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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Woofers vs Fane 8M, not compression drivers vs Fane 8M by Rewind on 2013-09-08 
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Crossing the woofer so high is not really a fair comparison. The compression drivers needed to be in a bigger horn, and possibly be replaced with a driver that does 100Hz for certain. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Fane 8M, study by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-16 
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[quote user="tuga"]I can't find a/the post(s) where you describe the advantages of using a 4 inch throat. Stereo-lab makes both 4 and 8 inch throat 140Hz horns but I don't think they could make an 8 to 4 inch adapter... [/quote] With Fane 8M you wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Fane 8M by oscart on 2009-03-21 
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Gentleman.... I have available 2, NOS Fane 8M speakers. They have never been used and are still in their original packaging materials. I obtained these some years ago for a project which I did not pursue and would be interested in selling them. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Fane Studio 8M by oscart on 2009-03-23 
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I wanted to answer some questions posed by interested parties. These speakers are 8 ohm and were both manufactured on the same date in 1998. Though I am not a regular visitor here on the Good Sound Club I am a routine contributor on the Klipsch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Fane 8M Studios, production run of 50 units by oxric on 2011-03-29 
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Hello everyone:Fane Acoustics has agreed to produce a limited run of the now discontinued Fane 8M Studio drivers if a minimum order of 50 units can be filled. I am looking for firm expressions of interest for at least 22 pairs of drivers. If you are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Update: Fane 8M Limited production run order by oxric on 2011-04-06 
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Hello Everyone: I would like to provide some explanation as to how payments will be handled. You can pay by credit card or paypal, directly to Audio Components of Wokingham. John Bryant, owner and director of Audio Components UK Ltd (Tel 00 (44)118 9...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Fane Studio 8M Enterprise. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-23 
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[quote user="Jorge"]Using the Fane 8M is interesting mainly if I get a better sound,  Gravitas and size![/quote] Well, the “promised” the gravitas and size but it need to understood that it will not be coming from fane for from extra length of the ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Do not buy Fane, buy AK47. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-11 
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Jorge, if you have 120hz horn with a 4" throat and 10" driver then Fane 8M would be a good candidate in my view. If I were you then I would try. The SG146LG is you had would be very interesting to try as well. Not to try it stupidly as most of Go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Fane specs according to Fane. by oxric on 2011-04-12 
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[quote user="Jorge"]I have seen Beyma rewrite their specs when they redo a driver and even add a letter to the driver for that change,  even if it is the same driver.Now I have seen variable FS responses form different drivers of the same model also....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: Your words: "This driver had no competitors" by oxric on 2011-03-30 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, I do not care one way or another and I truly have no “concern”. I have my drivers; I think I have some spare – so why would I care about new productions. [/quote]Romy, I am very pleased that you have your drivers. And...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Where is the Fane? by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-30 
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Well, I do not care one way or another and I truly have no “concern”. I have my drivers; I think I have some spare – so why would I care about new productions. It is very possible that the new productions will be identical to the old production or ev...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Update: Fane 8M Limited production run order by oxric on 2011-04-06 
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Hello Everyone: I would like to provide some explanation as to how payments will be handled. You can pay by credit card or paypal, directly to Audio Components of Wokingham. John Bryant, owner and director of Audio Components UK Ltd (Tel 00 (44)118 9...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Fane Studio 8M Enterprise. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-23 
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[quote user="Jorge"]Using the Fane 8M is interesting mainly if I get a better sound,  Gravitas and size![/quote] Well, the “promised” the gravitas and size but it need to understood that it will not be coming from fane for from extra length of the ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Hobohorn by Rewind on 2013-08-23 
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I built a prototype of a Avantgarde Trio in newspaper and tape, with the Beyma CP380/M, Community M200, and the Fane S 8M, and I also used a Behringer CX3400 and a 45 tube amp. CX3400 is soon replaced by digital active XO.Paper may have made the midb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: The Fane paranoia at a new round of craziness. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-21 
