alexberger
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| I gre out of Be Tweeters I hate all modern hard and light material tweeters including beryllium, diamond, Spendor LPZ, Tannoy super-tweeters ...All of them sound not natural, scratchy, itchy, intrusively, whistling, tiresome. | |
| Flea Watt Amp: What Speakers Are. You Using With Yours? Recommendations I have 7 Watt 300B amp.I use it with vintage Altec 604"E" speakers.More than enough power for most types of music in 300 sq. feet room.This speakers can be easy driven directly by 1 Watt Chord Mojo DAC:https://youtu.be/-NH60kJlO4ghttps://youtu.be/... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Hi @prof ,Thank you for great review of Spendor D7.It is similar to what I heard from Spendor D9.I used Spendor 2/3 during 4 years and liked them.14 years ago I moved to vintage Altec 604E and I still have been using these speakers.I completely... | |
| Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil Why do you need all these Mundorfs after using Miflex KPCU?What was wrong with Miflex KPCU? Did you try Jupiter Copper? | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers I’m sorry. It is just my opinion. I don’t like sound of beryllium and new Spendor tweeters. I also don’t like B&W Diamond tweeters.For me, these kind of tweeters sound artificial.But I’m not a typical audiophile. I like more vintage sound with... | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers Here is good interview of Andrew Jones about it. It is no absolute accuracy:https://youtu.be/4t-wdP4gISI | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers What does it mean accuracy?Accuracy compared to what? To dummy today Hi-Fi standards with emphasizing high frequencies, compressed bass, synthetic tone that is called "accurate".Altec with proper crossover sound much closer to live concert that mo... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Hi @prof ,Now I remembered, it was in 2017 show not in 2018. Here is Harbeth - Rega room video from this show:https://youtu.be/5Ul6eDFhn3wI’m sorry I didn’t do record of D9 on my camera. I term of realism this speakers where my favorite on this sh... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Hi prof,I heard D9 in Montreal show in 2018.They worked with Chord electronic including Chord Dave DAC and Blu transport.People can’t sit in this room more than couple of minutes! The sound was simply horrible. In next room where Harbeth hl5 with ... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Spendor D7, D9 are garbage. They don’t sound like Classic Spendors at all. They have modern tweeters with nasty, scratchy, whistling sound. It is a shame for company like Spandor to design and sell stuff like this. | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations There are two different kinds of 15" + horn hybrid speakers.The first group - 15" drivers optimized to play from mid-bass to lower mid-range.For example older Altec 15" driver like: 803a/b, 515, 515B, 604 Hollywood/B/C/E.These drivers have great s... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations Hi @atmasphere ,It is true.When I bought vintage Altec 604 "e" from mid 60x, coaxial with horn tweeter and ~98dB sensitivity.I used it with McIntosh MC30 amp from end of 50x.Some vintage lovers thing it is a great idea to use components designed a... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations I heard Pure Audio Project in Montreal Show 2017:https://youtu.be/UZLmNJe_w3Mhttps://youtu.be/MYxrfcMs4qoI think it was the best room in the show that year! | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations If you use 87db sensitive speakers, hundreds watt transistor amplifiers kill all advantages of your analog sources. Good horns with SET amplifier will sound much more analog and alive. | |
| Preamp caps Jupiter copper foil or Jupiter HT worth double the money? Many years ago, I had Multicap RTX in my 300B SET amp. Then I changed them to Audio Note Tin foil. Despite RTX weren't bad, AN where more natural, detailed and smooth.Recently, I changed AN Mylar Copper to Jupiter Copper in my phono stage. The dif... |