SOLD: Clearwave Duet Six all Accuton drivers-- you won't believe the price!

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Jed

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Read our new review! http://www.stereomojo.com/Clearwave%20Duet%206%20SpeakerReview/ClearwaveAudioDuet6SpeakerReview.htm







Sounding and looking very nice... available now for $2395 plus shipping.  Save on this pair.


15 day return policy.  Try these risk free and be amazed!  Contact us for details.

This is an all new official product from Clearwave. This speaker is the next generation after the very highly regarded Symphonia 7R, which was rated "Best of 2013" by Parttimeaudiophile.  http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2013/12/31/the-best-of-2013/ We feel this speaker is even better and it's not nearly as large! Bass and imaging is outstanding, and we use only top shelf parts. Lets start with the drivers. We are using the amazing sounding 6" Accuton woofer that has the latest generation motor. You can really hear it dig down deep... down into subwoofer territory. The transition to the 1" Accuton inverted dome tweeter is seamless, and here we are using only the best parts in the signal path. The crossovers are hand wired using Supra's top tier wiring... the PLY wiring is used throughout.

Here's the list of features:

Accuton 6" woofer
Accuton 1" tweeter
Low parts count crossover using the following parts:
ERSE air core inductors
Clarity Cap MR in tweeter signal path
Clarity Cap ESA everywhere else
Mundorf Supreme resistor in signal path(tweeter)
Mundorf 10 watt resistors everywhere else
Cardas soldering all point to point from binding posts to drivers
Supra wiring
Cardas copper binding posts with gold plating
Custom engraved binding post plate and port ring

Double thick 2" baffles
1" material everywhere else with vertical bracing
Flared port for low noise
Proprietary damping material to turn vibration into heat

Size: 8.25"W X 13.5"H X 12.25" D
Frequency Response: 42hz-25khz (43hz box tuning frequency)
Impedance: 8ohm (flat impedance response)
Minimum Power Requirements: 25watt (tube) 50watt (ss).  We would give a number here, but so many in the industry inflate their numbers by about 6db, so it would not be comparing apples to apples.

All of the above is $2995 with a 15 day audition period money back (less shipping costs).

Try them out and be amazed!

Pictured here is the Standard Koa or Rosewood veneer with lacquer finish! Most companies would upcharge for all of these features.

Thank you for the interest.

Clearwave Loudspeaker Design
Jed K.

Below Pair is SOLD









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rocker9999

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W O W !
Congratulations on achieving such excellence!
Well done.

Jed

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Thank you for the kind words.  :thumb:

OmahawkSCM

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Those are some seriously beautiful speakers. If I were searching some some monitors in the 3-5k range, these would definitely be on my short list!! So now the important question, how do they sound?

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Jed

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Hi all,

Thanks for the kind words.  I've updated the first post with some of the specifications.  I still have to weigh them but they are beefy because of the double thick baffle and bracing.  I wanted a more compact speaker than the 7R that they are replacing, but not give up on the bass, imaging, and deep soundstage that Accuton is know for.  They far exceeded my expectations and have an added sense of coherency versus the 7R-- which was raved about by Scot Hull in his 2013 review.  That being said, we have to trust our own ears ultimately, so I'm offering a money back policy so there is little risk.

Jed

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Are you working on upgrading the floor standing speakers too?  I've heard that at someone house in WH, CT and was pretty impressed overall. I ended up going with Vandersteen Treo's as they were just more coherent for me, but I heard major promise in yours.  We all hear things differently and I hope you don't take my words as negative in any way.  For the price they sounded better than most others 20k plus speakers.

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Are you working on upgrading the floor standing speakers too?  I've heard that at someone house in WH, CT and was pretty impressed overall. I ended up going with Vandersteen Treo's as they were just more coherent for me, but I heard major promise in yours.  We all hear things differently and I hope you don't take my words as negative in any way.  For the price they sounded better than most others 20k plus speakers.

Hi CT,

Thank you for the kind words. 

We are indeed working on a replacement for the Symphonia 72R tower as well.  It's going to have matrix bracing, 2" thick sculpted baffles (like the Duet 6 monitor in this thread), Accuton midrange, and Accuton Cell tweeter for the best coherency possible.  Woofers will be the best that Scan Speak has to offer.  Basically I'm building my dream tower speaker in a relatively compact package.  Pricing will also come in lower than the original 72R tower (I'm guessing that's what you heard), because we're going factory direct only right now.  So less than $7k is the target-- including exotic veneer.

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I've got to ask, why not opt for a smoother and more delicate sounding tweeter like the Illuminator AirCirc instead of the Accuton? That tweeter was popular with a lot of designers in very high-end models several years back, but nearly all have moved on to either diamond domes, ring radiators, or Be domes. You don't see much of the Accuton tweeter anymore, and I think the reason is that it's been outclassed.

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I've got to ask, why not opt for a smoother and more delicate sounding tweeter like the Illuminator AirCirc instead of the Accuton? That tweeter was popular with a lot of designers in very high-end models several years back, but nearly all have moved on to either diamond domes, ring radiators, or Be domes. You don't see much of the Accuton tweeter anymore, and I think the reason is that it's been outclassed.

