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Speakers The single most critical component
 Anthony Gallo ~~~~ If I  recall wayyy back in early 1970's, a  audiophile friend  took me to a   speaker  build shop here in New Orleans , near Franklin Ave, called Gallo Speaker studio.I think it was all horns. Is this same Gallo you are refe... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Seems like the Speaker shootout at the OK Corral i started wayyy back in 2001?  has not been settled. This topid is now Speaker Shootout Part 2. WE've all come alonggg way since then.It was simply amazing how the single Diatone 6.5 driver blew awa... 
Speakers The single most critical component
@ larryi and @ phusisYes exactly, Trade offs is expected, But the tradeoffs employing the Thors is not worth the fine vocals, bass.have to add gain to get results and this means stress and = music has a certain attack quality. There are nice thing... 
Speakers The single most critical component
You could rename this thread ‘One Giant Advertisement for Voxativ Horns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~can'tInes  the speakers engineer at Voxativ, just emailed me, Says my Defy7 is <<NOT>> a  match for Vox drivers. I told her, well being half ge... 
Speakers The single most critical component
SET amps wayyy too havy and too pricey, Sticking with the Defy 
Speakers The single most critical component
@Pesky wabbit please ck your messages 
Speakers The single most critical component
Elegance in design always beats brute force ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well  yeah, i can agree. I'm sure Richard  would not disagree.Even he is aware his ~~The Baby Gray~~~ Dynaco ST70 EL34  mod is wayyy less than 1/2 the weight of the Defy yet performs q... 
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That comes out to 132lbs sir, @ $249/lb, that will be $32,868 + tax. ~~~~~~~huh?@ who?Not sure, is this a  jest,  concerning the idea << a  heavy SET isa good SET>>>Joke like ~~ Prime Rib Eye by the pound~~~ amplifier x the lb~~~ 
Speakers The single most critical component
I was seriously thinking about adding this BIFrost Seas kit as a  alternative to the Thor, Just now i cked the db sensAre you ready~~~~~~84db sens~~~~~~Seas is going in reverse. They are wayyy behind the new technology.They need to invent kits whi... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Hows about a true Loftin-White with NO CAPS in the signal path to mess things up. Design elegance always trumps boutique components. i‘m available.......And by the way, you haven‘t addressed any of the issues I have raised. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... 
Speakers The single most critical component
PS: im quite confused by the Voxativ hype. The frequency response is average at best. I feel like audiophile community look at the prices and automatically assume Voxativ are the best cause they are extremely highly priced. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Maybe Richard can loan one of his SET amps, and compare to Defy7, If SET wins out I'll buy Ricahrd's SET, and dump the glorious Defy7 with all new Mundorf SESGO + F&T caps. New  navships internal silver wiring. New copper speaker posts. NOT se... 
Speakers The single most critical component
Richard Gray  finally wrote me about pairing the  Voxativ's  Ac1C driver with the Jadis Defy7 mark2, 100 wattts channel, 12 Kt88's, its a beast of a amp. 1st Ricahrd tells me quite often past 8 months, the Thors are <,the wrong speaker for the ... 
Speakers The single most critical component
already @ 2900+ views, going to bust 4k views come sunday, ALOTTT of folks are very curious as to how this discussion shootout is going to end. Will the box/xover traditional style speakers which Troels Gravesen is building going to be left standi... 
Speakers The single most critical component
@ Pesky wabbitOf course I ran some opinions which may not be always true, but in general, with most of my classical cds (LPs might vary nuances to a  greater degree) Richard Gray's modded Dyanco ST70 el34 sounded very VERY close to the Defy7 kt88A...