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New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening"
Sure sounded great on the video :-) 
New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening"
Good job pc997!  (I feel like I just spoke a line from a Star Wars movie...)How do you find your speakers compare to some of the comparable commercially built models? 
New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening"
erik,Since you are here....A very common reaction to the JA sound, one that I have as well, is finding it to be particularly clear and grain-free.  A really "black background" as it were with a particular purity to the sound.Can you notice anythin... 
New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening"
kalali,Good post!I agree about how speaker drivers behave in the hands of different speaker designers.The first time I ever liked a speaker with metal drivers was encountering Paul Hales "Transcendence" speaker designs.  Paul was (is?) a wizard wi... 
New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening"
dweller,Indeed.This "can't stop listening" evaluation is obviously subjective.I have a problem when people move from their own subjective reaction to a speaker/system to declarations of some objective form "this speaker plays music, others don't!"... 
New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening"
Agreed about the JA speakers.My test for if a speaker might be for me or not is the "can I get up and leave or not?" when listening.  Some speakers just pin me to the chair making me want to listen to track after track, and the JA speakers do that... 
Does Plugging Bass Port Affect Pace, Rhythm and Timing?
Thanks erik,It's been a very long time since I have been the details of speaker design.  I burned out on the technical side of this hobby years ago and don't follow it near as much (that's one reason it's taking me forever to get around to setting... 
Does Plugging Bass Port Affect Pace, Rhythm and Timing?
Plugging the port of a speaker tends to reduce efficiency, does it not?  
Just received the Double Impacts (upgraded version)
Great to hear you are so happy with your new speakers.Sounds wonderful from your description.  
Any Way To Damp Ringing Stands Without Adding Weight???
I had to dampen my thin and ringing old Lovan Classic stand (which was to hold up a big new turntable).I didn't care to pour crap of any sort into the poles.  So  I lined both the insides of the metal shelf bracing, and the vertical poles, with th... 
Thiel Owners
Had a fascinating experience with the Thiel 2.7s last night.As I’ve mentioned before, they image with a specificity like few other speakers in my experience.Last night I was listening to the album in which the California Guitar Trio combined force... 
Thinking of Kef Blade 2 to replace Revel Salon 2
If only I had room for JA Pearls.... 
Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?
Wait, are you sure you guys don't all know people who have sold their $20,000 speakers for the $3,000 Tektons?  Are you guys just missing the boat?  There is a paradigm shift going on here!;-) 
Thiel Owners
LOL.  Turned out somehow (I don't know how) the thread sorting had switched from "oldest first" to "newest first" which is why all the new posts weren't appearing to me at the end.  Whew!  Never mind.... 
Thiel Owners
Uh oh.Anyone else experiencing weirdness with this thread?  At least on my browser the posts now cut off at page 55 where the last posting date is early 2016. I hope it's only a glitch on my end and that we haven't lost all the subsequent posts!