In the 1970's, Altec Segovias. They were so bright that they had ten decibel attenuators for the tweeter. They were still bright with the attenuators turned up to ten. I went into a stereo shop in Brooklyn to buy a pair of AR 3A's. The dealer pulled a bait and switch on me - claiming the AR's were out of stock. I had borrowed a friend's car and didn't want to impose on him again, so I ended up with the Altecs. My next speakers were B&W 802's. They were so heavy that the UPS guy refused to bring them up to my condo unit. He literally left them in the parking lot. But they were excellent speakers ... until I discovered Magnepans.
Everything Klipsch is like a brain drill to me, B&W and Wilson are only somewhat painful, oh, and GMA is an aural dumpster fire. I’m an inaccurate AF Sonus Faber / McIntosh listener so I’m probably more sensitive to brightness than most as my ears have put their feet up over the years.
“There is. Unfortunately very hard to find. Fast as they build em, fanboys snap em up.”
So now we have a good short list of dud’s. I”What are those speakers where everything just seems to fall into place? I am itching to replace my 20 year old Avantgarde’s but everything so far just seems to disappoint. Many speakers have real strengths but equally have some glaring weaknesses. Nothing I have found (under $30k new) seem to do everything well.
From the scurrilous stories we read about the business behaviour of Roy Johnson and Kenjit it would appear dealings with both were/are stringently to be avoided.
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