Thank you Trelja and Duke for sharing the TL info and the stories about Bud. i agree completely with Trelja’s description of the sound of TL bass compared to vented or sealed cabinets. I also agree with Duke’s description of the dip in response caused by out-of-phase cancellation. The foam damping inside the TL helps to reduce the severity of the dip but it’s hard to ignore it once heard.
I built a number of TL woofer systems in my younger days including the Fried H. The most successful was a Fried O cabinet with a KEF B139 woofer and a Fried H satellite on top. My brother still has this system and it continues to sound very nice some 35 years after I built it. I also have several lengthy typed letters from Bud responding to my inquiries about his speakers. He impressed me as a true gentleman.
I built a number of TL woofer systems in my younger days including the Fried H. The most successful was a Fried O cabinet with a KEF B139 woofer and a Fried H satellite on top. My brother still has this system and it continues to sound very nice some 35 years after I built it. I also have several lengthy typed letters from Bud responding to my inquiries about his speakers. He impressed me as a true gentleman.