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In Reply to: RE: Acoustat Model 3 Speakers - First Impressions posted by davidbeinct on July 08, 2015 at 13:44:56
I own Acoustat 2+2 and had the caps, wiring and posts updated by Bill Thalmann at Music Technology. If I had to replace them with new speakers I would probably spend $15K for 20.7 Maggies.
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How were they to work with? Eventually, I'm told replacing the caps is the one thing that even the Medallion C transformers can use to bring the speakers completely to reference speakers.
Also, what do you use for power?
Bill Thalmann was great to work with and is an expert in the field having been the Technical Director at Conrad Johnson for over 20 years.
My reference system is the Acoustat 2+2 speakers driven by a Conrad Johnson Premier One amp, which was the reference system combo recommended by Harry Pearson many years ago. Fast forward 3 decades and I believe Harry's editor's choice was the 20.7 Maggies though I don't recall what he was using for power but the Magtech seems to have very high user reviews for Maggies.
I have been using Acoustat Spectra 22 for about a year now and find the bass very good if not all that powerful (boomy?).
Had my 20 year old daughter down to listen to some of her favourites. Listening to the Arctic Monkeys at volume, she found the speakers a little polite and the bass lacking. I use a tube amp (90 watts a side) and Orbe turntable with Benz M2 wood body. Obviously could use a little more power and maybe another panel or two per side (the 22s have two panels per side).
If you like to rock out at high volumes, two quality subs crossed over around 50 hertz would do wonders for the smaller Acoustats and maybe even the model 3. And maybe 200 plus watts per side.
I generally listen at lower volumes and find the bass fully satisfying even with Reggae and Rock. What it lacks in punch it makes up for in nimbleness and tone.
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