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Qaud 57's stacked on chamber music......sigh |
According to Greg's suggestions, which I find excellent, I should have mentioned the Acapella Exaliburs. |
Fcrowder, the Quads driven by a pair of Jadis 80 monos, HP of TAS once called a match made in heaven and by golly, how right he was! |
RWD, WOW, now you are talking! I used to own the Servo Statics 1-A, sans the bass however, used the panels for the mids and highs and mated them with the Maggie bass panels you mention, which I still run today, together with my Quads. Those highs and mids were incredibly pristine, smooth and clear. I also attempted something like the HQD, but since I could not get Decca ribbons, I used those by Dick Sequerra, and boy did that system sing. Voices, small Jazz combos, chamber music was- you've said it- occasionally frighteningly "real". The Servo Statics died, the highs went first and then the bigger panels and spares were not to be had. The Quads were exchanged for the 63's, and other ELS which I still run today in a stacked version.
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MrT never fails to delight me. In one sense he always points out the obvious. We would have to be utter fools or simply nutheads not to know, that most of our judgements are subjective, in another sense he is just a tad off the mark, because if we take unamplified, live music as as our benchmark, (pace TEE, I know also this could be argued to be subjective ) then that piece of gear which renders a sound closest to this, lets music come forth as close as possible to REAL music, can - within the range of the speakers we are familiar with - truly be considered "best" among its rivals.
I've just listended to Dr. Roger West's latest Ultimate speakers. They are not my "favourites", because being so huge, they visually screw up my listening room, however they came closer to the real thing than anything I've heard so far with all different kinds of music, both digital and analog. Not absolute best of course, because I haven't listened to all speaker systems on earth, but certainly the best of all stators ever and closer to real music than anything I've heard before. |
Tbg, no I don't. Friends of mine have, so I'm very familiar with their sound and I like them. What I have however, and most probably you've got the idea from there, is a a pair of aCapella plasma tweeters sitting on top of my Quads.
Ohjoy, I couldn't agree more and in spades of course. I always thought that the Ultimates must be good. Albert Porter of these pages had them for a long time a few years back, but I never thought that there were THAT good.... |
Fcrowder, actually they use a pair of sub bass boxes of German origin, the name of which eludes me. They are servo controlled and cleverly adapt to the sound field in the room. Don't ask me how, but if you switch them off, the entire soundstage in all frequencies becomes slightly diffuse. The last time I was at their house, they used the Wavacs, I cannot say if it was the 50 or the 1O0 watters and they did not biamp. Before that he had a a pair of modded Tim de Paravicini amps, but which exactly I can't say. |
Mtkhl567, don't worry about MrT. He has the compulsion to place what I call his mantra, whenever he thinks that the opportunity arises. Best to ignore it.
Me, I'm still happy with my big Sound Labs. (:
For me they are "best".
All the same, I have to agree with Norm. If my ears are still full of the sound of real live music, a cloud of unhappiness settles around selfsame, should I fire up my rig. It is best to wait a while to regain happiness and this has been the same with all the speakers I have or shall still own. And I doubt that even Mike's room and a 10hz reproduction, (which would scare the living daylights out of me by the way, 16hz are already quite scary), would heal my of that occasional affliction. The fate of an audiophile who loves going to concerts. |
"aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......music"
How right you are.........
That's happiness. |
I agree with every word. Well spoken, thanks!
Nice system by the way, I see, like me, you have not followed trodden paths!
Cheers and happy listening, |
