I do not claim that Lansche 4.1 is the best speaker in the world.
But with clean and pristine treble out of plasma tweeters and pretty good bass out of 2 10 inch driven by internal active amplifier and high efficiency (99db spec, but I believe it to be around 93db), it is hard to find better speaker with overall merit for my house.
The only catch is that it can stop working since it is an active speaker( plasma tweeter and active bass unit).
But I keep having good communication with Henry Dien of Lansche Audio who upgraded plasma tweeters twice at reasonable cost.
I can happily live with Lansche 4.1 speakers at my present house for my life unless serious health issues happen to either me or my speakers.
How about you gentlemen and ladies?
Had any one of you found the speaker for your life?
It is a money saving strategy to audition more expensive possible upgrade speakers at shows. As they all sound horrible there, you go home satisfied with what you have. The industry needs to rethink the "Show" mentality as it shows most wares at their worst.
Recently upgraded to Vandersteen 3a Signatures. I know many speakers do more and better, but for me this is as good as it needs to get.........If I die next week, color me happy........not about the dying part, the speakers. :)
I have diapason adamantes in one system and mc rl-21s in the other. I love both of these monitors. Set for life, probably not. The best I can say is that I’m not looking at speakers now. I’m only looking at upgrading the hardware.
Lansche/Ypsilon and Kharma/Lamm or Wavac are some of those great duos. As for me, I never think along the lines you suggested. Life is full of surprises.
Lets see I started in 1975. KLH, DQ 10's, Merlins, Magnepan 3.3, Apogge Duetta, Meadowlarks, Accoustic Zen, Magepans 1.7 with bass woffer, Teckons, Spatials, My currant speakers are Quad 2905 and Totem Element Metals. Who knows about next year.
How can I go wring with yams NS2000s. Ive tons of others but since I bought the yamahas to replace the ns1000s. Iver never looked at another speaker to buy.
Never believe an audiophile who says he can live with a speaker until he dies...until he dies.
Before then, we know what happens. ;-)
In my case, I know myself: it's exceedingly unlikely that I will use only the same pair of speakers for the rest of my life.
Though, that's not to say I might not KEEP a pair of speakers around for a very long time. I still have my Thiel 02 speakers I acquired in the early 90's that I haul out sometimes. I don't ever seen getting rid of them.
My current Thiel 2.7s are such great all-round speakers and something of a "unicorn" in terms of my finding them (very rare on the used market, and this pair in particular in the ebony finish that makes them ultra-rare), that I can not see myself selling them. They are so good, they allow me to enjoy music so reliably, I would keep them as a "just in case" speaker no matter what else I buy so I don't regret selling them.
I think I'll be very happy going into my latter years with my current speakers. My very modest system suits me perfectly. Of course, that's a bit easier to say with 3 pairs of speakers in storage to swap in/out when the mood strikes.
Thank you, Thomas. From what I've read about Lansche, you have very good reason to be more than satisfied in the long run, or, for that matter, right now.
Without question, my custom built Tannoy HPD 315-based (12" Dual Concentric drivers, ca 1975, external custom crossovers, 192 lb. 150 liter enclosures) will be the ones to carry me to the end of my days. After eight years, they still have an ability to astonish me. Yep, they will last until long after I'm gone, and my sons will gladly give them a new home (who gets them is still undetermined, but they grew up listening to my first pair), and who knows, my granddaughter or grandson may use them some day.
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