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In Reply to: RE: KLH Five Synergy - Unlikely? Winner posted by Brian Levy on August 01, 2014 at 08:00:30
There is a pair available locally that I could pair with my Fisher 400 or Eico HF81.
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IMO they lack the necessary clarity and response to be primary speakers. They'll also limit your system if those amps have been rebuilt and updated with higher quality parts. FWIW, I feel the same way about quite a few of the "classic" speakers from the '60s and '70s, including AR3As and the like. For sure, not everyone will agree. :)
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New England sound speakers were designed around two goals: 1) as flat a frequency response as possible and, 2) voiced to replicate a symphony hall such as Avery or Boston. The designers were mostly musicians who lived and breathed in these halls and sought to replicate them. When in them finite detail sought by those more inclined to the West Coast sound is less present. The West Coast sound originated with consumers wanting what engineers used in the studio where detail is more important than flat response they are engineering the sound. It is a matter of personal choice. I have almost always found the West Coast sound fatigued me and some nothing like the live original performance of live orchestral performances and even the few rock concerts I have attended. Admittedly, I grew up attending a lot of classical concerts in Boston and NY so, it is where I picked up my ear.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Just to be sure I'm clear on this point, speakers like the KLH with the fried egg tweeter, the AR3a (the best of that line IMO), early Advents and numerous speakers with phenolic ring tweeters nearly all fall into a group that never sounded "real" to me. This has little to do with highs and lows (I get your point about West VS East); the problem is mids and vocals. Later designs such as the magnetic planars, original ESS with the Heil AMT and a few others (I'm trying not to go into the extremely expensive, more esoteric models such as large electrostats here) all produced a more realistic sound. One of the best under $1K was the Genesis 44, although it was woefully inefficient. Like yourself, I have a reasonably good ear. I've played many musical instruments in my life, including piano, trumpet, baritone, guitar and electronic (Hammond) organ. I also worked in the audio business when the KLH, AR and other brands were new, and I must have heard hundreds of pairs of each in many different environments. They're not bad, but in blind tests I can immediately tell I'm hearing a speaker in a box. That level of fidelity simply doesn't qualify when audiophile-grade reproduction is being discussed. :)
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KLH with a fried egg tweeters? I must have missed that model. I know the early Advents and the Wx0D and Empire series Wharfedales used them but never noticed them in any other company company's model. Advents and Wharfedale has some pretty nasty correspondence when Advent came out with its design. I suspect it may have dissuaded other companies from the design.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
"KLH with a fried egg tweeters?"
I thought I'd seen those under the KLH wire mesh driver cover. Maybe I am thinking of the Advent tweeter as you say. It's been a long time. :)
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That was the 2nd series Advent tweeter. The 1st was the same tweeter without the grill and short lived more die to being too fragile to standpoint to inquiring fingers and minds than the official reason.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Grab them. They go head to head with the Six and you can think of the as a Five without the midrange drivers. Maybe a better deal than the Six as I think the Six is selling at a premium due to all the traffic about it competing against the original Advent.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Based on KLH 6 2 way
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