edwinr Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 Honestly Jess. Just leave me alone! I'm a married man and you're just throwing yourself at me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 Back to business - the Definitive is a 3-way ribbon/planar system that has efficiency levels that rival some horn designs so these speakers can be driven by as little as 20w tube amps. It's a limited production speaker, made only to order for those with enough money or a friendly bank manager... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 Something from Britain. PMC make some great gear and their BB5/XBD stacked array can punch out over 132 db! Talk about ear bleeding levels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 Oh no! She's back! What's that Jess? Oh, okay. So you want to behave and listen to some of these nice speakers I've posted. I can see from your pose that you're relaxed and waiting patiently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench722 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I know some of you have seen this. But it's pretty cool. DONNA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 The UPTODATE Royal Device Audio and AUDIO-VIDEO room All I can say is... Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Here ya go... http://www.innersound.net/kaya.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfandbark Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I wanna hang with Edwinr.... He has the chicks AND the speaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Here ya go... http://www.innersound.net/kaya.html Innersound have an excellent website. Here's a pic of their top of the line speaker, the Kaya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Runnin' total, and a list of "appearances" from the good, bad, ugly and "aesthetically pleasing".... Those pesky little forum glitches are not included at the moment (but could be...)..................... etc. Yeah, it's scary isn't it? There is so much choice out there it's a wonder so many manufacturers survive. We're spoilt for choice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Running List Update for 30 October 2006; I've also numbered them. At the end of today, I'll go back to the thread and extract the next batch for tomorrow. Excuse typo's, incorrect identification, etc. If I've made a mistake, left something out, etc., correct me (include the number); it's on an excel database, easy to correct and re-sort. Maybe at the end of this thread (if there will ever be an end...), everyone can "vote" for 10 by the numbers and see what the "community" thinks as a whole? Maybe vote for several categories (besides, how can you not "luv" the electronluv for some category?!!!) 1 Acoustic Energy AE1 MkIII's 2 Advantegarde Trios 3 AE1 4 Allison Ones 5 Altec 19 6 Altec AlNiCo 604 7 Altec Voice of the Theatre 8 ATC SCM 50 9 Avalon Eidolon Diamond 10 Avantegarde Trio 11 Avantgarde Duo 12 B&W 801 13 B&W 802D 14 B&W N800 15 B&W Nautilus 16 Bard by Loth_x 17 BB5/XBD stacked array 18 BBC LS3/5a 19 Bonneville 650s 20 Bose 901 21 Bosendorfer AC7E 22 Bozak Concert Grand 23 Dahlquist DQ_10s 24 DL_15/Bs 25 Duntechs 26 Dynaco A25 27 Dynacos 28 Dynaudio C4 29 Dynaudio Conyour S 5.4's 30 Dynaudio Evidence Master 31 Dynaudio Master 32 Dynaudio Temptation 33 Dynaudio's Evidence Temptation 34 Edgarhorn Titan 35 electronluv 36 Eliptica 37 ESS AMT 38 Final Sound_1000_i 39 Gallo Reference 3's 40 Genesis Technologies II.5 41 Grand Monument Reference 42 Grand SLAMM X1's 43 Gryphon Technologies Poseidon 44 Harbeth Monitor 40 45 innersound2 46 JBL 4311 47 JBL 4312 48 JBL 4313 49 JBL 4350 50 JBL 4430/ 4435 51 JBL Everest 52 JBL K2 53 JBL L100 54 JBL L166 55 JBL L200 56 JBL L_7 57 JBL4535 58 JM Lab Focal Grande Utopia 59 KEF 105 60 KEF B139 woofers 61 Kharma Grande Ceramique 62 Kharma Reference 1A 63 KL_650 64 Klipsch Cornwall 65 Klipsch Cornwall 66 Klipsch Heresy 67 Klipsch LaScala 68 Klipsch RB5 69 Klipsch RF_7 70 Klipschorn 71 Klipschorn 60th Anniversary 72 Large Advent Loudspeaker 73 Legacy Whisper 74 Living Voice Airscout 75 Loth_X Audio Amaze 76 Loth_z Amaze 77 M&K S150 satellite 