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i'm not tweaked; i yust thought marble's post was odd, as i thought my post was on-topic; & then whilst posting such, i read your post agreeing w/marbles. ah, the wonders of web correspondence! regards,doug s.Quote from: tvad4 on 8 Jun 2007, 08:17 pmNo reason to get tweaked, doug s. I appreciate your input.
No reason to get tweaked, doug s. I appreciate your input.
Did you mean me instead of Marbles?George
oops. yes. now i really feel stupid! doug s.,i guess the upper 90's temps here have gotten to me today...Quote from: zybar on 8 Jun 2007, 08:37 pmDid you mean me instead of Marbles?George
Now two bad top firing woofers in the Castles. I can get replacement woofers, but the long term reliability of the drivers, and the scarcity of replacements is an issue.Too bad, because the Castles are very nice sounding speakers and a great match with the CS-600.Looking at a short list of Devore Super Gibbon 8 (perhaps with a sub), Devore Gibbon 9, or Silverline Sonata III. All three have 90dB+ sensitivity and 8 ohm nominal impedance with relatively flat impedance curves. Good matches for the Leben...at least on paper.
Does the image extend well beyond the boundaries of the Coincidents? One comment I have read about Coincidents is that the image size is fairly contained within a smallish sweetspot. I had this with my Von Schweikerts, and I'm really interested in a different room filling presentation. The Castle Howards provide this in spades.Is this your experience with the Coincidents?
Over the years I have owned several Coincident models, up through the Super Eclipse, so I am very familiar with the Coincident sound. I currently own DeVore Gibbons monitors, and if its sound holds through the larger floorstanders, I would say the Coincidents provide a performance that would tend to appeal to the more cerebral listener, while the Devores offer a more emotional listen that will appeal to the heart of a music lover.This is not to knock the Coincidents. They are excellent, excellent speakers and truly are useful to lovers of low power tubes, and those who seek detail and nueance. Simply a matter of different strokes for different folks. Taste and priorities will be determinative, and while my tastes fall into the DeVore camp, many folks will prefer the Coincidents.PS: I second George's (Zybar) opinion about the musical prowress of the Sonatas. I always enjoyed listening to them and they never failed to captivate and pull me into the performance.
Quote from: doug s. on 11 Jun 2007, 07:53 pmQuote from: toobluvr on 11 Jun 2007, 07:27 pmOver the years I have owned several Coincident models, up through the Super Eclipse, so I am very familiar with the Coincident sound. I currently own DeVore Gibbons monitors, and if its sound holds through the larger floorstanders, I would say the Coincidents provide a performance that would tend to appeal to the more cerebral listener, while the Devores offer a more emotional listen that will appeal to the heart of a music lover.This is not to knock the Coincidents. They are excellent, excellent speakers and truly are useful to lovers of low power tubes, and those who seek detail and nueance. Simply a matter of different strokes for different folks. Taste and priorities will be determinative, and while my tastes fall into the DeVore camp, many folks will prefer the Coincidents.PS: I second George's (Zybar) opinion about the musical prowress of the Sonatas. I always enjoyed listening to them and they never failed to captivate and pull me into the performance.i can understand this comment re: the coincidents. if you do not use them with true subwoofers, capable of flat response to 20hz... doug s.It's unlikely I will be using any speakers with a subwoofer.
Quote from: toobluvr on 11 Jun 2007, 07:27 pmOver the years I have owned several Coincident models, up through the Super Eclipse, so I am very familiar with the Coincident sound. I currently own DeVore Gibbons monitors, and if its sound holds through the larger floorstanders, I would say the Coincidents provide a performance that would tend to appeal to the more cerebral listener, while the Devores offer a more emotional listen that will appeal to the heart of a music lover.This is not to knock the Coincidents. They are excellent, excellent speakers and truly are useful to lovers of low power tubes, and those who seek detail and nueance. Simply a matter of different strokes for different folks. Taste and priorities will be determinative, and while my tastes fall into the DeVore camp, many folks will prefer the Coincidents.PS: I second George's (Zybar) opinion about the musical prowress of the Sonatas. I always enjoyed listening to them and they never failed to captivate and pull me into the performance.i can understand this comment re: the coincidents. if you do not use them with true subwoofers, capable of flat response to 20hz... doug s.
Quote from: eric the red on 11 Jun 2007, 08:35 pmAfter reading through this thread, I'm guessing tvad is not interested in using a subwooferI'd prefer not to use a sub, but I'm not totally against a single sub, connected line level and without an external crossover.K.I.S.S. principle at work.
After reading through this thread, I'm guessing tvad is not interested in using a subwoofer
Super 8's just went up http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1187021783
