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RE: Deliberate or not.

Posted by Karma16 (A) on June 24, 2009 at 04:02:45

In Reply to: RE: Deliberate or not. posted by edform on June 23, 2009 at 13:53:21:

HI Ed,
Thank you for an outstanding insight into the engineering decisions concerning these speakers. It is always an eye opener hearing from an insider.

I owned SL600's for years and read all of John Atkinsons's adventures with his 600's and 700's. Personally, I never heard the 700's but I do respect JA's ears. I have no dog in this discussion.

In their day I thought the 600's were excellent albeit with a deemphsized treble range and a somewhat odd emphasis at the upper end of the woofers response around the crossover frequency. Soundstaging and imaging were excellent which overcame all other issues for me. I used these speakers on Celestion stands as a secondary system in my bedroom but with good amplification in the near field. Finally, one tweeter failed and I could not find a replacement. I replaced them with the excellent B&W 805S in a bedroom home theater/stereo configuration. Technology does move on.

I am disgusted with the direction Celeston took in later years. I hate to loose a great company who innovated and changed the industry. I hope the same fate does not befall Audio Research.

Thanks very much for setting the record straight. And thanks for your work at Celestion.

Sparky

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