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In Reply to: Dunlavy SC-IV/A posted by mikem on March 27, 1999 at 08:36:25:
A lot taller than the VRs ;)
DaveB and I listened to them a while back at a dealer. They put out a big, tall, deep soundstage and are tonally excellent. Also quite easy to drive with medium powered tube gear, we started with a BAT VK-5i/VK-60, but a tube dying ended that. Even so, you could tell the match seemed quite good. With the BAT SS pre/VK-200, they could play anything at insane volumes tho became noticeably a bit more forward with a loss of that tube magic, oh well. We really wanted to hear them with the Carys.....
If I were picking nits (real little nits), they don't quite go full range but then you have a sub. The bass is tight, quick and sounded quite natural. I like 1st order designs but I'm not quite sure about MTM. I was walking around a bit and Dave was listening more critically in the 'sweet' spot. To me walking around and standing, there was something nagging me that didn't seem quite right. I'm not sure if it was coherency or that the bass was seeming up too high or that I just not used to the sound or what. Bear in mind, this is in the context of expecting to hearing a world class speaker. We were not disappointed except for the fact that the tube rig had problems and it was too late to hear the Carys by the time that was sorted out.
In the sweet spot, the images were fleshed out and if anything almost bigger than real life, no singers on their knees here.
Speakers were set up nearly in the middle of the room (about 20x35 room) on the long wall, 10 feet from front wall and around 10 feet apart or so. Dave would know as he had them set them a certain distance.
Definately worth a listen.
I only roughed them into position after the dealer gave no apparent thought to position at all. I quickly listened and modified the speaker position to my taste within that particular rooms' serious limitations. Out of self defense, I chose a more nearfield / equilateral triangle arrangement that helped negate room problems but didn't allow enough distance from the speaker to listening position for proper integration of the MTM configuration. It was the best I could do with a 15 minute time budget. Rod and I did listen for about an hour, even though the BAT tube gear died on us and then we suffered an unwelcome amplification substitution. Even though, the speakers survived this combination and we were able to enjoy their result as Rod described. I associate Rod's comments on listening to them from a non sweet spot position to what I've described above.
This is a loudspeaker design I could live with and I would love to hear with a good OTL tube amplifier. I will try to arrange for such a listening in the near future.
I definately agree. Could be that nasty SS had more to do with any preceived problems than anything ;)
I'd love to hear them really setup well in the right room with a good tube front end.
Maybe we should have a pre-view, I just hate typos ;(
One other thought is that I suspect these need a BIG room to fully bloom.
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