Anybody heard of Falcon Acoustics?


This British company makes a speaker line with lots of similarities to the IMF speakers of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.  I used to have a pair of IMF Monitors which I thought were great speakers.  I regret selling them.  Falcon makes a speaker called the IMF 200, which has many similarities to the old IMF speakers.

Have any members of the Audiogon community heard these speakers from Falcon Acoustics?  What are your thoughts on them?

hifinut51

@yogiboy Falcon dealers were also able to sell RAM models.  I had several of the RAMs on hand, as well as LS3/5a models.

That is probably correct.  The LOS3/5a was sold through dealers, with MoFi acting as the distributor.  That did not last long, and it seemed a bit unfair to dealers who showed the speakers to customers, promoted the speaker, and then shortly thereafter, had the rug pulled out from under them.

 

@larryi

That’s not true, Falcon has always sold factory direct. The LS3/5a was the only model that was sold non factory direct. MoFi sold the MoFi LS3/5a!

Falcon speakers were found at dealerships until a little more than a year ago when they changed to a direct sales approach.  

The Falcons that you are looking for ( IMF 200) is sold factory direct only. Jerry Bloomfield is the owner. I have talked with him when I ordered Falcons . He will give you the total price including the shipping cost to your location. There is no tax or VAT charge if you are located in the USA. You should send him an Email and he will answer any question that you have!

That is weird because a year or so ago they had a pair in their showroom.   Maybe a consignment?   

Irving M. Fried (IMF), an American by the way, will certainly live forever through his brilliant designs for transmission line speakers that are still in production (somewhere) after almost 70 years. The new IMF 200 looks like it still uses Falcon's version of the original KEF elliptical driver. I'd describe the sound but... it was way too long ago!

But I liked them a lot, I remember that. Good luck!

     I bought the guts for a pair of LS3/5As and 2 KEF B139s from Falcon, back in 1981.

     Built them (with some cabinet mods) as an actively bi-amped, mains/sub system, per the March 1980, Speaker Builder Magazine article, written by Siegfried Linkwitz.

     They were an outstanding company, back then.

     

They are really nice,  perfect near field speakers .   Very inefficient but if you are buying these I doubt you are cranking them up.   

In New England you can find them at  Natural Sound in Framingham MA. 

Falcon’s clones of old classics are terrific sounding.  I like their version of the BBC monitor LS3\5A.

I’ve owned the IMF 100 and the Q7. Falcon makes outstanding speakers. Nice bang for the buck! The kits are a piece of cake if you want to save on the price!!

https://www.falconacoustics.co.uk/kits-cabinet-parts-accessories/imf-completeathome-loudspeaker-systems-falcon.html