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RE: Planars vs. Horns Discussion

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Posted by Charlottesville Audio on June 19, 2012 at 14:02:47

In Reply to: RE: Planars vs. Horns Discussion posted by Presto on June 19, 2012 at 10:08:36:

I had a number of different combos of cone type speakers and thought many of them good. Then I got a pair of Magnaplaner 20.1s when they were the top of the line. That caused me to realize Id never go back to conventional drivers. The trouble with the 20.1s is that they are hard to drive, espcially with tube amps, and hard to get placed right in the room. Once yu have them properly amped (I ended up with 4 Altec 1570s and a custom tube Xover), and set up, however, they are glorious, if some what slow and thick in the bass. I just got tired of having all the extra equipment burning all the xtra glass, and decided to try something else. Got a good buy on a pair of Klipsch La Scalas. So much easier to drive than the 20.1s and so much more present...real live transients. They made me realize Id never go back to either cones or Maggies. After a while I started to notice some fatigue in the upper mids, and highs. If you take a pair of Klipsch speakers apart its embarassing what cheap components they use...basically zipcord for internal wireing, cheap binding posts, cheap Xovers, etc. Improving thoses certainly smoothed out the Klipsch. Then I got a 21; X 21' room and decided to set up the RCA theatre system (aka Ubangis...7'LX32"hX34"D)Id had in storage for years. For those of you familiar with the Ubangis youll know what Im talking about. Added a set of Tractix type horns, a pair of Altec 288Ks and an Altec N-500 Xover. Grrrreat Googely Moogely. Combining them with all custom built Tom Tutay electronics, and a well damped room, its like nothing Ive heard. So smotthe yet quick I find myself up toil 2-3 am regularly playing album after album. Somethies I think about liquifing the system so I can feed it directly into an IV and pump it directly into my arm...or ear as it may be. Theres a good chance that this system will be at the Capital Audio Fest in Washington DC this July, so if your in the area stop in and say hello, and hear some music the way it should sound...Alive.So my take is get yur front end in order, then get a GOOD set of horn speakers, and forget all the hype.See the link before for an older photo of this system.

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