Best speaker I have had so far

afterburnt
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A presentation by Joseph D'Appolito at Audio Video Design

https://youtu.be/E5qBl-r0zao
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    However I do hate metric!
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,164
    edited May 2018
    Did you own a pair of these?

    No doubt they are BEAUTIFULL speakers that I would LOVE to own and hear! B):p

    Maybe...They copied Polk Audio's mid-woofer parameters and characteristic abilities.

    Looks like a CRS+ turned on its side IN A WAY but with 2 active 10" woofers. ;) I know all about THE MAN who came up with the MTM design, giving us the story behind those amazing speakers here. But Polk and Co. hit on a GREAT design with their 3 speaker SPEAKERS + a bass radiator or two, too. <3

    He says 10" but they look like 12's. :o

    I have to place a disclaimer here. I own a fantastic Snell Subwoofer. I wonder if it would help these speakers in the least. I kind-of doubt it. :)

    Here's Stereophile's review of these Amazing Snell "Illusion" speakers. MSRP 50k.

    https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1208snell/index.html


    Post edited by Tony M on
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Tony M wrote: »
    Did you own a pair of these?

    No doubt they are BEAUTIFULL speakers that I would LOVE to own and hear! B):p

    Maybe...They copied Polk Audio's mid-woofer parameters and characteristic abilities.

    Looks like a CRS+ turned on its side IN A WAY but with 2 active 10" woofers. ;) I know all about THE MAN who came up with the MTM design, giving us the story behind those amazing speakers here. But Polk and Co. hit on a GREAT design with their 3 speaker SPEAKERS + a bass radiator or two, too. <3

    He says 10" but they look like 12's. :o

    I have to place a disclaimer here. I own a fantastic Snell Subwoofer. I wonder if it would help these speakers in the least. I kind-of doubt it. :)

    Here's Stereophile's review of these Amazing Snell "Illusion" speakers. MSRP 50k.

    https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1208snell/index.html


    No I meant D'Appolito configuration speakers. My next speakers will probably be a pine box.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,164
    My neighbor made a pair of D'Appolito configuration speakers out of solid wood. They sound pretty good too.

    He was worried about using solid wood but they're so small, there isn't much to resonate, so they sound tight and clean and really impressive to have been made by his hands alone. The cabinets of course.

    I really like those Illusion speakers! B)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    @Tony M my MD2's are pretty new and they are great, I will have to wring every bit out of them before I move on.

    Those are some damned fine looking speakers, maybe I can die with enough money to be buried in one of those.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,919
    edited May 2018
    There's much to be said for coffin-sized loudspeakers.
    Thanks to stereo[/i, ]Mrs. H and I are all set.


    9595247214_efe6ced09f_b.jpgDSC_5735 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There's much to be said for coffin-sized loudspeakers.
    Thanks to stereo[/i, ]Mrs. H and I are all set.


    9595247214_efe6ced09f_b.jpgDSC_5735 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Home built?
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    Those Snell's are the speakers I mentioned in this thread

    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/2391383#Comment_2391383
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  • mhardy6647
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There's much to be said for coffin-sized loudspeakers.
    Thanks to stereo[/i, ]Mrs. H and I are all set.


    9595247214_efe6ced09f_b.jpgDSC_5735 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Home built?

    Well, built by a wordworker (Michael Berg, Hudson, MA) to "my" specification.
    To wit: http://www.wardsweb.org/Billfort/

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There's much to be said for coffin-sized loudspeakers.
    Thanks to stereo[/i, ]Mrs. H and I are all set.


    9595247214_efe6ced09f_b.jpgDSC_5735 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Home built?

    Well, built by a wordworker (Michael Berg, Hudson, MA) to "my" specification.
    To wit: http://www.wardsweb.org/Billfort/

    Sweet! I only imagine that you did your own calcs on the specs. I would love to hear about your calculations. I like reading about stuff I will never understand.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,164
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Those Snell's are the speakers I mentioned in this thread

    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/2391383#Comment_2391383

    You sure did. ;)

    Your end-game speakers. :)

    They might be a lot of our last speakers on our journeys. ;):pB)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,164
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There's much to be said for coffin-sized loudspeakers.
    Thanks to stereo[/i, ]Mrs. H and I are all set.


    9595247214_efe6ced09f_b.jpgDSC_5735 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Full range? or just for bass.

    I'm working in my yard so I have to go back out now instead of looking at your link to your plans in the other link. Maybe later after dinner or so. ;)

    It sure IS BIG ! ;)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,164
    afterburnt wrote: »
    @Tony M my MD2's are pretty new and they are great, I will have to wring every bit out of them before I move on.

    Those are some damned fine looking speakers, maybe I can die with enough money to be buried in one of those.


    Man your Ushers are FINE, BEAUTIFUL speakers too. I just read a review on the web. Great specs and build qualities! ;):pB)<3
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,919
    Tony M wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There's much to be said for coffin-sized loudspeakers.
    Thanks to stereo[/i, ]Mrs. H and I are all set.


    9595247214_efe6ced09f_b.jpgDSC_5735 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Full range? or just for bass.

    I'm working in my yard so I have to go back out now instead of looking at your link to your plans in the other link. Maybe later after dinner or so. ;)

    It sure IS BIG ! ;)

    Fullrange -- the driver's an Altec 604E Duplex (coaxial two-way).
    I did not design it. A fellow in Canada did. It is based on one of the bog-standard Altec enclosure design for a Duplex -- but re-shaped to be more household listener friendly. The Duplexes were used for decades as the de facto studio monitor in the recording and broadcast industries.

    The cabinet has an internal volume of 9 cubic feet.
    [there's] no replacement for displacement, as mentioned before. :)
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Tony, they sure are! I never should have put em in the bedroom, now I am looking for a nice fridge for the bedroom.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    afterburnt wrote: »
    @Tony M my MD2's are pretty new and they are great, I will have to wring every bit out of them before I move on.

    Those are some damned fine looking speakers, maybe I can die with enough money to be buried in one of those.

    Who would have known?! Equipped for 6 pall bearers, just in case! :smile:
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,150
    What're those, CVs?!? Those drivers are firing the wrong way for rockin' through the afterlife.

    Or maybe they're meant to be set up in the mausoleum.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • mpitogo
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    These are still consider D’Appolito configuration speakers right? Usher D2 II 15” Horn 15”

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  • msg
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    Ushers? That must be an early photo of Skip and a neighborhood laborer kid, there to the left.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited May 2018
    mpitogo wrote: »
    These are still consider D’Appolito configuration speakers right? Usher D2 II 15” Horn 15”

    hgukvu5aslud.jpeg

    Someone on here was selling a set of those, wonder what happened? I think the kids came with them. Not those exact kid but two that would fit in the boxes.
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    Maybe the kids got too big, wouldn’t fit in the box, and sale was called off.

    Can’t expect somebody to move those speakers himself, can you?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,669
    verb wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    @Tony M my MD2's are pretty new and they are great, I will have to wring every bit out of them before I move on.

    Those are some damned fine looking speakers, maybe I can die with enough money to be buried in one of those.

    Who would have known?! Equipped for 6 pall bearers, just in case! :smile:
    jaw0lzj5zww1.png

    Do they come in mahogany?
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,150
    That'd be one place you wouldn't want spikes, eh, Jesse?
    I disabled signatures.
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