Pure Audio Project Loudspeaker with Voxativ driver option


I have played the Loudspeaker merry go round a lot Maybe 6 times in 7 years .
My last speaker was very good the Marten Logan impression 11a. And j upgraded the crossover 
It  sounded good but dynamics is not one of their string suits. I heard these Pure Audio Project
Speakers at a friend's, it was all over ML 11-A speaker gone. With these trio 15 model,
You have to put these Open Baffle speakers together they take about 5 hours to put together 
You have roughly 5 midrange- tweeter wide band driver options,I chose the Excellent Voxativ wide band driver,with the Leonitis crossover . This crossover has only 5 parts, and the option to not use the inductor for the midrange .I chose not to use it slightly less warm  ,but better detail by a few %.
There is only 1 Huge capacitor a 68 mictofareds. This is because it rolls off at about 350hz 
To the Dual 15 inch Neodymium woofers . The stovk capacitor decent Mundorf  Mcap,
Not good enough for me .let me back up a moment. The crossover board is a screw terminal Munforf board all Gold plated Copper. Which is Very good .no solder,direct contact,purer sound.
I put in the newer Clarity Csa- capacitor.  And a 1.0 Arizona Cactus aluminum foil Blue oil capacitor ,.a fantastic match.  Not content yet I added a 2.2uf Jupiter Copper foil Beeswax capacitor. A great combination with cactus .  After about roughly 300 hours 95% run in. These capaciyors take a Loong time.   The sound very Electrostatic like, plus a huge soundstage I am only 2ft from the front wall and 3ft from the sides. These speakers are 95db efficient 8ohms.
The Bass is very fast punchy and detailed in room to roughly 28hz ,from my demo cra.
The purity of the Voxativ driver is incredibly good,The almost natural driver I have ever heard .
They offer their field coil drivers thst are much better still starting at $8500,or $12000 a pair .
They go up to $32k for their top field coil drivers. The Voxativ drivers are all hand built in Berlin .
A 24 hour run under duress is completed before they go anywhere. 
A very important option I choose and was Highly recommended, was the Verastarr Wiring harness 
Option a $700 option that is a solid 10-15%  better with these foil wires,the Silver foils are a $1k option. Even st low volume you can hear the performance 60on the sol meter.
These speakers play every kind of music with clarity and great inner detail. They will play loud enough for most but not all. 90db on up is Ear damage territory,these will play to 95-100 db,higher on peaks. Head banging speakers these are not . Listening to Tracy Chapman, Art Garfunckle
They are in the room ,jazz playing Chet baker  the trumpet  just stands in space .
Rock and Rolll for sure the 15 inch mid- woofers mean business. 
If you are in New England Ct Ma area email me to come over for a listen.
audioman58

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Hello James I had the Spatial,-4 with modified Xover, that were top notch.
As well as modded Maggi1.6,3.6with mye stands, YG Acoustic Carmels,
Sonus Faber Olympia-3, and Marten Logan expression 11-A. All very good But,
The Pure Audio Project Trio15Neo with Voxativ driver ,Verastarr Cable harness 
Upgrade option are just more natural you are there.No box to distort the signal .I would recommend the 4x2ft room panels 2-3 behind each speaker or at least heavy curtains ,  the $8k plus another $500 for path audio 10ohm resistor for Voxativ,please remember uou have to put these together .get a friend to help in 3 hours .I did by myself at least 5 hours. Hex head wrench,Phillips screw driver for the Xover. That is it .The feet stink, get rid of them online several good feet from the U.K from $35 to $600. And wrap Clockwise with threads Teflon tape to make threads tight and damp vibrations.
And the several various capacitor blends, my brother has hundreds of caps to test
I settles on the clarity,Jupiter,Arizona cactus blend very very close to top Duelund.
In fact The Jupiter Copper foil Bees wax cap  is very close on its own in all respects to the Duelund Cast more accurate in my opinion in the midband, not as much weight though.
Add the Cactus green or bluealuminum foil  Oil cap a great blend  to truly Refine the Voxativ driver.totally seamless the Voxativ coasts only runnjng from 350hz on up to around 20khz. Which BTW none of us can hear this high in frequency. 
My brother has used yhe ultra Lefson resisyors he likes Path aufio the best .
I have not heard them and they are big. Path Audio are a little warm sounding but very detailed but take about 200 hours to fully open up .This is directly from Path Audio
The ground where is optional to use depending on your system .  I always 
Curt the ground and just tapped the end.  Super quiet with great inner detail .
It is odd why only Parts connexion sells them in North America .
They only have a hand full of certain sizes. They were out of 10ohm
Had yo order from Nick- UK hifi collective.
Hello Doug , have you reviewed the Field coil unit ? 
I would buy the $8k field coil ,as s demo or under $5k  with a good 12v Linear 
Power supply. Radiohead99,the horn looks very nice .depending on amplifiers some said they preferred the smooth refinement of the standard Voxativ driver 
Or field coil. A lot of variables I guess and for sure improve the crossover capacitor and resistor .  keep this jumper in the horizontal  position .
The inductor for the Voxativ driver is not used in this position and has a bit more detail.
Radiohead99 , I want to ask you a question .You switchedto the horns ,
do you have the Leonitus crossover  ? That is without question the purist available one resistor,one capacitor Xover frequency350hz on up. From your horn 
or Voxativ. essential if you want to get the most resolution ,more so then even the Horn purchase .The Verastarr wire harness upgrade. I have the Verastarr stock Wire is not even close I had a 30 day money back .  For $700 an easy choice.
Hello Lefson  my brother bought a psir from one if his friends in the UK
From what he said the Path Audio are just a shade warmer, in some systems they may prefer your brand, nothing in Audio is Finite.
The Verastarr cable upgrade is not all about quantity it is all about the naturalness and quality of delivery . I tried his interconnects now have the Silver Gold Alloy foils incredibly good .My Xmas present as well as Copper foil d peaker cables.the power cords on digital is s Solid upgrade.
There is little chance you would send the Verastarr harness back once in your system give them a solid 150 hours , then put the old stock cables back in . 
It is like s stock v6 engine ,vs a Lz-1 Super Sport formula 1 engine.
If you have quality electronics you will hear what you are missing especially at low volumes and interplay between instrumental shadings.
I was do impressed as I mentioned earlier i did my whole system as s early Xmas 
Present to myself.