]]>Ziggy2018-01-10T21:11:23-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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Pique2018-01-11T10:21:20-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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Tikki2018-01-11T10:25:36-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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In my experience, some very expensive speakers are the result of brand name, cabinet work, and the way they are finished.
They may not sound any better in your environment (or could sound worse) than a $700. set of tower speakers for instance.
I once owned (built) a pair almost identical to those linked, using even more expensive scan speak drivers.
Basically a dual, small woofer (bass array) with a nice mid-range and beryllium tweeter.
The enclosures were less fancy, but maybe not, as they had a nice piano black finish (that's a matter of taste)..
They were a proven design diy (supposedly), and still cost me over $4000. just for the drivers and crossovers, combined with lumber and finish materials, not including my time in labor to build them.
I was never happy with their sound, and sold them after a year or so. I found them to be very "un-exciting". I just could not get to enjoying them.
I now attribute that to their very low sensitivity.
It was a lesson learned for me, that I don't particularly care for the sound of low sensitivity speakers, requiring the need for tons of (solid state) watts/power.
I recommend anyone looking to buy very expensive consumer grade speakers, to be sure of what type of speaker you enjoy the sound of (low sensitivity vs. high) before investing.
Low sensitivity tower speakers like these can be
"all bark and no bite" LOL!
]]>johnnycamp52018-01-11T13:05:19-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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Perfect Storm2018-01-22T15:34:38-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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Jungle2018-03-26T19:42:15-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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Mainly because they had a tapered (leaning back toward the top) front baffle, making it more time consuming compared to a square or rectangular enclosure.
They also had multiple braces throughout, which also had to be cut at the correct angle for the taper.
They were nice to look at, but it's the sound that we (most of us?) build our loudspeakers for.
It's too bad they were so lifeless (un-dynamic) to listen to.]]>johnnycamp52018-03-27T12:19:43-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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I've not yet built any speakers, but my dad used to make speakers from the old tube radios that he found in second-hand shops. The quality seemed great to me at the time (this was in the 1980's). And he once sold a set of 4 that he'd made for 25$
]]>rarerat2018-04-01T11:18:03-00:00Re: $27,000 Speakers!
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Since there would be no inductors or capacitors (except for a possible blocking capacitor for the tweeter) the amplifiers would not have to deal with wildly varying phase angles between voltage and current. This would result in a much cleaner sound.]]>hudelson22018-04-03T00:42:27-00:00