are they digital or analog? Or a bit of both?
New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones)
Here is some info on the new MOFI/Jones speaker:
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Good one @grislybutter. AJ is cool Mofi not so much. |
i do wonder... is the user @mofimadness affiliated with mobile fidelity? if so this should be considered as advertising, and should be paid for... |
I am not in any way associated with Mobile Fidelity or Music Direct other than being a long time customer. My moniker was actually given to me by someone on here many moons ago. I had commented that I have every MOFI LP ever commercial released, and he said that was just "MOFI Madness"...it stuck. Still have a complete collection. Everything on vinyl so far. |
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They're just as tall as my JBL 4319s but a few inches wider and a few more even deeper so the Wharfedale Litton stands can easily handle them. Those stands come fully assembled and are sturdy as heck. As for the Music Direct catalog, I just went through it and there's also going to be a KLH model 7 (with a 13" woofer) and Wharfedale is also getting in on the retro act with their Dovetail (with a 10" Kevlar woofer). All the best, |
I had a dinner out with Andrew Jones many years ago. He impressed me as a genuinely nice man and extremely competent speaker designer. I've followed his career arc for decades since. The Source Point 10s may seem controversial to some, but I see more than a little Henry Kloss in the design - 10" 2-Way, low crossover, 2 CuFt box, legit 40 Hz bass, that's a Large Advent. And we all know how that turned out. I've often wondered what a no-holds-barred Advent might look like, and now I know. Can't wait to hear them. |
@panzrwagn Henry Kloss was a genius, whatever he started was unique and hugely influential |
I watched the whole video this morning, and it was very interesting. Andrew is a very smart and inquisitive guy, but I thought that Steve was too reticent, and didn't ask enough questions, such as who the intended customer was for this particular design, since it isn't what the average buyer is looking at, although I would really like to hear it. Other than that, it was really good. |
Love these. Can't wait to hear them. Andrew Jones knows what he's doing and seems like a good guy too. It's a unique size, which may not be an obvious plus. But, with KLH, JBL, and tons of others pumping out retro styling and "anniversary editions" of old classics all over the industry, they would seem to fit right in. Kudos Andrew! |
Thanks @allenf1963 That’s about a thousand more than I would have guessed. |
no doubt a-j is a proven designer of many well respected box speakers, a master of making intelligent tradeoffs in design, and a proponent of concentric drivers to me, this one seems cool, on the face of it, due to its higher sensitivity and benign impedance, relatively substantial baffle, kind of in the devore o-series direction, though from the s-g's subjective comments, the tweeter seems voiced to be on the livelier side, a more modern sound, perhaps this said, when i see a tweeter coupled with a 10 in woofer, in any 2 way, concentric or not, i have to wonder how pure, how correct sounding the critical midrange reproduction is |
There is no doubt that AJ gets praise every time he drops something new on the market. When I heard Steve say in his wrap up...."a little on the bright side" and smaller scale presentation compared to his PAP speakers...I thought, not going to work for me...even though the imaging may be top shelf. It will be interesting to see if other reviewers with other rooms and different gear draw the same conclusions.
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I can only judge the looks: it's very British, a bit of modern, a bit retro, industrial, crude, charmingly clumsy. Still: functional and I like it, I find it reasonably handsome. But it's just not a beauty, not stunning in any way, like a lot of others at this price point and I would not want it to take up space in my living room. |
Hi All, Last night on Steve Guttenberg podcast interviewing AJ he said he never created a concentric this large before his past one were 4" 5" concentrics but never a 10". Also he said his target price pt was going to be lower but once into the project and working out the kinks they had to raise the cost, I still havent heard them yet anybody hear them and hows the sound ? Second question whatever happen to Rick from hfc High Fidelity cables are they still in business ? P.s. Beware of cheap chinese tubes |
For once, someone didn't follow the "form over function" edict. Thank goodness AJ was given free rein, with sound being the main consideration, instead of looks. I also like his design criteria of being able to see into the recording as much as possible. I wouldn't be surprised if these come across somewhat like my old Tonian Labs TL-1s. They offered a ton of insight, had tone for days, and never gave me listening fatigue despite being so revealing. They only lacked for base and these Source Point 10s appear to have that part covered. All the best, |
@grislybutter a bit into the video with cheapaudioman, he vaguely sort of mentions that MoFi will have some custom stands for them and even an angled piece for anyone wanting to use one of these horizontally as a center channel speaker too that works with the 3 degree tilt. |
the context in the category Dynaudio Evoke 20 - 8.5"x15.0"x12.1" Monitor Audio Silver 100 - 9" x 15" x 13" Wharfdale Linton - 12" x 22" x 14" MoFi 14.5″ x 22.5″ x 16.6″ Long story short, it’s BIGGER than the Linton. Significantly bigger. And the Linton is gigantic I had it. So they definitely need custom stands - stands that I don’t know who has. They look stupid om the Solidsteel SS-7.
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