What is the best planar or electrostatic speaker?
For $35K, I'm sure you could cut a deal with your local Magnepan/JL dealer for a pair of Maggie 20.7s and a pair of Gotham G213s. I'm not so sure that the BGs the OP is shilling would be better. Or pair the 20.7s with a pair of JL Fathom F212s for $10K LESS than the BG Radia FS 880s. I think those JLs would still be able to keep up. |
For what it's worth: Faxer, the person who started this thread, appears to be the same person (searay328@msn.com) who posted this on Audio Asylum and had it promptly moved to Whiner's Woad. I'm surprised the thread remains at all. |
The new BG could be very nice; I have heard others similar and there is an appealing sound to them. What's the MSRP? Danny Richie is involved in some interesting planar hybrids. The smaller multiple driver designs are improving the magnetic planar sound imo, but I'm not convinced it has unseated ESL in several performance parameters including cleanness, coherency. I thought magnetic planar technology was dead until they started coming out with the smaller drivers, which I feel will save this type of speaker going forward. King Sound King III (which I reviewed for Dagogo.com and own) is still my current favorite for panel sound at the price point, now $14K. I consider the older Quad to be a vintage selection, not able to perform on a par with newer designs. |
