kdude66
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| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers After reading everything that you have wrote,I would highly recommend the 0/96 or the gibbon x,I owned the 0/96 for a few yrs and had them in my smaller system.I always found them to be highly musical and also forgiving of the occasional bad recor... | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) The OP already mentioned Vaughn Loudspeakers,but I would like to add that I’ve been recently looking at a couple of his designs and talking to him about a possible custom built speaker that uses the Dukane plasma tweeter’s that he rebuilds and mod... | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) Here’s one that their speakers aren’t well known and almost classify for this thread,because from what I’ve read about them,one guy has designed them all.They also make a whole series of different drivers,sold individually or to other speaker manu... | |
| Which 30K Speakers Would You Give Up For Tekton Double Impacts? Yes it’s a great “BIG” speaker world out there for sure,More wonderful choices than I’ve ever seen in my 40 yrs in this hobby and it’s become such a buyers market for used Speakers,I would be very hard pressed to even think about buying new.I can’... | |
| Which 30K Speakers Would You Give Up For Tekton Double Impacts? Yes I would have to say that Grannyring is a great Audiogon member and very good long distance Audiophile friend and he looks “Globally” for speakers and once he brings a pair he stays in the “Focus” mode till he has them totally optimized for his... | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) I took a look at the Kyron brand,as mentioned earlier,and their Kronos looks bad to the bone.If you are interested in a Open Baffle speaker,http://www.kyronaudio.com.au/kronos.htmlEnjoy,Kenny. | |
| Which 30K Speakers Would You Give Up For Tekton Double Impacts? mofojo,Your not referring to your buddy 213 runnin are you.LoL.Excellant post describing your journey to musical bliss,can’t get any more real than that.Enjoy,Kenny. | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) “So the questions remains, how do many of these tiny companies rival and sometimes surpass the likes Revel, B&W and others? Is it the genius of the individual designer? A speaker "auteur", rather than a gaggle of cooks.”I will answer this qu... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote I like that snake oil because it gives my equipment a fresh clean smell,Definitely wife approval off the charts,and I get more Listening time in.Kenny. | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) I would like to reinforce Legacy Audio and Bill Dudleston,I’ve been contemplating the Aeris and I had several questions to ask Bill,It took a couple of days and through a weekend but he called me back early that Monday and took the time to complet... | |
| Full-Range to Monitors Erik has already nailed IMO some very valid points so I won’t repeat,”What I have learned is that the smaller speakers stay away from the biggest problems in music and rooms: Bass. Integrating a true "full range" speaker without EQ into a room is ... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote “The worst problem is handling recordings.. No hands...Tough to figure out. But I am working on it.”The only thing that I know how to deal with this major issue,is to have a well balanced system the best that you can and enjoy all your recordings ... | |
| High-End Standmounts: KEF LS50W vs. NOLA Boxer II vs. Revel M106 I would like to suggest something other than your picks and that would be to take a look at the Lawrence Audio,Mandolin or Violin.They both sound just a fabulous as they look and come with their own stands.You didn’t state a budget and these may g... | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) Most definitely as others have mentioned is Joseph audio for sure for his crazy good designs,customer service,and is just a genuinely passionate great dude.I would also like to add,Lawrence Audio and Silverline Audio,I own Speakers from each and w... | |
| Which 30K Speakers Would You Give Up For Tekton Double Impacts? soundsgood05,I’m sorry to read that you are disappointed with your DI’s.You May never reach the musical bliss that you are looking for but always remember you have many other better choices and I’m not referring to the SE version that some like be... |