Yes @jetter , you must be right.
Can anyone identify these speakers?
I wanted to know if anyone can identify these speakers, thanks.
I’ve had the bug for over fifty years but only just recently learned how great small speakers can be. It was always big floorstanders for me (up to 300-400 pounds) until we were forced to live in an old travel trailer for over 2-3 years. After listening to built in automotive speakers for a while, I started reading about and trying out small bookshelf designs. After experimenting with close to three dozen examples, it finally penetrated my skull that there are some very fine small speakers out there. And a number of them sound much better than floorstanders in small rooms. And that’s true of vintage stuff as well as new, fancyass top shelf speakers. HEAVY stands and BluTack are essential to get the most out of them. 150+ pounds of lead in each stand is a huge deal. Cost is not a huge correlative. Small inexpensive room + small, inexpensive speakers + competent front end = astounding quality of sound. |
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You're welcome. Those are some beauties, for sure. As for the wise-a$$es, I wouldn't take it personally. All in good fun. Good luck. P.S. the ls3/5a has been around in some way, shape or form, in several brand names since the 60's. For very good reason. Excellent bookshelf speakers. Can't go wrong, really....
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@coralkong I read your comment a couple days ago, but I forgot to thank you for your recommendation. I'm looking into purchasing a pair of the Falcon LS 3/5a at the moment. That anniversary version is really catching my eye. I know it costs a couple hundred dollars more, but it's so tempting... |
@bolong , Please explain why you think this is AI generated. Plus, I type gibberish all the time. Doesn't seem to do anything. |
Years ago I bought a new in box Dared MP5 hybrid tube amplifier that came bundled with these exact speakers. Dared is a Chinese company out of Hong Kong and can safely assume these speakers were manufactured by Dared or outsourced from another chinese manufacturer. Both the amp and speakers are fairly decent quality. |
ProAc make excellent speakers. They are underrated because they do very little marketing. If the OP likes the Tablettes, they should also listen to the Response and Studio series as they have a wider bandwidth and still image excellently. The current Tablettes are series 10. The Tablette 50 was the fifth generation. |
@larryi Thanks for the context — most helpful. I was gonna comment on the mismatch of this system, but you explained it nicely and now makes sense. Big fan of ProAc BTW. |
I think most people on here DO understand why size makes a difference, but I don't think that’s really what the OP was asking. I know you’re just trying to help. In a nutshell, so long as you have the power and quality to drive (and more importantly CONTROL) your "speaker of choice", there’s simply no replacement for displacement. Of course, the WAF comes into play pretty quickly. Life is a trade-off. You should get what you like and enjoy what you have. That being said, that’s as pretty tiny listening room (the OP’s pic), so I do believe that particular setup sounded quite good, especially if the OP doesn’t have a lot of experience with smaller/bookershelf-style speakers. If the OP is looking for recommendations, I’d suggest checking out one of the newer versions of the LS 3/5a’s (Falcon or Harbeth, perhaps?). Bet those would knock your socks off, and I think they’re roughly around the same price. Anyway, @since1991 , good luck on your journey. Happy listening. |
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Odd or ulterior motive? 😉JK. I'm sure it's a harmless question by the OP. I will say this: If you're looking to replicate (as closely as possible, anyway) the sound produced by what you heard, you might want to get the low-down on how they were hooked up, what they were running on when you auditioned them, etc... Hooking just any amp, wires, cords, conditioners, room treatments, etc...to a set of speakers are all going to make a difference to the end result.
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Let me get this straight; You physically went to Deja Vu Audio, heard this system, couldn’t remember the gear it was compromised of, so you started a thread on Audiogon, asking people here to identify the components you went and listened to instead of simply calling Deja Vu Audio, the place you went to to see and hear this gear? Does no one else find this a bit odd? |
The amps are the NYC model (commemorating New York City). You don’t ‘need” amps that good, but, you will not extract all that these or ANY speakers are capable of delivering without pretty good amps. The point of this demonstration is: don’t think that it makes sense to buy the best speakers you can afford and slap any amp on them. |
@larryi Vu was the one that let me hear these speakers, I was really really impressed by the way the sound filled up the huge room. Seems like amplification is really important with speakers then, I will have to do some research on the amp he had hooked on to it as well. Do you know exactly which model Synthesis amp that is on the floor? |
Those are the Tablettes, and the venue is DejaVu Audio in Northern Virginia. The proprietor, Vu Huong, likes to put ultra high end amps on the Tablettes to demonstrate how important is top quality amplification—even a small, lower cost set of speakers can sound utterly amazing with such amplification. The amps he uses for such demonstrations include the likes of the Synthesis amps shown in the picture or exotic rebuilds of Western Electric 124 amps. |
Definitely ProAc brand, made in the UK, but I don't know exactly which model. https://www.proac-loudspeakers.com/
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