Shock-Late Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Just found a review in a german high-end magazine. It's a four way, active, all hornloaded speaker, based on oversized klipschorn-style cornerhorns with 18inches woofers, 12inch mid-bass loaded by round 30+inches horns, midranges and tweeters. Total power/channel: 450Watts RMS; tweeter and mid amps are in pure class A. Connections and amps are all balanced. Said to sound incredible. Price? just guess but if I win the lottery, i know i'll buy these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I want this Cogent speaker tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Shock-Late, That is one nutty looking speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai2000 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Apart from this rather mediocre review (IMHO) why should this speaker sound better than Khorns? Sorry, but I am not fond of these 'magazines'. Wolfram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Because they are 80,000 DM ($54,000) a pair? EDIT: I guess that price includes the amps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai2000 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Doesn't convince me , but okay, people might fall for that. Wolfram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock-Late Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 dubai, "mediocre review"? have you read it? I think it must sound better than a klipschorn because it has klipsch's strenghts (the bass horn) and probably has better mid and high drivers. It's a four way design, allowing the bass horn to take care only of frequencies under 150Hz, hence the bigger (18inches) woofer. It probably goes deeper than the klipschorn. Add then the fact that the 12inches midbass driver is handled by a non-folded horn, and the fact that each driver has its own amplifier. Multi amplification. The royal way. That's a lot. I personnaly think it's ridiculous to say that everything "non klipsch" is crap. Klipschorns are fantastic speakers, we all agree with that. But if you're loaded and wanna spend the money, you can have better horn speakers. IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 its looks a little like the avant garde trio...I wonder if that tweeter has wierd dispersion problems tucked in behind the biggest horn? I tend to think this speaker might not have the engineering and testing behind it that would ensure best of breed sound...for that kind of money, I want a company with an R&D department and a LOT of test equipment to have worked on the speaker...regards, tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Kind of reminds me like something you might have seen in the movie "Mask" when his face got all contorted/animated/over dramatized. No WAF at my house, I'm sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai2000 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 If it's the one in 'stereoplay' -yes. What they basically say is that it is as dynamic as a live event and that it is also able show differences between the quality of various recordings and equipment. Yes, this is quite something, but doesn't your La Scala do a lot of the same thing (bearing in mind bass limits)? I have never said that everything non-Klipsch is crap! Of course there are other great speakers (I still have fond memories of Quad ESL63s or some small Harbeth mini monitor), but I am sure one wouldn't have to spend EUR 40.000 to achive excellent sonic results. Wolfram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock-Late Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 here's the link: http://www.martion.de/flash/MARTION_02.swf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v3spitfire Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Dr. Seuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 ---------------- On 1/13/2005 9:45:45 PM v3spitfire wrote: Dr. Seuss ---------------- LMAO!!!!That's the best one yet!!!! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I love the idea of a midbass with the Khorn. Imagine running a midbass from 100 - 400 hz coupled through the Khorn crossovers with the Khorn mids and tweets and then using the Khorn bass bins from 100hz and down. You could run a separate amp on the bass bins and a really nice pair of monobloc SET amps on the rest. Hmmmmmmmmm. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 How about a LaScala on top of a Khorn bass bin Greg? Sounds exactly like what you are describing. Maybe upside down? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Or just the La Scala bass bin. I'm working on something like this for my setup. But the La Scala won't fit very nicely on top of the Khorn and the WAF is very low. I have managed to talk her into letting me try something up top there though, so I'm making progress! Another Khorn bass bin might work well. Lots more wonderful wood to look at too! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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