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Journey ending speakers

Listening to to my  stereo last night thinking about what upgrade I may do in the future. May upgrade my CD player or change phono cart or a new arm? But one of the things I will never change is my speakers. My journey has ended with the speakers I have now. Are you like me and have your forever speakers? Oh mine are a set of 30 year old 4 way JBL  Studio Monitors 4345s.
ricpan
ctsooner
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Oh, I forgot to ad, that when folks say paper cones are best, I have to go back to pure science and say that they all sound differently when humidity levels change.  

That changes the sound greatly if you have good enough upstream gear to show them off.  I won't even get into how many horn lovers I know, realize that they often butcher voices and some instruments.  I'm ready for the fall out of my last statement, lol.  Horns can be very exciting and fun to listen to, but to my ears, I would get fatigued and disinterested over the long haul, but again, that's just me.
mgs_speaker_seller
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ricpan Kenrick Sounds makes an updated version of those JBL 4345s
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gerryah930
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Old guy, moving from Wilson WP7's to Alexia Series 2. McIntosh system, tube power amp. Focal Utopia headphone rig. Grew up in house with one-off speakers built by Rudy Bozak, a friend of my father. Loved the BW speakers I have owned in the past.

gwalt
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Gentleman:

Don't forget the cabinet construction in your discussion. It is not just drivers that end up in the sound. I owned the Edgarhorn Titan horn system with Seismic Subwoofer for 13 years and it had very vintage drivers which I considered sublime to listen to with SET amplification. Those included the JBL 2441 in the midrange and Bruce's 300hz horn made of solid wood made it sing. The mid bass folded cabinet in mine and the seismic sub. also had JBL/Electrovoice vintage drivers but the cabinets were big and hard to properly brace. The only reason I sold the pair was due to the space in my room. These horns smoked a lot of others out there due to the driver chemistry/cabinet combination. My friends Avantgarde Trios with Bass Horns are hifi in comparison. Point is he likes what they do for him so he wins. I don't care to listen to them.

The Gamut speakers excel in sound not only due to quality timed drivers and crossovers but due to the 21 layers of "specific" Baltic wood used to make the cabinets in their top models. The layers are hand glued together. Why not 22 layers or 19? Because 21 sounded the best to the designer. 

A lot goes into the cabinet for the final result is my point. Drivers are only a part of the overall sound.

Gary (gwalt)

ctsooner
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I grew up with the Bozak sound as I live in CT. I remember meeting him as a kid in one of the local stores.  The owners was close with him, but didn't sell his speakers.  I used to get to hear them all the time though as he was always bringing them in.  They'd call me to come listen after school (was on my way home).  What folks don't remember is that he designed and built the speakers for the NY Worlds Fair in the early 60's.  Pretty cool story.
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