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Plinius SA-250 works well with Aerial 20Ts

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In Reply to: RE: Recorded-Music Listening Room for Liberal-Arts College: Speaker Choices posted by jim.spainhour on October 05, 2007 at 06:26:02

Dear Jim,

Thanks for the wisdom. Compared to the Duntech pig in a poke, Aerial 20Ts are probably my choice for an all-around best practical solution.

A Plinius SA-250 drove 20Ts to room-filling volume on pipe organ in a 60 x 33 x 15 room in a mansion in Newport. Without really trying. I can only imagine what a pair of SA-250s strapped for mono and running on 240V would do.

If one does the arithmetic, the Duntechs still come out surprisingly ahead in frontal area of bass drivers. 226 versus 127 square inches per speaker. And they are an easier load. But they don't have the lovely ribbon tweeter.

Thanks again,

JM

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looks like your priority is accuracy. - jim.spainhour 08:25:14 10/05/07 (2)
the Aerials and Duntechs are both very strong in that regard. If any of you guys ever have the opportunity, go by the Aerial suite at the Mirage and listen to the 20T's. The most common remark as people exit...."Holy chit.I had no idea they were *THAT* good"
- Not exactly! - John Marks 08:36:45 10/05/07 (1)
  Hi-
  
  My priority is a combination of immediacy, intimacy, and envelopment. Obviously, the room is a big factor in getting all that.
  
  But, for example, the niggling criticism I have heard from some folks with good ears is that the 20Ts' treble is a bit recessed for their tastes.
  
  Leaving aside the fact that there is a knob on the rear panel, my response would be that if the 20Ts treble is less accurate than other speakers', I can more easily live with that than the other choice.
  
  There are likely more "accurate" speakers than the 2001s, but, a well-set up pair in good condition (see my response to Peter B. below) will let you put in an eight hour day of editing and let you go home without the urge to drive off a pier and end it all.
  
  And, for a project this big and with the brainpower behind it, I think that a tweak here and there in a crossover, on-site, will be the finishing touch.
  
  Thanks again,
  
  JM
  - RE: Not exactly! - jim.spainhour 09:06:16 10/05/07 (0)
    gotcha....at first glance it looked to me like you purposefully eliminated speakers with the ever-prevalent mid-bass hump and extra sparkle on the tweeter.

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