Shadhorn,
You state:
This is actually NOT the case with German Physiks - makers of the only full-range, single-element point-source omni driver. That is what really enamored me of the brand and why I took on the US distribution. UltraAudio just reviewed the HRS-120 model from GP, with Jeff Fritz observing:
In my mind, the DDD driver is the most technically accomplished omni driver design extant. It is a "have your cake and eat it too" proposition, providing huge soundstaging, as well as proper and lifelike imaging. So far my experience has been that GP speakers are the only direct-radiating omnis to accomplish this feat.
(no - it is not just a present-day Walsh driver. Check out the DDD technology page on German Physiks' web site for the background:
DDD TECHNOLOGY
German Physiks speakers are probably the more expensive omni options out there, but they are invariably also the most highly accomplished.
Cheers!
Chris
You state:
" I do not like omnidirectional or dipoles or forward and rear radiating panels or ribbon speakers for the very reasons you give about the reverberation they create. It creates ambience at the expense of imaging and soudstage and clarity."
This is actually NOT the case with German Physiks - makers of the only full-range, single-element point-source omni driver. That is what really enamored me of the brand and why I took on the US distribution. UltraAudio just reviewed the HRS-120 model from GP, with Jeff Fritz observing:
They produced the most expansive, most three-dimensional soundstage Ive yet heard in my room.
The sound was melt-the-walls-away wide and deep. The result was that the speakers truly "disappeared" from the music, leaving behind only some of the most beautiful sound Ive ever heard.
The HRS 120s kept a stable image even when I listened a couple of feet or more off axis.
What I instead heard was bass that was reasonably extended ... with good speed and integration.
The HRS 120s could flat-out rock when called on to do so.
Germans Physiks loudspeakers have something unique: their sound. The Dick Dipole Driver, now virtually perfected, has been put to good use in the HRS 120, where it produces a sound that is quite marvelous -- I loved listening to these speakers.
You might just fall in love with them. If you do, I can just about guarantee that youll be the first on your block to have a set, and that your audiophile friends will gawk in amazement when they first hear them.
In my mind, the DDD driver is the most technically accomplished omni driver design extant. It is a "have your cake and eat it too" proposition, providing huge soundstaging, as well as proper and lifelike imaging. So far my experience has been that GP speakers are the only direct-radiating omnis to accomplish this feat.
(no - it is not just a present-day Walsh driver. Check out the DDD technology page on German Physiks' web site for the background:
DDD TECHNOLOGY
German Physiks speakers are probably the more expensive omni options out there, but they are invariably also the most highly accomplished.
Cheers!
Chris