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Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience?

Should say "hype vs. reality" in the headline. 

 

Coaxial speaker design has been around in one way or another for a long time. I often think I’ll be absolutely blown away by them, but in practice traditional vertical layout speakers often have sound as good, or have other features that make them sound better.

Thiel, KEF, Monitor Audio, Tekton, Seas are among the many players attempting such designs, but none has, by the coaxial drivers alone, dominated a segment of the market.

What are your listening experiences? Is it 1 coaxial speaker that won you over, or have you always preferred them?

erik_squires

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pryso
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@johnah5 and @nationalbar, it was interesting to see your comments on the Hsu speakers.  In my elder years I'm looking at simplifying and downsizing my system and the CCB-8 is on my list.

A few years ago Dr. Hsu gave a demo to our audio group with an earlier model of smaller stand mounts with a single sub.  He made a point of using a very modest system including a low-powered AV receiver, inexpensive CD player, and literally zip cord.  That offered amazing sonics and musical satisfaction for such a modest system.  It left me wondering how good it might have sounded with better components?

Then a couple of weeks ago I saw the video you posted.  I've been to his house and while I didn't hear his Hsu system, I can appreciate the particular care he exercises in component selection,  BTW, his comments on Hsu begin about 10:35 for those not wanting to search through the whole video.

But I've not heard the CCB-8 yet myself so both of your comments are appreciated.

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