Marble 9.0's no longer available from nOrh!!!

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Marbles

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Marble 9.0's no longer available from nOrh!!!
« on: 4 Jan 2004, 05:19 pm »
Marble 9.0's are no longer available from nOrh!!!

MB is quoted here:

"We can still get synthetic marble 9.0s but we can no longer get real marble 9.0s. As I predicted when we started this, the time would come when such speakers would not be able to be built again. Thailand's economy is now coming back. It is one of the fastest growing economies now in Asia. Our original suppliers are finding it hard to find, train and keep craftsman."

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Phat Phreddy

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Marble 9.0's no longer available from nOrh!!!
« Reply #1 on: 13 Jan 2004, 03:54 am »
Sad sad day...

I am stll in love with my 5 x 9.0's for mixed music and HT use...

Could do with a nice pair of subs to work as a stand for the front L and R and my speaker setup would be set for a long time...

Treasures...

Standeman

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subs as speaker stands
« Reply #2 on: 14 Jan 2004, 02:03 am »
I have seen comments similar to this before and, having some experience with the matter, offer this advice:

Although some sub cabinets will place a bookshelf speaker (or drums as made by nOhr) at the correct ear height for good imaging it is highly unlikely that the ideal speaker position and sub position will be the same i.e. a main speaker will normally sound the best a significant distance from the front and side walls (try the intersection of thirds as a starting point) while the subs will generally sound better (louder, smoother etc) when placed closer to the front corners. In summary; use high quality speaker stands and optimum placement for imaging and mid frequency response and load your low frequencies in the corner (in stereo) for deep bass and fine tune crossover points, position and sub volume for flatter overall frequency response.