| Brief review of EV LS-8's [message #20076] |
Wed, 09 June 2004 18:22  |
hurdy_gurdyman
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I received a pair of EV LS-8’s earlier today and put them on adapter boards in my open baffles. I’ve been listening to them now for a couple of hours and thought I’d comment on how they sound compared to my LS-12’s. The sound is pretty much what I was expecting, being faster sounding in the upper mids and treble, but not quite as full in the bottom. In direct comparison to the LS-12’s they make the 12’s sound almost “soft”. I notice the 12’s have an almost “fat” sound in the lower mids compared to the 8”s. The high treble sounds smoother with the 8’s, lacking a bit of “hardness” that was sometimes bothersome on the 12’s. All in all, I like the LS-8’s better, coming a bit closer to the perfect speaker (if such a beast exists).
I still think the LS-12’s are a great speaker, and if put in a large box suitable for it’s high Q, it would make a very good speaker, though I suspect it might be even better with a crossover around 8 kHz to help the slight hardness in the treble. It works good in OB’s, too. I think the LS-8’s are better, though, if you are going to use a subwoofer with them. Everything from around 100 Hz on up is better, IMO.
It never ceases to amaze me just how good many of the fullrange drivers from over 40 years ago were made.
I have a pair of MC-8’s on order and will compare them after they arrive. Should be interesting.Dave
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| forgot... [message #20080 is a reply to message #20079] |
Wed, 09 June 2004 19:37  |
hurdy_gurdyman
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I said I'd only heard pro Eminence, but I forgot about the 2-Pi's I heard a couple of years ago (how could I have forgot those!) I was much impressed with the 2-Pi's and commented about them on the Decware Forum at that time. Been to long to compare with the EV's now, though (of course, if a pair of 2-Pi's were to show up on my doorstep I'd be glad to compare them.) ;^) Dave
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| pics [message #20088 is a reply to message #20086] |
Thu, 10 June 2004 12:42 |
hurdy_gurdyman
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The LS series from Electro-Voice was called "Wolverine", later replaced by the MC or "Michigan" series. These were EV's lower priced fullrange drivers, though by todays standards, they'd be considered pretty well built drivers. LS has cast zink frames, 2 inch edgewound aluminum voice coils. Pretty good for late fifties. Below are some pics I found of a pair of LS-8's on epay. LS-8 pics http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/the_hurdy_gurdyman/detail?.dir=/Dave%27s&.dnm=856b.jpg http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/the_hurdy_gurdyman/detail?.dir=/Dave%27s&.dnm=42e7.jpg A cut-away view of a LS-12 http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/the_hurdy_gurdyman/album?.dir=/a0ac Dave
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