffle... the coaxial/waveguide design does a good job of limiting an HF ripples that you'd typically get as well.

I've tried them with the kt88 Opera Consonance (also pictured and for sale), various gainclones, tripaths, and a 2a3.  Briefly, their strengths are great imaging and 3D sounds staging.  3.5 watts was plenty of power - also thought they generally sounded better with tubes than SS.  Found the bass to be a bit lean, but tight, contrary to what you'd expect from high qts.

max - pm me if there's more details you'd like

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Re: Hawthorne Silver Iris 15" open baffle coaxials
« Reply #4 on: 19 Sep 2008, 09:21 pm »
DOS is going to get a darn good price too! Good catch dude.  aa :thumb:

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Re: Hawthorne Silver Iris 15" open baffle coaxials
« Reply #5 on: 20 Sep 2008, 01:30 am »
Sold to DOS

Winsome Mouse (same chip as sig30) still available
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=59317.0