[Pez]

Hello gents,
I don’t normally post outside of my forum these days, but I thought that this was worth bringing to the larger community. Last year I met one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met in this hobby, Brian Charney. I don’t wanna get into too many details here but suffice to say him and I hit it off and we’ve been working together at shows as well as as on designs. Here’s some stuff I wrote in that regard. https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=191204.0 https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=191540.0

Needless to say, I fallen in love with his speakers.
 
Well a few weeks back Brian and I struck a deal and I’ll be receiving a pair of Concertos tomorrow. 


Note:the boxes for these speakers according to the shipping company are 400lbs! The speakers themselves are a mere 50lbs each!

Here’s the link for the description: http://www.charneyaudio.com/the-concerto.html
Quick specs:
Tractrix horn design
Single 8” driver
105 dB 1W/1M
Bass down to 20Hz

I spent the better part of last week updating my audio room to accommodate horn style speakers. The biggest change is the front of the room. I covered the first 4 ft with Pergo style hardwood flooring. This should allow for the best bass response out of the Concertos.



I am expecting delivery on them tomorrow so more to come! 

[rockadanny]

Wow! Looks like a beast of a speaker. Please break them in and report back how they sound. Congrats! 

[mick wolfe]

 

[FullRangeMan]

Congratulations 105dB are a great efficiency to use a sweet small tube amp 

However for less cost I would have pickup the Frugal Horn new version for larger drivers which I cant remember the name, made by Scottmoose to  Dave Planet10.

[dpatters]

Looking forward to the pics and your initial impressions. The Charney speakers are beautiful.

Don P

[Pez]

Concertos are in the house!!! Err… garage…

400lbs box apparently according to the delivery company.








Size comparison with my hand.

These cabinets are just short of 7’ tall. It was a pain in the ass to get the lid off the box but I managed. I’ll need a second set of hands to move these into the house. For now, they’ll live in the garage. It’s rainy today so probably for the best that I don’t try bringing them in.

Congratulations 105dB are a great efficiency to use a sweet small tube amp 

However for less cost I would have pickup the Frugal Horn new version for larger drivers which I cant remember the name, made by Scottmoose to  Dave Planet10.

105 is great for literally anything. 45s even! I’ll be playing with different amps soon.

As far as other companies go, I’ll be blunt- Charney Audio is the best Speaker company on planet earth right now. I’m not going single driver full range because I like this style speaker (in fact prior to Charney I found the format unlistenable.), I’m doing it because Charney speakers have taken an impossible task and made it real. No other company is even close. These speakers produce incredible bass, and next tier realism. Tractrix horn is the future of this industry imo. Anything with parallel walls can’t touch what these speakers are capable of.

Can’t wait to get these setup.

[nlitworld]

Oh come on, Jason. Put your back into it!  Looks like you're going to have one hell of a weekend. Excited for you to see how things come together.

[JLM]

Which driver did you get?

What power amp will you be running?

[Pez]

So I hit a few snags. First one was getting the speakers downstairs into the audio room. Second one was the faceplate adaptors weren’t quite correct so Brian is giving it a second go. I’ll be waiting to build the system until I receive them. Third, the amps that I purchased were damaged in transit.  Just cosmetic and I verified that they both work. Here’s some photos of the cabinets.

Which driver did you get?

What power amp will you be running?

For the drivers Brian gave me some Lii-Song Chinese drivers to get me up and running. I am searching high and low to find some Voxativ AC-2.6 drivers. That’s my end goal. Though I know the AER BD-3 drivers are the best. The price on them is out of reach for me.

Driver:



The amps I purchased are the ANK Monoblock Interstage 300B amps. Here are some photos.





I also have some gear that Tyson was kind enough to let me borrow. His Japanese 300B/2A3 amp that uses Lundahl transformers. And his mgalusha designed preamp that uses some sort of laser controlled volume control… I don’t quite understand what it does or how it works. 





I also have my SimpleSE Tubelabs amps that I put together over a decade ago now.





So I have plenty of options for amplifiers! I will cannibalize my headphone rig for the rest of the front end. My Holo May DAC, Auralic Aires G2.1 and my PS Audio P10 power regenerator will all come along for the ride. 

[dburna]

You're going to have fun finishing this off. Congrats.

[Nick B]

So I hit a few snags. First one was getting the speakers downstairs into the audio room. Second one was the faceplate adaptors weren’t quite correct so Brian is giving it a second go. I’ll be waiting to build the system until I receive them. Third, the amps that I purchased were damaged in transit.  Just cosmetic and I verified that they both work. Here’s some photos of the cabinets.





For the drivers Brian gave me some Lii-Song Chinese drivers to get me up and running. I am searching high and low to find some Voxativ AC-2.6 drivers. That’s my end goal. Though I know the AER BD-3 drivers are the best. The price on them is out of reach for me.

Driver:



The amps I purchased are the ANK Monoblock Interstage 300B amps. Here are some photos.





I also have some gear that Tyson was kind enough to let me borrow. His Japanese 300B/2A3 amp that uses Lundahl transformers. And his mgalusha designed preamp that uses some sort of laser controlled volume control… I don’t quite understand what it does or how it works. 





I also have my SimpleSE Tubelabs amps that I put together over a decade ago now.
 




So I have plenty of options for amplifiers! I will cannibalize my headphone rig for the rest of the front end. My Holo May DAC, Auralic Aires G2.1 and my PS Audio P10 power regenerator will all come along for the ride. 

Congrats, Jason. Beautiful speakers and a wonderful system. It will all come together soon
Nick 

[mresseguie]

Wow, Jason! Beautiful.

I think it was two years ago that I joked about buying a house in your neighborhood. We're tentatively planning on selling our Oregon home next Spring, so I'll start looking in your area soon. Just kidding.  We're really going to sell, but we will move back to Taiwan in order to help care for/be closer to my wife's aging/ailing parents. I'll have to unload my excess audio gear to facilitate the move. 

Enjoy!

[FullRangeMan]

Really a huge Speaker 

[Pez]

Wow, Jason! Beautiful.

I think it was two years ago that I joked about buying a house in your neighborhood. We're tentatively planning on selling our Oregon home next Spring, so I'll start looking in your area soon. Just kidding.  We're really going to sell, but we will move back to Taiwan in order to help care for/be closer to my wife's aging/ailing parents. I'll have to unload my excess audio gear to facilitate the move. 

Enjoy!

Sounds like quite an adventure you’re about to undertake. Good on you! Come on by any time if you’re in town. 

Really a huge Speaker 

Absolutely massive! They look like a mad scientist created them.  Actually, that’s exactly what they are.