Well in the last 6-9 months I’ve been pretty happy with the Tannoy Stirlings, and forsee them staying a while. 
I still have the ATC SCM10s too, as well as the little Scanspeak 10F Frugelhorn Lites.
Now I have the shed pretty much sorted, its time for a couple of projects. I have the plinth to make for the Denon DP-3000, as well as at some point, a nice simple plinth for the Thorens TD-160.
I’ve been doing some rationalisation on the DIY speaker bits, and I have still been searching for a nice pair of Goodmans Axiom 301s since the last pair I bought were damaged in transit and not usable…
A good pair of 301s are hard to find but I’ve taken a punt on a less well known model, the Axiom 10. As you would expect its a 10" Axiom without a whizzer cone compared to the 12" 201/301 models. The 12" were orientated towards Commercial/PA use where as the 10" was really for the domestic market.
Goodmans Axiom 10 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
The Axiom 10s from what I can see were from the early 60s, there was a TwinAxiom 10 model, with as you would expect, a small whizzer cone. Later there were the 110 and 112 models, the 110 replaced the Axiom 10 and the 112 the same, but with a more powerfull magnet (1.6T vs 1.35T on the 10). The 112 models seem even more rare.
With a higher Qts of 1.1 I am planning another aperiodic enclosure, the brochure recommends around 5000 cu inches, so planning around the 75-80 Litre mark. This is also around the right size for a Axiom 301 ported enclosure too so I’ll make a front baffle that can be swapped out as/when I find a pair of 301s in the future. Its also a similar size required for the Supravox 165-2000 mk2 (aperiodic) and 285GMF (ported) which is cool if I did want to try those again in the future.
I’ve just been putting them through thier paces in mono, in a simple open baffle made from some spare insulation board I had left over from the shed build, certainly sounding promising!
Nice and smooth, supprising amount of top end considering the age/size. With a Qts of around 1.1, Fs 48 Hz and Qms 7.5 they actually do a good impression in the bass, nice and punchy as you would expect with Open Baffles. With an Mms ~11g they are reasonably efficient, DATS V2 says ~90db/2.83v but measuring the frequency response next to the Tannoys (93db/2.83v) at the same volume level/distance they are around 6dB more sensitive in the midrange and treble.
I do have a pair of Sica 1" horn tweeters I bought for the Axiom 301s (pictured below). Planning to keep the parts cost under £200 as a project, I’ll tweak first with the MiniDSP 2x4HD but the plan is to make a simple passive crossover, probably around the 7-8kHz range and use them with the Decware Zen, which is the driver for this project.
Goodmans Axiom 10 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Goodmans Axiom 10 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Goodmans Axiom 10 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Stirling vs Axiom 10 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr