The Speaker **** strikes again.

Ricardo

That's right. Picking them up tomorrow.
I really like the little Maggies and am in line to have them modded by Peter Gunn, but heard these (earlier version) a few weeks ago in a local Audiogon meet and they really wowed me. Biggest sweet spot I've ever heard, and if there's anything that can be called perfect imaging, this is it.

Let's see who guesses.

(RAS members please refrain....)

Face

Do tell.

heiney9

Oooooo Mr. Kotter, Mr. Kotter.......I know!!!!!


Shhhhhhhh. I won't tell.

H9

Ricardo

They are not EMU.

Ricardo

Full range to boot.

Face

Tannoy?

cnh

Do we have to guess? Well I'll tell you what I liked recently but they are not full range without the base addition! The Lyngdorf DP-1 (2X2). But these are not 'your's' I would imagine. And there are so many on the 'gon.

cnh

Ricardo

Face wrote: »

Tannoy?

Nope.

Ricardo

cnh wrote: »

Small Maggies...are 'probably' not that small if they are full range...I would guess we're talking about a small floor-stander? And we can work from there? As Maggies need some help on their lower end which requires a woofer or two on the bottom....no?

cnh

You need to improve your reading skills. I have MMG's now, and if the new ones sound as good as I think they will in my room, I'll let them go.

cnh

Ricardo wrote: »

You need to improve your reading skills. I have MMG's now, and if the new ones sound as good as I think they will in my room, I'll let them go.

You're right...and I did correct that above. As I caught it.....see the new entry you got my quote before the edit and my first up of coffee....it's alertness not reading unfortunately.

cnh

Ricardo

No Lyngdorf.

Less than $2,000 used market price.

strider

Don't have a guess as to what they are, but there is no way you can get any cooler then having Peter Gunn mod your speakers.

That has got to be the best theme song ever.

Ricardo

MTM and a woofer

XJRGUY

Panasonic Thrusters?

megasat16

Ricardo wrote: »

MTM and a woofer

So, it's not FLAT speaker! It's a Boxed speakers? How can an OB speakers such as MMGs be beaten by Box Speakers in transparency no matter who modifies it?

Ricardo

No one said it was a box speaker

megasat16

Ricardo wrote: »

No one said it was a box speaker

Interesting now - no box speaker! Is it from DIY type / small manufacturer or the name brand makers?

Ricardo

Not DIY, been in the market for years.

I know at least three forum members have these.

AudioGenics

pimping my ride
and now
pimping my HT

Ricardo

jvc wrote: »

pimping my ride
and now
pimping my HT

And your point is?

comfortablycurt

I know what you got!!!

But...I'll let everyone else keep guessing.;)

megasat16

Infinity beta/gamma/kappa or something else from Infinity?

Something from Salk Sound?

VMPS?

Linkwitz Lab Orion?

Edit : Should Be Linkwithz Lab instead of Linkwitz-Riley (which is commonly known for it's XO implementation for loudspeaker design).

Gaara

Gallo Ref 3.1s?

strider

Emeralds?

Ricardo

Gaara wrote: »

Gallo Ref 3.1s?

Bingo. Though not fair, because you probably knew as soon as you read about the huge sweet spot.

This is a speaker that just by the looks never called my attention, until I heard a pair of these old reference:



Ugly as hell, but what a sound.

The 3.1's are supposed to sound a lot better than these. Hard to believe, but if half of what people say is true, then I'm in for a treat.

We'll see how they interact with my room.

Ricardo

So just to avoid any confusion, these are the ones I'm getting:



Can't say I find them pretty, but who said that was important.

Gaara

Ricardo wrote: »

Bingo. Though not fair, because you probably knew as soon as you read about the huge sweet spot.

Yep. I am one of the 3.1 owners and the first thing I noticed w/ these speakers was the huge sweet spot but spot on imaging.

In case you haven't heard there is also the 3.5 coming out soon, and by soon I think they were supposed to be out a couple months ago. Sadly they make some small changes and are charging 2x the price for em.

Ricardo

Gaara wrote: »

Yep. I am one of the 3.1 owners and the first thing I noticed w/ these speakers was the huge sweet spot but spot on imaging.

In case you haven't heard there is also the 3.5 coming out soon, and by soon I think they were supposed to be out a couple months ago. Sadly they make some small changes and are charging 2x the price for em.

I knew about the whole 3.5 story. That's one of the reasons a lot of people are putting their 3.1's for sale, and the price keeps coming down. Lots of resellers offering them new at $2,300 or so.

megasat16

Ricardo wrote: »

So just to avoid any confusion, these are the ones I'm getting:



Can't say I find them pretty, but who said that was important.

Didn't you say they are not Boxed Type? Not trying to be argumentative here but these spheres are a sealed (ported?) chamber for acoustics suspension and acting like a box?

Nonetheless, they are nice speakers! Congrats!

Ricardo

Yeah, well, you could say they are boxed, but they are not "square" boxes Plus, the whole baffleless design makes it a whole different animal......and if I said they were cylndrical it would have been too easy.

megasat16

Yeah! Very Intriguing Design. Using Sphere / Cylindrical design seems to have a difference resonance properties from box types. Nonetheless, Box is a chamber and so are they with the exception of there is no front baffle.