Another manufacturer that uses sealed designs is
Snell. The Series 7 C7 looks most interesting to me.
I too use Hales speakers, Concept Twos. Play them full
range on high powered tubes and use a good sub for the last octave and with the right cabling they are very impressive.
Many ported designs I've listened to never made it past an initial audition. A few that did I've tried at home. The results were very one sided in favor of the Hales. I would like greater effeciency to play louder cleanly and a nicer looking speaker. I even tried Avalons Avatars. (also sealed) They were nice, even and tight, very focused. The Hales were close, maybe not as refined, but clearly more open and "organic"? (real) sounding. They also image like crazy. and are more spacious sounding.
Thanks for the posts, keep em comming.
Huard
