In my experience there has been quite a bit of improvement with the silk dome tweeters that were not available until recently. I recently heard a pair of $200 Sound Dynamics speakers trounce a 10 year old top of the line Theil speaker (from the midrange up, with obviously less dynamic punch, after all we are comparing a 6 foot tall multi driver 300+ lb speaker to a cheap little budget monitor). I think those Theils originaly cost something like $9200 if I remember right. I strongly suspect that the superiority of the Sound dynamics can be linked to it's newer designed tweeter materials, which were not available when the Theil was designed.
are older speakers anywhere close to the new stuff?
I have had four Martin 4050 transflex speakers since the early l970's. I recently rebuilt them with all new drivers and upgraded the tweeters with Dynaudios D-28's. They sound great to me. However I would like to know what I'm missing compared to the new speakers of today. I live in an isolated area far from the nearest hi-end audio store. The Martins use two 10" Seas woofers (l6 0hm) and a curvilinear midrange along with the dynaudio tweeters. I would like some feedback on what others think of the sound quality of the martins compared to what is being made today. At the time the martins sold for around 12 to 15 hundred a pair.
Some might say they are bright in the front end, but i kind of like that. Especially with Jazz/sax music. The bass is very tight and defined and at high listening levels can be bone crushing. I also kind of like that
Some might say they are bright in the front end, but i kind of like that. Especially with Jazz/sax music. The bass is very tight and defined and at high listening levels can be bone crushing. I also kind of like that