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Acoustats getting refurbished, back to the Totems
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Posted on August 21, 2015 at 06:52:57 | ||
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I have decided to have the 2123 interfaces on my Acoustat Spectra 22 refurbished. They will be having all HV diodes, capacitors, key resistors, wiring and binding posts replaced. The bias voltage will be brought up to spec for each speaker. I am really looking forward to the results. I the meantime, I have reinserted my old speakers, Totem Hawks back into the system. Now I have always considered the Hawks to be excellent speakers, but the difference in sound quality from the Acoustats has been shocking. The sound field of the Hawks seems much smaller. The imaging is good, but seems much less "real" than the Acoustats. The speakers do seem to disappear better than the large Acoustats, but the illusion of the venue is less real. Tonally, the Hawks seem thinner in the lower midrange and this seems less realistic. The highs seem bright and almost distorted. I know many people find the Totem's metal dome bright and fatiguing but it never seemed that way to me. Till now. Bass seems not to go as low and bass lines are harder to follow. The cone woofers do seem to have more "punch" than the Acoustats. Details in the music seem harder to follow. The music seems to be more homogenized, with less clarity and a higher noise floor. My Hawks are about 17 years old to be fair, and probably deserve to be upgraded as well. I know that there have been many advances in speakers since then. But I doubt I could ever go back to a dome tweeter. Can't wait to get the Acoustats back up and running! |