These are Kevin Voecks' original concept for the Snell Type B. I bought them from him in 1990 as I kept going to his place to reference mixes for a record I was making (Jon Hassell's "City: Works of Fiction"- I played bass and was mastering supervisor). Driven by VTL 500s in my old Los Feliz apartment of lathe-and-plaster walls they were legendary among the local TAS writers (I wrote for TAS for about 20 yrs).
The x-overs are external boxes. David Bock, now known for his microphones, rebuilt the x-overs for me in the early 90s with Cardas wire and MIT Multi-caps, which deepened the systems' resolution considerably.
This was my system in the early days of the Tuesday Night Music Club (with the TNMC I played bass, guitar, co-produced and wrote songs) and these were the speakers that David Baerwald's "Triage" and the "TNMC" album were reffed on. Bill Bottrell loved them at my place, so we got him the first production pair for his studio after REG finished reviewing them for TAS. We needed speakers that would show us what we were doing - both these albums were mixed to the de Paravicini/Studer 1" tube 2-track, which was capable of true low end.
What they do best is bandwidth, insane bandwidth. In the right room 20 Hz is utterly effortless for these guys and 16 Hz is not an issue. Their presentation is more forward (image-wise, not brightness) and, maybe across-the-front is a way to describe it - than some of the best modern efforts.
Space issues now require a lateral move for them. I can't imagine any realistic way to ship them. They're at a friend's place in N. Hollywood, so I'd say, practically speaking, pick up there.
There's nothing else like them. The production version was a compromise, as these things were just impractical. For a massive home theater presentation, for a rock and roll or orchestral power fan, can't be beat without a lot more size and money.
$4500.00
Here's REG:
http://www.regonaudio.com/Snell%20Type%20B%20Loudspeakers.html
