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Lowthers...

Posted by Budrew (A) on August 28, 2007 at 16:54:12

In Reply to: Has AN considered single driver speakers or remaking the Snell Type A? posted by RGA on August 25, 2007 at 18:22:16:

I recently took ownership of a pair of Lowther-based speakers and the experience was truly eye (ear) opening! They are the Teresonic Magus monitors. I ordered them a long time ago in the search for a single driver speaker to use with my Resolution Audio system, which is said by many to favor single drivers. The RA amp sounds fine with my AN-E's, but the match is not optimum. More on this in a moment...

The Teresonic speakers are simply astonishing. The thing that stands out most is that I simply get lost in the music. It moves along effortlessly, and the dynamics are full in their variation and the pitch and timing bounce along. Makes everything else sounds flat and compressed. And they are far more detailed. Not in a Mark Levinson kind of way, but in how they let the instrument come through in all its subtlety. On acoustic guitar, my most listened to music, they sound dynamic, beautiful and expressive. Instead of hearing recorded music you hear a story unfolding before your ears! You are drawn in to hear where it's going and what's next. It demands your attention like a musician sitting in your room playing their tune.

Going back to the E's with the RA amp was a letdown. Suddenly, a thick veil had returned to blanket the music. However, a return to an amp that better mates with the E's showed they can can really perform, but it comes down to flavors. And the E's seem to need some drive in their amp.

I don't use the Teresonic speakers right now because they were too wobbly on their stands and my toddler was bound to topple them. But they are reserved for use someday down the road.

There are some downsides to the single drivers, mainly the lack of bass. You do have to accept it and it makes some music sound horrible (mostly amplified rock).

I still love my E's and driven correctly they are also dynamic, expressive and beautiful. But indeed the crossover gets in the way and indeed they need some juice to get up and running whereas the Lowthers get up and go off the line.

Someday, I want town a pair of those huge Tannoy Prestige speakers too! I'll take my Lowthers, my E's and my Tannoys and be completely happy : )

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