I have a pair of giant metal Electron Luv 20hz front bass horns they are ea 1000lbs the mid horns etc ad another 150lbs so the total system is over 2300 lbs and is unmovable took 6 men to move 1 bass horn into position. it's about 11ft tall.
Swan HiVi F5 2 piece like a Wilson Watt Puppy top mounted soft dome tweeter like a B&W 800 series with a ribbon supertweeter, 6.5 inch paper midrange and a 15 inch woofer:
Salk Sound G25 Subwoofers. Two of them, weighing 192 lbs each and beautifully finished in mahogany to match Salon 2’s. Best built and sounding subs I have ever heard. They are so heavy, I’m not sure how Jim and his team managed to handle them during the difficult process of installing the mahogany veneer, without damaging them…
The biggest Hales Transcendence 8 which I love have all replacement drivers if ever needed they weigh 160 pounds each, the smallest Tannoy minis in my bedroom which I’m currently using 11 pounds each sound phenomenal. The Hales for me are a never sell speaker. A lot of people have never even heard of them I also have a pair of Hales rev threes that weigh about 96 pounds. I use them in the home theater Hales 3,s for the front Hales transcendence T-1 center it weighs 120 lbs and Hales rev 1,s for rears and rear back
When I started the thread, I assumed that everyone would name the brand and model of the speakers, not just the height and weight. I think that makes it much more interesting.
Duly noted; Electro-Voice TS9040D LX main speakers (actively configured), and the tapped horn subs are a freely shared design over at the AVSForum (by a guy named "lilmike") called MicroWrecker (the middle sibling of the LilWrecker and PicoWrecker tapped horns). Mains are 6 ft. tall and mains + subs combined weigh in at ~385lbs (175kg) per channel.
My setup is display in Steve's video blog below from 8:07.
NHT 3.3’s. I think they were 120 lbs ea. Interesting speaker. I loved Ken Kantor, but cursed his name every time I moved. Emailed him once to tell him.
That (sexist) WAF was no joke. The 3.3 had a very low WAF. “Those would look great in the basement”. Everybody is happier now that I have smaller and slightly less heavy speakers.
Back in the'90 I bought a pair of Klipschorns which were 5 feet tall and 180 lbs! I have since downsized to a pair of Klipsch Cornwalls which are four feet tall and weigh only 100lbs!
Classic Audio T-3.4 Field-Coil powered 24" W x 30"D × 48"T, weighing in at 350 lbs. Best sounding, most dynamic loudspeaker I have ever owned by far. It makes me believe that size does matter in some respects. Monkey coffins just won’t do what these do. I can play these at a lower volume with very satisfying fidelity. And with that, yeah these speakers are like 98db 16Ω with a fairly friendly impedance curve, so they will perform delightfully on just a few watts, but put like a hundred watts to them and there is a sense of better overall control and impact. The razors edge you now face is as amps tend to get bigger and more complicated they tend to not be as tonally pure and airy in their presentation. So with these I have found a sweet spot of running Atma-Sphere MA-1 Mk.3.3 OTLs which produce 140w @8Ω. Single gain stage triodes, and it works quite well.
“When I started the thread, I assumed that everyone would name the brand and model of the speakers, not just the height and weight. I think that makes it much more interesting.”
One-off Super Big Reds, tri-amped with a one-off electronic crossover, and one-off passive eq units between the Marantz and horns.
Uses two Marantz 170DCs for the four woofers and a Marantz 1180DC for the preamp and horn amp. Cabinets are solid oak with 15.5 cu ft exterior volume. I got these from a recording studio that went out of business.
A meeting of the JBL/Lansing group was held here and everyone agreed these were the best sounding 604s (604E2s) anyone had ever heard.
My current speakers are Grandinote Mach 36's. They were custom built for me and are the only pair in the world. they stand 6'5" tall and each weigh about 450 pounds. they do not get moved around very often!
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