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PURIFI finally did a fully purified passive speaker design! The SPK 16 prototype is here - with a PTT tweeter

not a bad wish. need to go full active then.

BTW esteemed ASR member @mocenigo joined a casual after show hours listening on the Spk16 with latest tweeter and 9040 amps. Maybe he can offer a testimony.
 
not a bad wish. need to go full active then.

BTW esteemed ASR member @mocenigo joined a casual after show hours listening on the Spk16 with latest tweeter and 9040 amps. Maybe he can offer a testimony.

I already did https://audiosciencereview.com/foru...w-purifi-amplifiers-coming.34210/post-2313350

Of course all caveats apply — the room was far from perfect, and most the rooms at the Munich Hiend were actually even worse, at least that was an actual room and not a temporary cubicle or a room under a tilted ceiling, so comparisons cannot really be done etc etc.

But I want to underline one aspect, there was nothing spectacular except ... for the way it sounded natural, and also in non-centered positions. That was, in fact, spectacular. It seems that Lars Risbo and Carsten Tinggaard's idea of a good speaker and mine are similar: wide dispersion, wide and flat extension, no range emphasized in any way — resulting in an "unspectacular" sound with a relatively large sweet spot. I designed my own speakers following similar principle. I do not claim to be as good as Lars and Carsten, maybe I am better :-P (LOL, no).

During the last few years I already heard a couple of iterations of the SPK16 (first with the little AMT, then with the Purifi tweeter prototype, and now with a pre-production of the larger waveguide) and each version improved on the characteristics I appreciate. It sounds the way I want my speakers to sound.

If you prefer hyperanalytic sound in a tiny sweet spot where you cannot move your head without hearing artifacts, then this is not for you — I understand some audiophiles actually prefer that, esp. if the treble is emphasized.

As for the amplifiers, well, the 1ET9040BA is a second generation Eigentakt, I am sure it is technically better than my 1ET400A build, but I doubt I would be able to hear differences, either with the SPK16 or with the three top ways of my speakers. I would probably only hear less hiss when in immediate proximity to the woofers of the ripoles since I am driving them separately with a Hypex Fusion amp and the gain must be very high. But in any case I would probably not use a second pair of 1ET9040BA's to drive them. — Of course I want it (and the new discrete buffer!) but my wife would kill me.
 
I'll be interested in seeing how this compares to the March Audio Sointuva. Or rather would love to hear it. Hopefully could customise the finish
 
I expected the tweeter to be expensive, but not THAT expensive. Holy moly.
Yeah, can't say Purifi is known for sheer affordability in the first place, but that's a lot for a tweeter. On the other hand, it looks extremely well behaved up to 13khz, dispersion is super wide for most of the range, and it looks like you can cross it super low if you want. Call me crazy but it looks like it was built to cross over to the other purifi drivers and maintain wide / smooth dispersion for the full range.

I think if you are doing a "spare no expense" DIY build, paying >$500 for a tweeter is definitely on the high end, but it's not vastly more than people sometimes spend on Morel or similar.
 
I expected the tweeter to be expensive, but not THAT expensive. Holy moly.
My tweeters (actually, from 1.2khz upwards) are Beyma TPL150H, and I even modified them to get a very flat response. They have similar dispersion horizontally as the Purifi tweeters but not vertically.

The Purifi tweeters require no mods, have a good dispersion in any direction, and are less extended to the bottom. They are way more compact.

They cost about the same. I find it fair.
 
Yes the price makes sense to me, it's on par with the high-end Bliesma, Satori, Seas, etc
 
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