|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
74.248.221.219
In Reply to: RE: Avantgarde Horns posted by Mr_Steady on October 20, 2014 at 19:15:36
I also recommend to visit Les Hudson. I heard one of his installs while I was in the greater Atlanta area for Axpona 2011.
I was so impressed that I built a ppsl mid-bass for myself. Admittedly though, I was an "easy sell" because I had already been using reaction-force cancelling for my subwoofer system.
A ppsl, either for mid-bass, or the low frequency section of a well thought out multi-way system, simply has no peer.
Tell Les, Scott & Mark (from Knoxville) say hi
Follow Ups:
Hi Scott,
Thanks for the input on PPSLs. I am so sick of the drive to Atlanta that I may just buy a pair unheard, and go pick them up. I would love to listen to all of his systems.
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
Jamie,
The PPSL is only is one part of an entire system. I heard it with a horn used for the upper range section, but that takes a larger type room. I don't know how far of a drive it is for you, but still best to tie in a listening session with one of your
trips for a family visit.
OR... Contact Les ahead of time, discuss your needs and see if maybe he would have something already up and running for you to audition with no commitments to purchase.
Hey Scott,
Thankfully my trips to Atlanta are over. Long distance relationships are tough. Heck, I had to drive 250 miles to pick up my LaScalas, and the seller was meeting me half way.
The sad fact is I never sell anything. I could build three different horn systems for these bins, and I have the active crossovers to split the signal any way I want. I just received after a two year wait the Red Spade PSE-144 "Synergy" style horns. It's one reason the ppsl will have to wait. I only make one change at a time, and then I have to listen a good long while to grok it. They will be over LaScala bass bins to start, but I have hopes about a matchup with the ppsl, and that it might be a very advanced three way horn system. So advanced in fact, that I could finish with horns for a long while. I love my horn system the way it is right now. I could live with it forever as it stands without the pse-144. It sounds "spooky real" at times. I wonder why I'm messing with it. Oh yeah, I got hooked into a two year wait. I'm not complaining.
The room is big enough. They are right in the living room. No TV in the living room! 24' x 18' with 18' ceilings, and the room opens up to the dining room and kitchen, so maybe even bigger. Dr Bones'es room treatments shame me. Hey, it's on the to-do list.
The ppsls would probably be a special order, in that I would want them in the highest impedence I could get, 8ohm or 16 if possible.
An earlier poster said you have to buy horns on faith, even if your hear them first. I think he's right.
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: