Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

prof2,781 posts07-06-2019 12:44pmPrediction:
Most of those in this thread who talked about a speaker they would use "for life"...have moved on to other speakers ;-)


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No doubt about it, 
You should see a  topic over on Audiokhrama, 
**List your speakers in order of  favorite, best fav at top of list  please***
Folks over there own more than 2,3,4, up to say, 6,7,8  speakers,,,,UNREAL.

I fiannly dumped my Millennium tweeter acting as 1500hz - its roll off at 12khz.

Just ordered a  -~~My Final pair~~~For life.
Voxativ wide band.
I am glad I bought perhaps one of the best sounding xover types back in 2004, so I felt no need whatsoever to jump on and off  the speaker-merry-go-round. 
I get no pleasure at all  buying a  component and finding its not to my standards.
No not at all. 
Thats why i am getting My Final Pair. 
You too can jump off the speaker merry go round. 
I did. 
Actually I never got on the  ride.

Here's one for the ages


https://www.bowerswilkins.com/home-audio/nautilus

UNREAL,,, lol
What super hype. 

The amount of cash donated to the speaker fab industry past 50 years,, 
In the trillions. 
WOW 
Not billions, but  T's. 
Unreal, just unreal. 
Wake up!!!! Stop sleeping!!!!

them well and sound great. I did take a sideways move in the Aerial line when I purchased a pair of stand mounded LR5s that have a similar house sound but are actually better speakers because of the sealed woofers (traded the "larger and deeper" low bass of the 9s for the accuracy and control of the LR5's bass). At the suggestion of Michael Kelly, I augmented the LR5s with a pair of Aerial SW12 subs (also musical and dynamic) for a sound I cannot imagine ever changing. The only possible speaker change I have thought about would be to add another one or two of the SW12 subs. So, while not exactly a "speaker for life" with the A/D/S to Aerial line, I have found a "house sound" for life to meet my desire for a musical speaker that has no problem rocking out.


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I looked over a  topic on audiokharma, 
**List your speakers with  your top fav in 1st  of list***
I was amazed at how mnay of just one lab these audiophiles own. 
Some Audiophiles will sort of COLLECT different modles of 1 single speaker lab. 
Just unreal.

Like here with the Aerials, I have no idea what that speaker is , or sounds.

HOUSE SOUND, 
Yep, Vandy's have their own unique sound, Thiels their tradem mrak, B&W's all pretty much sound the same. 
Point is,
Why get stuck on  a *house sound*, which is nothing more or less than *Coloration* = Distortion..
>??

EV 15 Magnet 5 lbs NOT 15 lbs. 
Still a  beast and I must have a  pair. 

Maybe the transition from audiophile to music lover involves overcoming the obsession with changing equipment.


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No in fact I am not a  MerryGo Round with my components. I keep things a  very long time. 
I do spend alot on tweaks, upgrades and such. 
But its all complete now Just waiting on the Vox , and will add a  2nd amp, The cayin A50T. 
basically have 2 systems. 
No, I do not like buying and selling, But if the speakers havea  house sound, they gotta go,. Luckily the Frankenstein's have no such house sound, 
They are  perfectly neutral.

Music starts 2:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmOC9zhS-Y