phusis
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| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? German Physiks, omni-directional speakers. Can't remember the model, but they retailed for about $20k at the time. An absolute snore of a sound, everywhere and nowhere. The lower bass was acceptable, but that was it. Estelon speakers. Tall, floor ... | |
| older speaker designs I wouldn’t worry about the design being of older origin; by and large the speaker-wheel hasn’t been reinvented for ~100 years, contrary to marketing BS and an industry that would have us believe otherwise to keep their wheels turning. It’s the spe... | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? Change the premise of the comparison; I’d wager the D’Agostino amps would be used typically in conjunction with larger, über-expensive, multi-way, lower efficiently and passively driven speakers with rather complex and power-draining cross-overs, ... | |
| Let go of the music @bjesien --.. Can anyone expand this position on cabinet design that in essence forms the image, or wall of sound? Interesting observation. This review excerpt from 2012 by Wojciech Pacula over at 6moons of the Harbeth M30.1 addresses the matter:... | |
| Finally found THE SPEAKER!!! @drewde --Great thread and -initiation. I must say that I cherish your insights and where you come from, not least also in regards to your extensive background in the movie sound mix industry, and how I believe this to relate to my own approach an... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ No free lunches indeed. There are those who'd like to sell the idea that big means much more expensive, but to them boutique, often vintage drivers with field coil or alnico magnets in addition to luxury, hand-build finishes is the only validating... | |
| High end Class D amps? My active set-up (via separate, outward components) until a few days ago comprised three different amp topologies: Class A for the MF/HF horn section (Belles SA-30), Class A/B for the bass/mids section (Crown Macro-Tech 1200) and Class D/PWM-based... | |
| Bruce Edgar Sorry to learn of this. Godspeed, Mr. Edgar. | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @mijostyn --Just looked over at your profile, and you have an impressive set-up from what I can assess (haven’t heard it, obviously, but I’m sure it’s sonically extremely capable). You wrote "Sound Labs" being your main ESL’s, but the profile read... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @atmasphere -- The T-1 has a 250Hz horn, using a 4" compression driver that is field coil powered. The diaphragm is made of beryllium and employs a Kapton surround, which is how it goes so low without breakups. I don’t know the spec on the T-1 but... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @mijostyn --.. my set up is fully active but you could never use SET amps in my system. I really require big amps. I was talking in the context of very efficient speakers. SET amps are very romantic and if that is what you like then by all means b... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @jon_5912 --Ad 1: Indeed, agreed. Seeing the somewhat easier load presented to an amp when coupled directly to a driver without the interference of a passive cross-over, the "impedance matching" of amps to drivers that is often heralded as an adva... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @atmasphere --I have. The Classic Audio Loudspeakers are **easily** in the same league. If I had to compare, the CAL is a bit smoother, owing to a better interface between the throat and horn, resulting in far less artifact. The field coil compres... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @atmasphere -- They are TAD 1602s. Pricey, and a bit different from the EV. I forgot to mention they have Alnico magnets.FWIW the midrange driver employs a field coil and a beryllium diaphragm with a Kapton surround. They are Classic Audio Louds... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @clearthinker -- If I understand you correctly, you make a new point after 119 posts to this thread:A large majority of audiophile speaker designs are low efficiency because a large majority of audiophiles don’t like some of the sound characterist... |