78 Magnaplanar 20.1 79 Magnepan MG20.1 80 Magnepan MGLR1 81 Martin Logan Summit 82 Martin Logan Summits 83 Martin Logan Vantage 84 Martin Logans (aerius) 85 mbl 101D Radialstrahler 86 McIntosh_XRT2K_3 87 Meridian DSP8000 88 Midi_Grand_Ceramique GRCe_M_0, 89 Nearfield Pipedreams 90 NHT 91 Oheocha D2 Saturn 92 Opera Audio Consonance M12 Barque 93 Quad "57" electrostatics (I finally have acquired a pair of these) 94 Quintessence Acoustics Stealth 95 R312's Cerwin Vega 96 Reference R909 97 Revel Salon2's 98 Rockport Technologies Hyperion 99 Sonus Faber Amati Homage anniversario 100 Sound Fusion Hyperion 101 Stradivari Homage 102 Summit 103 SuperCustom19k 104 Tannoy Westminister 105 The Infinite Wisdom Grande 106 The Meridian DSP8000 107 Thiel CS3.7 108 Thiel CS7Bowers & Wilkins 800 Signature 109 Totem 110 Totem Arro 111 Triangle 112 Veritas V2.4i 113 VOTT 114 Wharfedale 115 Wharfedale W_70 116 Wisdom Alexandria X2 117 Wisdom Audio Sophia 118 Wisdom Grand SLAMM X1's 119 Wisdom WITT 120 Zephyr 121 Zu Definition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 The Paradigm Reference Signature speakers are meant to be played with their grilles on. But this pic shows the S8 drivers in all their glory. The build quality is outstanding for the money although the design is not to my taste. The sound is, though. Certainly a top 10 candidate if your cash supply isn't limitless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 I think Klipsch does this floor standing tower much better. The RF-83 has to be one of the best speakers of this genre that you can buy. The styling is simple, yet elegant. But the sound is something else. You'd have to spend a lot more money to improve on this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 But, if you did have more money to spend, how about the Nola Grand Reference IV. This speaker system consists of seven main pieces that include a pair of main towers with external bi-wired passive crossover, a pair of passive subwoofer towers, a variable low pass electronic filter, and a pair of IP-1 crossover isolation platforms. A total of 46 high-quality drivers are split between four towers, with each channel being built in mirror-imaged arrays. Frequency response if from 16Hz to 46kHz and total acoustic output can reach a staggering 120dB from 20Hz to 20kHz! Cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 How about an oldie but a goodie. Back in 1982 Infinity released the Reference Standard I A/B. With separate woofer and midrange/tweeter towers, this almost 400 lbs. system featured a total of six 8-inch polypropylene woofers which were mated with seven EMIM midrange drivers in dipole array and four EMIT tweeters in dipole array as well (three tweeters up front, one on the rear). At the time the entire system came in at a suggested retail price of $6,000... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 German loudspeaker manufacture Duevel specializes in designing and manufacturing unique full-range horn units. This design is said to provide full 360o radiation of the drivers to provide a precise and full room soundstage. An interesting 2 way horn design... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Glitch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Oh no! Double glitch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 While we're on the subject of horns, seen here is the CarfraeHORN. This UK made horn unit is claimed to give room filling sound with only four watts of power! In fact we are talking all the way down to 32 Hz cleanly! Using no crossover on the Lowther DX4 driver unit, the CarfraeHORN takes advantage of the tractrix contour because it is recognized as being the most musical. The cabinet is made to high precision specifications and using continuous sections of birch laminate. Hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBryan Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 No one's mentioned the Joseph Audio Pearl yet. Its a great-sounding speaker that isn't nearly as expensive as its competitors.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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