Many thanks to Torbjorn Bjorklund for supplying many great photos of his pair of Royd Albions. These were definitely one of Joe Akroyd’s more exclusive high end models, a great example of him really pushing the limits. They are extraordinarily rare on second hand market, in fact I’ve never seen a pair on ebay since starting work on this website!
Just added review of the A14 MkII from Hi-Fi Choice, May 1991. Some insight into Royd’s early 14 litre speakers.
Just added an interested review of the Royd Apex and Rega Ela (version 1) from Hi-Fi Review, Nov 1989. The first versions of the Rega Ela shared a good deal of design with the Royd Apex. It includes some elusive information on actively bi-amping the Royd Apex, using the Naim NAXO 2-4 active crossover.
I’ve updated the Coniston page with details of the different versions that existed, Series I, Series II and R. All were subtle different and are testament to Joe striving for perfection. I still have little info the first release of these, so if anyone has anything, I’d greatly appreciate it.
Just uploaded a review of the Sapphire’s, from Hi-Fi World, June 1992. This is from a round of up various speakers at the £200 price point and refers to the first version of this speaker (I presume as it mentions them being just single wired).
