dodgealum
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| An Extraordinary Find Trelja. Thanks for all of your thoughtful commentary. My quest, which began over a year ago, was to find a pair of attractive floorstanders to replace my Harbeth Compact 7s. I very much have enjoyed the Harbeth's. They are so thoroughly "right" in... | |
| An Extraordinary Find Joperfi. I agree, shows are not the best place to listen to speakers. I believe I am correct in saying that the speaker you heard was a preproduction effort similar to the one reviewed a while back in Bound for Sound. The current production models... | |
| An Extraordinary Find Fiddler. I'm told it is around 24K. A whole different kettle of fish price wise. I've also heard tell that it is one of the best speakers out there, period. | |
| An Extraordinary Find I can certainly confirm Trelja's comments on the cabinets. The veneer work is beautiful! Build quality is superb. This is one handsome speaker with a high WAF. Interestingly, one cannot really appreciate any of this by looking at the sales literat... | |
| An Extraordinary Find Trelja. I had the fortunate pleasure of hearing them with Dr. Raines. Since you are affiliated with the company that may put the listening room and system components in clearer perspective. I am inclined to think that the tile/stone floor, wall of... | |
| An Extraordinary Find The Frieds were powered by a Audible Illusions preamp and 50 watt solid state monoblocks whose name I don't recall. One of the nice things about these speakers is how easy they are to drive. A very stable 4 ohm load and 90+db efficiency. The 50 wa... | |
| Proac Response 2.5 vs D25 Drubin. Contact Fried via there website. They are friendly and committed to customer service. They can provide you with an update on product availability and dealer information. They are worth a drive for sure. | |
| Proac Response 2.5 vs D25 To add--I recently auditioned the D25 and heard the 2.5 back several years. I won't compare the two--it has been too long since I heard the older model. I will say the D25 was a surprisingly good speaker. Not that I went in with diminished expecta... | |
| Proac 3.8 vs Von Schweikert 5 Abruce. I have auditioned both extensively. To my ear the Proac is the superior speaker. The speakers have similar tonal characteristics, slightly to the warm side of neutral. Both image well and throw a huge soundstage. The midrange is very good ... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Viridian. You are no doubt correct. My reference to Joseph's "contribution" was to the thread, not the technology. | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Songwriter, thanks for alerting me to the earlier forum discussion. I see now that this is really much deeper than I had anticipated. We have a full throated ideological struggle going on relative to this topic. Though I learned much from the disc... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Viridian. Your explanation is helpful but leaves me wondering--Why would a speaker designer want to allow each driver in, say, a three way design want to "bleed" into the frequency spectrum of the nearby driver(s) rather than use a steep slope (is... | |
| Burned out Audiophile - Trying to Find some Zen Anyone read the book "Affluenza"? It may be a cure for Audiophile burnout. | |
| Burned out Audiophile - Trying to Find some Zen I'm with Newbee--it's really a matter of looking at this as a hobby. Try this, try that and learn something new. I started out in hifi when Stereophile and TAS were not in bed with the equipment manufacturers (at least not overtly). Then you could... | |
| Harbeth owners/ speakers rock ? Hmm. If a had to pick one speaker to own for the next 10-20 years it would have to be the Harbeth's. I've been trying to find a pair to attractive floorstanding speakers in the 6-8K range for over a year now (something my wife will find more attra... |