swt61 Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 10:49 AM, dsavitsk said: This is now 5 very expensive systems in a row that probably sound worse than a $100 pair of Kenwoods in a room with a thick rug on the floor. I can't go there with you my friend. I'm going to argue that those Maggies would sound pretty damn good! Most likely better than any Kenwoods could aspire to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpelg Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 At the Chelsea Wine Cellar (retail space in Chelsea Market, NYC): Also at the Chelsea Wine Cellar, in the "expensive room" (next to the 50 y/o Glenlivet): 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 That looks like my kind of wine shop 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 and all the pappy.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 2.1 system with a self-powered woofer. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 A radioactive one, I'd say. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwl168 Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Nice green LED power indicators - must mean both channels are on! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skullguise Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 I've heard the large MBL's, quite nice speakers! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwl168 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 minute ago, skullguise said: I've heard the large MBL's, quite nice speakers! Agreed! Heard the MBL's more than 10 years ago in a store in Wisconsin Rapids following auditioning of a pair of top-end Audio Physics speakers (don't remember if it was the Medea or the Caldera now). When the MBL started playing, I did not want to think HiFi and all the stuff, I just wanted to lay back in the chair and enjoy the music! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 I’ve always wanted my best speakers to be omnidirectional. MBL would do. I need to set up my Gallos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knuckledragger Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 Naim Uniti Star and Harbeths. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knuckledragger Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Quote Monitor Audio Silver RS6 Sony N9000ES Power Amp NAD C320BEE as preamp NAD Wireless USB DAC 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 That monster Sony has a touch of porn to it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knuckledragger Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 Quote KEF Reference 5 Speakers being driven by a pair of SPL Performer s800 Monoblocks and a SPL Phonitor X pre-amp, all D/A conversion is done by a Chord Dave and the digital signal comes from a LUMIN U1 Streamer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 KEF stands for Kent Engineering Foundry. Before they started manufacturing speakers, they made farm machinery, crop sprayers etc. Who would have thunk, looking at those gorgeous (and expensive) floorstanders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwl168 Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) For a long time back in the 70's and 80's, KEF was also the major driver supplier for many of the highly regarded speaker manufacturers. I still remember the first time I heard the KEF 104ab in the store playing some violin recording, possibly driven by Audio Research amps. That moment for me in HiFi was akin to the first time I sit in an Alfa Romeo Giulietta in a show room. It changed me! Edited January 16, 2020 by mwl168 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 All that stuff was designed when Laurie Fincham was the technical guru. He's still alive an kicking - for 20 years at THX in California http://www.aes.org/events/146/presenters/?ID=8239 He once explained to me that the now classic B139 driver was designed that way to avoid purchase tax (the product tax that preceded VAT). The legislation defined a loudspeaker as circular or elliptical. So Fincham designed the B139 as a circular driver split down the middle and two straight bits joining them. So it was neither circular nor elliptical. Mystical properties are associated with that driver, but its genesis was much more pragmatic - ie financial! The B139 is now being remanufactured https://www.falconacoustics.co.uk/falcon-b139-8-ohm-kef-b139-sp1044-replacement-woofer.html . Seems like a lot of money for one, but looking back at the price in the 70's and correcting for inflation, the remanufactured price is only 20% higher in real terms. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knuckledragger Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Crap photo of insane kit. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Someone with very deep pockets, a very hazy grip on room acoustics, and the most uncomfortable listening chair I've seen (right of centre ) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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