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In Reply to: RE: CR-2020. Not junk. posted by mhardy6647 on January 26, 2017 at 11:34:08
I love the idea of going out on a hunt again for new speakers. The Thiels are nice but sometimes struggle when I'm in a heavy metal high-volume mood. I even notice that spirited piano compositions like Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 will make them cry uncle at "correct volumes".
I''m not knocking them, I spent a lot of time and money restoring them and am still amazed at how low that 5 something inch woofer can go, but like cubic inches, there's no replacement for displacement. Now that I have 100 wpc to play with I would love to get some recommendations for a floor stander that can handle it. WAF requirements are active as this is the "visible by all visitors" system.
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My friend George Mix in Richland WA in the 80's used to sell lot of those pretty silver Yammies, often with Polk Monitor Series-- the S-10 being the mainstay. These sounded a bit warm, something of a bass hump, but played loud and clean on rock music.
I might explore the upper regions of the Polk arsenal- Monitor 12's maybe? One friend had the largest Polk "SDA SRS" monsters, about 6 ft tall with a dozen drivers, actually sounded damn fine. Check out this fanpage below.
Another choice from maybe bit later that sounded nice were the Vandersteens. You can pick up an original Model 2 on CL for a song, occasionally. Easy to replace drivers. Very nice sounding speakers but ones that definitely sound better the more current you feed them.
Trying to remember what I heard that worked well with Yamaha electronics. First thing that came to mind was the Yamaha NS-690, a 12" 3 way. Also, the NS-670 with a 10".
Jerry
Kef's 103.2's right?
Allison Ones (or Twos or Threes).
I have used mine with Allison Ones and thought the combination dandy.
ads L-710s (or most of the classic ads loudspeakers) would be fine, too.
... and that era of Yamahas always worked well with the early Polk Audio Monitor Series loudspeakers.
all the best,
mrh
No wonder why I cant find any good vintage Yamaha stuff....YOU have it all! Great looking setup!
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reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Wow that's an amazing stack of gear ya got there.
Must be fun during play time over at your house!
I don't share that much since it's the low-rent side of the tracks, you know?
all the best,
mrh
my brother had to replace the output devices on his Yammie receiver (CR-1020?) multiple times using that speaker.
Go figure.
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