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Why so little discussion about Snell ?

I just picked up some Snell K.5mkII for my HT setup. I made the decision based on it's ability to do music. In short I really like them and find them simular to my ProAcs in many respects. They should work great for HT (room still under construction). The magazines give them high marks but few dealers seem to do well with them and they are rarely discussed in the forums. Do they just have bad marketing?
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omsed
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Snell lasted a long time after he died, but the original models by Peter were the best. I suspect he would be a force today had he not died.

Nice car.
omsed
145 posts
 
Phasecorrect is correct, the C was a letdown relative to the A series and the E, when keeping the relative prices in mind. A nice speaker in some ways, but lacking in some ways relative to the others. Even ignoring the price range, the E did some things, "directness" and coherence two of them, that the C did not do as well.

I would take any Snell htatigTrii, though Snell of those days to an equivalently priced Thiel of those days.....or even later day Thiels. The Snells sounded like music, while most Thiel guys have always been running around looking for a "smooth" amp...to tame their Thiels. To me, Snells were so neutral they sounded like music, while Thiels were "so neutral" they hurt your ears.
omsed
145 posts
 
Sorry about the extra words/letters in my post 3 above this, it was supposed to say "I would take any Snell of those days to an equivalently priced Thiel.........."

Where those extra letters and words "Snell htatigTrii, though" came from, I have no idea!

I think you all can get what I was trying to say.

I don't know about the Series J.
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