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I am with great pleasure observe the craziness that “rakeshpoorun” created around the buy of a Fane’s new production run of Studio 8M drivers.  Sure, he created commendable activity. I am sure his definition of Audio implies 6 moths of administra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Come on, get a perspective. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-10 
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[quote user="oxric"]Romy's comments, not coming from someone who has insider knowledge as to the manufacturing of these drivers, must be taken with a healthy pinch of salt. Why he seems so opposed to these drivers which are not even that expensiv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Avantgarde Trio and Fane Studio by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Do I understand correctly: AG used Fane 8Ms in the Trios upper bass horn?[/quote] Oh, no! AG in Trio’s upperbass horn used similar 8” driver with 103 sensitivity. That driver was bad and it made me to look for a replacemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Bye bye fane...hello emminance? by mark on 2008-02-15 
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when i was having trouble sourcing fane 8m,i started searching for other alternatives.i figured well why not contact emminence.i questioned them if they could build fane 8m 16 ohm.they have a minimum 50 pc. order.anthony lucas suggested i check out t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Interesting, the Fane is back by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-05 
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The old Fane had no money to comeback, apparently someone took them over, I wonder who. The new Fane drivers? I know nothing about them. I did not know the old Fane drivers. I have only 24” woofers, 5M and 8M. The CRESCENDO series was available with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Must be a glass window. I can't see it. by oxric on 2011-04-21 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Anyhow, it is interesting how the new 25 users that get those Studio 8M will use them. I wish something “new” would derive from all of it…[/quote]Speaking only for myself, I am planning to use the Fane 8M in a pair of 11...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Did you by a chance bought your fane from Tom Umney -England ?? by Wojtek on 2008-02-13 
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I have uneasy feeling that you did , haven't seen any other fane 8M for sale in months anywhere . ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Fine 8M and otheres... by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-15 
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For 140Hz, tractrix, with a 4 inch throat the Fane 8M shall be a good driver. They quite friquntly pop up at German eBay, and UK pro shops have them - at least it is use to be so. If you have one and if you like it then you will fish another one – th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Helping to sale Fane by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-17 
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OK, I think I need to help to poor Rakesh to sell his Fanes.  If he do not find his 50 buyers then he will be suffer from need to buy all of them as the ugly Fane people will not give him a break, selling o him as many drivers as he has managed t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: The minimum order is 25 pairs, that is 50 units. by oxric on 2011-03-30 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I wonder: does it mean that you will take the rest 28 drivers? Hm, are you trying to research the subject of the drivers’ critical mass or become a speaker maker? Be careful with their claims that they will be “manufactured...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Brilliant by Wojtek on 2008-02-16 
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[quote user="mark"]when i was having trouble sourcing fane 8m,i started searching for other alternatives.i figured well why not contact emminence.i questioned them if they could build fane 8m 16 ohm.they have a minimum 50 pc. order.anthony lucas sugg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Thanks for the interest. Hope you place an order. by oxric on 2011-04-10 
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Jorge,I would hope that the specifications of the Fane 8M drivers would not depart from the specifications of the old 8Ms that you have helpfully attached here. I just sent the pdf file to your email directly, not having seen that you had posted it h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: A phase plug as a tool or as a remedy? by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-12 
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[quote user="ulf"] Well, it was not really a surprise to us that the horn without the phase plug was dissapointing. Without the plug we had a horn that was a bit too short, had too large front cavity and less compression than we desired. [/quote] It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Fane impedance and other drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Back when Fane were still in business, I ordered a pair in 16O (I don't know if there is a theoretical best choice between the two for horn loading... Any thoughts ? However, the 8O model will require a smaller coil in th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Buy a single unit if you wish, and decide for yourself by oxric on 2011-03-30 
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Someone contacted me earlier and expressed an interest in three pairs of Fane 8M drivers. After Romy posted his comments above, this person came back to let me know that Romy might be right and he would rather not rush into it. I have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Fane in a 4-way by tuga on 2009-03-16 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] [quote user="tuga"]I can't find a/the post(s) where you describe the advantages of using a 4 inch throat. Stereo-lab makes both 4 and 8 inch throat 140Hz horns but I don't think they could make an 8 to 4 inch adapter... [...
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