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In Reply to: RE: That was a significant issue posted by E-Stat on September 29, 2015 at 09:06:07
...I went down to a local audio shop and heard it.
Sounded amazing but for the first time I understood what they meant by the "venetian blind effect".
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but oh the coherency. $2000 list for speaker and amp was an incredible deal. I upgraded that to a Monitor 4 shortly thereafter by adding one more panel (4 vs 3) with a new frame which helped.
The Dayton-Wrights were better at imaging using either eight or ten panels that were angled into the room. Fast forward and Dr. West arrived at another solution by providing angled facets to the diaphragm.
Problem solved.
...I heard the Dayton Wrights at another store but they were set up in the lobby area so they were not optimal - heard CSN "Dark Star" from the new album with them on a sailboat on the cover.
Amazing the things you remember.
The D-W Dreadnaught amp had just been outperformed by latest ARC amp in that store.
A friend in 1979 had Sound Lab Renaissance speakers with subs and a Bruce Moore tubed preamp - excellent sound.
Ahh.. I was reading TAC and buying Rogers, Advent, Technics, Stanton, Wollensack 3M et al. Nostalgia is painful.
Cheers
Bill
The D-W Dreadnaught amp had just been outperformed by latest ARC amp in that store.
Perhaps you are thinking of the Dunlap-Clarke Dreadnaught initially recommended by D-W and was also represented in the states by none other than - Dan D'Agostino!
When the Threshold 800A was introduced about that time (also designed specifically for the D-Ws), Julian switched to using that for the shop and his XG-8s. It would dim the lights in his apartment upon power up! He later used a Stasis 2, both of which were a good bit better sounding than the Dreadnaught.
Had one, the DC Dreadnaught, didnt stay around too long , not worthy..
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