The Search

Bartokfan,

The real fun starts when you stop being a tourist and build your own equipment. Then the next "upgrade" is a direct reflection of your efforts to educate yourself and application of that knowledge and not the swipe of a credit card.

Now I can only imagine how long it's going to take me to design my first surround processor. :)

Two points, since Seas is an OEM driver manufacturer does it matter how they are used in a particular design or are you equally happy with any implementation of their products by any loudspeaker designer/manufacturer?

What are you going to do when Seas introduces a new and improved product line and discontinues the models you like?

It is over for me. Speakers that are good enough for extensive use in many of the world's top recording and mastering studios, are certainly more than good enough for me.

Onh, I've only tried the Thor. I have plans to add the Tyler 3 ways which will give me slight more bottom end, sometime next yr, maybe later this yr. If there is something Hopefully Ty has the 3 way voiced the way i prefer. I may ask him to put in all premium parts in the xovers. Hovland Musicaps etc. No bars hold.
I think Seas' has put everything they built up in research over the past 30 yrs and this is their "baby". IOW's Excel 2's may be some time off. In fact I'd bet if I wrote them that question the answer would be "upgrade not anytime soon" and they'd ask "why, anything wrong with your Excel sound?" ...me "no, just being stupidly curious"
So far no driver I've heard has equaled the Seas.
I see someone has mentioned on my speakers for tube topic that tubes loves horns.
I've not heard a good horn speaker. I think that may be of interest to me. However that design I believe can be expensive. Out of my reach, still I'd love to hear a horn speaker.
Looking at the pic of a Excel is not the same as holding one in your hands.

Tro....is right!