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Richard Moddaferi, of McIntosh fame, patented the Infinite Slope crossover back in the late 80s. John Solecito championed the design with his JSE Infinite Slope Line. JSE went under in the early 90s. The aforementioned Jeff Joseph appears to be the lone wolf implementing it these days. For what it's worth, Ray Kimber also has a unique and interesting (Bud Fried, the cable hater, of all people, was sort of an inspiration to Ray) patented crossover for license, but I don't know if anyone's employing it.
Sounds like you either have the JSE Model 2 or 4. If you send me a picture, I could perhaps remember. The entire line was a very nice / good sounding lot, and different than you encounter today. It hearkens back to the 80s (and 70s?). Definitely on the relaxed and luxurious sounding, if blunting the transients and detail in the absolute. That's a reflection of the crossover, which points to another current thread where I mentioned the importance of same, but got little traction out of it. People don't realize to what extent sonics reflect the crossover; it's easy to get lost in the sexiness of drivers and cabinetry. Keeping your loudspeakers on the casters, or installing spikes, as opposed to removing them, and siting them directly on the floor, will keep them as sharply focused as they can, and mitigate their flaws to the greatest degree. At this point, the value they provide sonically far outstrips their monetary value in the market. If you like them, hold on to them for a long time
Richard Moddaferi, of McIntosh fame, patented the Infinite Slope crossover back in the late 80s. John Solecito championed the design with his JSE Infinite Slope Line. JSE went under in the early 90s. The aforementioned Jeff Joseph appears to be the lone wolf implementing it these days. For what it's worth, Ray Kimber also has a unique and interesting (Bud Fried, the cable hater, of all people, was sort of an inspiration to Ray) patented crossover for license, but I don't know if anyone's employing it.
Sounds like you either have the JSE Model 2 or 4. If you send me a picture, I could perhaps remember. The entire line was a very nice / good sounding lot, and different than you encounter today. It hearkens back to the 80s (and 70s?). Definitely on the relaxed and luxurious sounding, if blunting the transients and detail in the absolute. That's a reflection of the crossover, which points to another current thread where I mentioned the importance of same, but got little traction out of it. People don't realize to what extent sonics reflect the crossover; it's easy to get lost in the sexiness of drivers and cabinetry. Keeping your loudspeakers on the casters, or installing spikes, as opposed to removing them, and siting them directly on the floor, will keep them as sharply focused as they can, and mitigate their flaws to the greatest degree. At this point, the value they provide sonically far outstrips their monetary value in the market. If you like them, hold on to them for a long time