I like the coherency, micro detail, and timbre match of the Accuton tweeter mated to the Accuton woofer.  It's a match in heaven, and when I go about designing a speaker, I think of the sum of the parts rather than blending an assortment of parts that are good just on paper. Accuton is great on paper and the ears when properly implemented.  I'm glad I went with the Accuton tweeter.  I compared it to the top Danish domes, and had zero desire to change that element of the design in this application.  I do like the Air Circs with SB Acoustics and other paper midwoofers, which is why I use them in my Aperture design.

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Here's some new pictures of the East Indian Rosewood Duet 6 speakers.  This Pair is SOLD





















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Re: FS: Clearwave Duet Six all Accuton drivers--
« Reply #11 on: 14 May 2015, 11:03 pm »
We built more in Rosewood.  The pair below is AVAILABLE!  Now SOLD.  15 Days to return if they don't work out in your system.  See the list of features on my website: www.clearwavespeakers.com.  If you see a pair you like in this thread, contact us for pricing.













Customer Review:
As we progress in our search for ‘better sound forever’ one can actually come across something that fits the bill (in at least one category). Digital will always progress and improve but amps, cables and speakers can only go through iterations on proven themes.

So, the speaker in question here is the Clearwave Duet 6 monitor. What differentiates this from others is the truly big speaker sound that comes out of a monitor. Robustly built with a 2” front baffle and 1” on all other sides with vertical cross bracing and some proprietary sound deadening inside these ‘monitors’ tip the scales at over 30 lbs. apiece. At 13” tall by 12.5” deep and 8” wide, they are deceptively heavy and inert. The finish I chose is Indian Rosewood which is darkly beautiful, to my eyes.

The drivers are Accuton sourced with a 6” mid woofer and and 1” dome tweeter, both with fixed, perforated metal grills that have no effect on the sound. Out back is a carefully crafted rear port with a really nice looking mounting plate for the Cardas binding posts. As I’ve said, fit ‘n finish is beautiful. It’s rated at 85db and I’m told it behaves more like 88db. I have no problem getting into lease breaking sound with my Marantz PM15S2b integrated (90W/channel).

Neither cool nor warm sounding, the music is extremely clear and clean sounding. My in room measurements with my Rat Shack sound meter gets me +/- 2db from 1KHz all the way down to 40Hz, down 6db @31.5Hz and down another 4db @25Hz. Granted, my room is not that big but this is without any room treatment. This is from the listening position and at about 67db listening levels. As I’ve gotten used to the sound, I’ve increased it to the low 70s so everything is taking on a more lively nature and it’s incredibly engaging.

Being so clean and accurate sounding, tone, texture, timbre and air are rendered in a big and beautiful manner. Dynamics are first rate because as the lower mids and bass kick in, the flatness of the response serves up lots of pressurization in those regions that I’m not used to and it fills the room like an in house event. Again, I’m getting big speaker sound from this monitor. It easily rivals and betters in many ways an old pair of Legacy Classics that I used to have. The main reason seems to be that this monitor is perfect for my space and I wouldn’t hesitate to use it in an even bigger space. There’s no need whatsoever for a sub as it already skirts into the upper regions of that lowest octave. My room fills in the rest (with slightly more volume I’m getting 54db @ 20Hz just 1 meter from the speaker).

Vocals, solo instruments, and intimate pieces shine with great lateral spread and center fill. Jazz ensembles are fondled by this speaker. Rock can be bombastic. World Music (for lack of a better word) is finely delineated. There’s no congestion, smear or fogginess. Because of this I’m getting the best stage depth I’ve heard. Nothing wavers or wanders. This kind of coherence can only come from a great crossover as I can’t, for the life of me, hear one. This speaker speaks with one voice. Soulful and rich (not fat or euphonic) are terms I hesitate to use since they can be many things to many people but when rendered correctly, are apt to use, as they imply a sense of realism (to my ears).

When used in my HT setup, soundtracks better my local Cineplex. There’s a scene in “Jack Reacher” where Jack has to prove his mettle to a gun range owner and when he fires off some rounds into a metal plate it takes you to that shooting range. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to one but one never forgets the concussiveness of a 30-06 and the sound it makes when it strikes a 1” thick metal plate. I’ve heard it before on different systems but it never braced me like it does now.

So what we have here is a supremely musical reproducer that covers most of the audible range and does so is such a convincing manner. Heard that one before? So have I. Now I can say it with the conviction of having lived with it for a few weeks. I don’t know what it is with ceramic drivers as I’ve heard some a long time ago and wasn’t really impressed. They appear to have made some might big strides since and now I’m a big fan.

If their size seems right to you and your limit is around $3K, these should be on your short list.

All the best,
Tim P.


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Read our professional rave review here.  We have these in stock and ready to ship:
http://stereomojo.com/Clearwave%20Duet%206%20SpeakerReview/ClearwaveAudioDuet6SpeakerReview.htm

We have a pair in black ash at a reduced price of (edit: see below).  Contact us for details.
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Sounding and looking very nice... available now for SOLD
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