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...3. Seas Excel woofers (and mids) are superb. If you have not liked them, you should hear a system with them properly implemented like Salk, Joseph Audio, Tyler, Alon/Nola. ...
You'd think $126k, even in 2005 dollars, could, should & would produce way higher performance than about $15k in mid-1980 dollars.
I'm lucky enough to have the chance to hear Jim Salk's Veracity QW (quarter wavelength small floorstanding version of the HT1 standmount) Saturday 5/14/05. I'm really looking forward to it, based on internet reports.As far as I know, Eric's favorite speaker of those he owned, is still the huge Apogee ribbons. Last I read, he was still regretting ever selling them. Sorry if I missed any updates to that information.It will interesting to see how he likes the Nola metal cone technology compared to h ...
As a side benefit once you're done finding the best position for them in your room you're going to be nearly as strong as JC:lol:
Yes the big Apogee ribbons are tough to beat, though they require separate subwoofers and can be tough to drive. Also with sensitivities in the low 80's there can be some dynamic limitations. I had the Divas which was the top of the line "real world" speaker. The earlier Scintilla and Full Range models are potentially even better but nearly impossible to drive and overall more finicky. The Grand was the best but very few were made and they were extremely costly, about $85k MSRP I believe.If I actual ...
Quote from: warnerwhAs a side benefit once you're done finding the best position for them in your room you're going to be nearly as strong as JC:lol:I work out with weights 5-6 days per week and rarely get much soreness afterwards. Didn't go yesterday or today and I'm sore as hell all over!Speaker uncrating is great whole body exercise
Yes the big Apogee ribbons are tough to beat, though they require separate subwoofers and can be tough to drive. Also with sensitivities in the low 80's there can be some dynamic limitations. I had the Divas which was the top of the line "real world" speaker. The earlier Scintilla and Full Range models are potentially even better but nearly impossible to drive and overall more finicky. The Grand was the best but very few were made and they were extremely costly, about $85k MSRP I believe...
A guy I knew back in the day owned a pair of the Apogee Full Range Ribbons. To power them he bought two Mark Levinson No. 23 amps shortly after the amps became available. He strapped the amps as monoblocs. In stereo the amps were 200WRMS/ch @ 8 Ohms, & continued to double with each halving of impedance down to 1 Ohm. I think Stereophile said they'd power a dead short. Those amps were big for their day. I seem to remember him saying those amps were the best available at that time for driving his speakers. I still think those amps could sing.