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Now you need to get some IsoAcoustic stands for those B5's.
+1, they make a big difference. I finally got my ANdrew Jones speakers... not ELAC, Pioneer S-1EX.
How would you describe the difference with the IsoAcoustics stands under the speakers?
I heard Danny at GR Research is designing a new x-over for them that will likely even improve their performance.
Doubtful at best. In fact, I'd stick with the AJ designed crossover.
Well the AJ BS22 were sort of considered a cheap miracle. However cheap miracles are rarely miraculous. The only miracle is that people are allured by pretense and hysteria. OTOH modifications by Dennis Murphy (which were not profitable for him) doubled the price of the AJ BS22... and these modifications were widely, if not universally regarded as more than well worth it.
You obviously haven't heard the ELAC line. Further, anybody can do what Andrew has done. Oh, that's right, no they can't! If they could they would have done it. Any kit that is a 3 way is even more than those speakers and they walk all over them. Sorry but changing parts isn't "designing" nor is saying that it's all wrong.
Since we were not at RMAF so I can't really comment on what they played there at all.On the other hand, I did listen to the B5 at CAS and they are the real thing.FYI, we are one of their competitors but I have to tip my hat to Andrew.
Ok, can't take it anymore. If those exact same speakers were in the Cambridge room, people would have had good things to say, but the Andrew Jones aura is IMO just as responsible for the interweb gushing as the performance to price is. They're nothing more than a $600 pair of speakers that sound like a $1000 pair. At RMAF I thought the Cambridge towers at $1200 were better sounding overall and built to a much higher standard. Wharfedale makes some towers at near the same price that would better the Elac's in most ways, Focal and Dynaudio make make some monitors that will beat the Elac monitors. That's just off the top of my head, there are all sorts of other brands I'd look at as well like Chane and Swans. Bottom line is these Elac's are not any sort of revelation. It's just that the audiophiles have been so focused on the higher end for so long, they have no realization that all these other values lines even exist. The Chane's especially, previously called Arx, are great speakers for the price. If you're feeling yourself getting caught up in the Elac hoopla, you should check those out first.
The butthurt is strong with this one.
Really, giving props to a laundry-list of other great speakers at the price-point is butthurt? I really don't care who wins in the "Made in a Cambodian sweatshop" category. But some of those other brands deserve just as much attention, even if they don't have the name attached.
Lets get a handle on what is important. I only buy products made in my own country now. Virtue, Vapor, Omega, Tortuga, Magnepan and DAC. Read between the lines the sellout to china does not interest me. Think about it. This is all I am going to say about equipment manufactures who send the money over seas.These discussions would not be important if we supported, Ryan, Louis, Seth etc.
