Rip City Dave
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The Fisher/Bertagni (BES) loudspeakers were fairly nontraditional.
I still have a pair of these in my garage. Don't even know if they still work
The Fisher/Bertagni (BES) loudspeakers were fairly nontraditional.
That's probably for the best.I still have a pair of these in my garage. Don't even know if they still work
Yep, plenty of Acoustats still running.You could try Acoustat ESL's. People do manage to restore them. You'll get pretty severe head in vice syndrome. But they are very nice within that vice. Here are some model Two's which I have owned.
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You could look for more oddball ESL's like Beveridges.
Or Dayton-Wright XG-8s or XG-10s which were contained within mylar bag holding sulfur hexafluoride gas. The gas had a different speed of sound making the speaker acoustically larger and let it run higher voltages so it was an unusual ESL in that it had good bass and was fairly efficient. Of course that is the most potent greenhouse gas known.
ou might try some of the early Martin-Logan speakers in the CLS line. They were a single curved panel. Not much bass, couldn't play loud, not very efficient. For music not needing much below 100 hz they were pretty special.
Agreed. Although there are some old live-sound boxes that still look interesting.
The only old box speakers that would be of interest in my opinion might be some of the big horns from Klipsch or Altec or similar.
CBTs are really cool....they are the least room dependent speaker I've had experience with. Very even spatially anywhere you put them.You might want to try the CBT speakers that D.B. Keele developed. AFAIK, they're sold in kit form only, but they're not difficult to assemble. Jim
Amir has done some extensive measurements on the Magnepan LRS on this site.Would love to see some spin data from electrostatics, planar magnetic, open baffle, Bose 901s, and other non conventional designs..
hardisj has done the spins for the Bose 901s.Would love to see some spin data from electrostatics, planar magnetic, open baffle, Bose 901s, and other non conventional designs..
hardisj has done the spins for the Bose 901s.
Bose 901 Series V Speaker Review!
It is done! I completed the Bose 901 Series V speaker review and have posted it to my website. I am copying/pasting the majority of it here but go to the site if you want to read everything (or if links don't work here, etc). https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/loudspeakers/bose_901_series_v/...www.audiosciencereview.com
Heavily room and placement dependent. Like a lot of "spacial" speakers, very polarizing.I forgot I had seen that in the past. Border line thesis level of effort from Erin on these. The curves are definitely bizarre compared to conventional speakers.
I enjoyed my Magneplanar MG 1.6QR's for over a decade; the 1.7i's are their successor though 3-way with "Quasi-ribbon" drivers.Not sure how much they cost these days, but the Magnepan 1.7i should be on your list, if you have the room for them.
Spent more time with the Mirage M3Si speakers. Both models seemed a bit heavy or slightly dark. Of course I was using Quad ESL-63's so maybe not as heavy as I remembered. Now don't get me wrong, they were good speakers with many good attributes. Just a little dark and sluggish sounding according to my tastes. Being bipoles they also need lots of space from the wall. Give them a good bit of power and they can be quite good. Some modern class D amps would likely be just perfect for them.I really liked the Mirage M1Si when I heard it a long time ago.