GS401B speaker pair not L and R ??

[gdsm...@gmail.com]

After 40 years I just realised my GS401 speakers have the tweeter and mid range in the same relative position. Both are numbered with a "B". Am I right in thinking that the factory would have sent out a "A and B" set? I don't think there is any audio impact. Could the Perth distributor at the time (Alberts HiFi) have mixed and matched?

In comparison my more recently acquired GS402 speakers are numbered L and R, and are mirror images from the front perspective.

Anyone else have a pair of "B" speakers?

[Peter Fleming]

Gale 401 came in 3 models, 401A – chrome ends, 401B – wooden cabinets with straight grills, and 401C – wooden cabinets with curved grills.

 

Gale 401’s are not made as a specific left and/or right speaker. The correct installation has the tweeters situated on top when mounted horizontally, and tweeters situated on the inside when mounted vertically.

 

I suspect you have a set of Gale 401B speakers? I doubt that Alberts mixed them up.

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[Berris Conolly]

The driver layout is the same for the 401 and 402, and there isn’t really a Left and Right, although for some reason 402s were indeed marked L & R.

Counterintuitively, I seem to remember the tweeter was designed to be at the bottom when mounted horizontally on Gale stands. 

But I guess this depends on many things – height of other stands, room acoustics, etc, etc. 

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[tbco...@gmail.com]

I’ve just realised why 402s are marked Left and Right – unlike the 401, they were ‘marketed’ (i.e. photographed by me for the brochure) mounted vertically on the stand, so L & R would ensure the tweeters are in the correct position.  

[gdsm...@gmail.com]

My 401s are the GS401B with flat grills. These and the 402s are mounted vertically given room available. I would mount them horizontally if enough space.

[Berris Conolly]

I'm not sure why they (DW Labs) changed the orientation, perhaps to look more 'conventional' than the original Jon Bannenberg 401A design? 

I think they may sound marginally better (slightly wider image?) in the horizontal...

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[Berris Conolly]

I'm not sure why they (DW Labs) changed the orientation, perhaps to look more 'conventional' than the original Jon Bannenberg 401A design?

I think they may sound marginally better when horizontal - a slightly wider stereo image...

 

On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 02:08, gdsm...@gmail.com <gdsm...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Toby Carter]

Still look fantastic today as they did back then, stands look a great design.

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On 29 Jun 2023, at 08:15, Berris Conolly <tbco...@gmail.com> wrote:



I'm not sure why they (DW Labs) changed the orientation, perhaps to look more 'conventional' than the original Jon Bannenberg 401A design?

I think they may sound marginally better when horizontal - a slightly wider stereo image...

<Gale 402 brochure.jpg>

<Gale 401A brochure.jpg>

 

On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 02:08, gdsm...@gmail.com <gdsm...@gmail.com> wrote:

My 401s are the GS401B with flat grills. These and the 402s are mounted vertically given room available. I would mount them horizontally if enough space.

On Thursday, 29 June 2023 at 5:34:06 am UTC+8 tbco...@gmail.com wrote:

I’ve just realised why 402s are marked Left and Right – unlike the 401, they were ‘marketed’ (i.e. photographed by me for the brochure) mounted vertically on the stand, so L & R would ensure the tweeters are in the correct position.  

On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 7:20:08 AM UTC+1 gdsm...@gmail.com wrote:

After 40 years I just realised my GS401 speakers have the tweeter and mid range in the same relative position. Both are numbered with a "B". Am I right in thinking that the factory would have sent out a "A and B" set? I don't think there is any audio impact. Could the Perth distributor at the time (Alberts HiFi) have mixed and matched?

In comparison my more recently acquired GS402 speakers are numbered L and R, and are mirror images from the front perspective.

Anyone else have a pair of "B" speakers?

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