Moving IBL’s - Do the tweeters or woofers need stabilising?

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I just bought a pair of IBL’s from a Hifi Enthusiast in Manchester.

I will be picking the speakers up tomorrow and Bringing them home in my car.

I will bring some old bits of carpet and bubblewrap and boxes to make sure they are safe on the way home and don’t get shaken up.

I seem to remember that some Naim speakers (like NBL’s ?) came with pieces of cardboard to stop the tweeters moving around.

Anyway, just looking out for some tips in case I’m missing something obvious.

Frankly, I can’t wait to hear them in my room just to see what they’re like after reading about them so many times over the years.

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No fancy handling required when I bought a pair new they both came in one box. :scream: :+1:

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The NBLs had floating nested boxes and the mid range drivers were on a sprung plate, so they needed securing. IBLs should be fine if just take normal precautions when moving any speaker.

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When was that?

What amps did you have then?

How long did you have the IBLs?

When and why did you sell them?

Do you miss them?

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Thanks Richard.

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Linn LK1/280.

8 months.

Fancied more weight “ bass “

Not really “ but certainly the fastest speaker I’ve owned”.

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If you get these set up well they can sound really good. You need to have them right up against a rear wall. They are not free space speakers. They are really fast and fun, but get the set up wrong and it;ll be like two transistor radios playing :grinning:

Get a CB set up and experience a deal of what the original Naim was all about!

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Well, my 135s were originally CB, now rehoused in :olive:, and my NAC 52 is a good vintage, so I’ll get a taste of that eon of sound.

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Best i heard my IBLs sound was on the end of a Nap160. Just enough warmth to compliment the slightly dry IBLs. Great speakers so long as they are hard up against a solid wall.

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I have to endorse Gary’s comments. My favourite Naim system was a Nat 101 / 42.5 / 160 / IBLs. Just wonderfully engaging. Perhaps I should revisit.

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@SoundsOfMusic Are you pleased with them?

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They are cute speakers, and very fast and crisp, but they are not on the same scale as my SL2s.

I quite fancy quadraphonic! :grinning::face_with_monocle::scream_cat: