RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in.

Posted by Fitero (A) on April 2, 2016 at 04:39:25

In Reply to: RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. posted by Crazy Dave on April 1, 2016 at 08:55:01:

Oh, I have waxed poetic over my FMI-80s here over the years.
They aren't going anywhere, and will be coming with us to our new home.

I guess the point I wanted to stress was, that elusive quality of "spooky realism" so eloquently and succinctly pointed out by Chef Henry that the Hartleys portrayed.

Everything is relative of course, but because of the work I do, I get to hear a lot of consumer sound systems in the sub-$100K range. Within that range, over the years I have never heard, nor owned speakers that did the "spooky realism" thing as convincingly as the Hartleys. This includes the current crop of products too. I haven't heard the DSP controlled Kii-3 or B&O speakers though, which are harbingers of the near future I think.

On a side note, I am currently doing an experiment with the Fultons. I have cut out the wood and cement board to make new enclosures for the Fulton drivers. They retain the exact inner volume and aspect ratio as the original FMI-80s, but are using Baltic Birch and Triple Wall Baffle ala Albert Von Schweikert.
I wanted to hear what the original drivers would sound like in a "modern" enclosure. I also want to do some hammer veneering, and this is a small enough project for me to tackle.

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Topic - Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Fitero 21:17:53 03/31/16 (15)

This is one of the best sounding speaker systems every made called the Fulton Js - Michael Samra 21:42:10 04/01/16 (4)

RE: This is one of the best sounding speaker systems every made called the Fulton Js - Fitero 04:16:06 04/02/16 (3)

RE: This is one of the best sounding speaker systems every made called the Fulton Js - Michael Samra 12:38:18 04/03/16 (2)

RE: This is one of the best sounding speaker systems every made called the Fulton Js - used-hifi 20:28:58 04/03/16 (1)

RE: This is one of the best sounding speaker systems every made called the Fulton Js - Fitero 07:44:59 04/04/16 (0)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Fitero 15:52:32 04/01/16 (3)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Eli Duttman 21:53:15 04/01/16 (2)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Fitero 05:07:13 04/02/16 (0)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Uncle Mike 04:04:48 04/02/16 (0)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Chef Henry 14:50:16 04/01/16 (0)

Fultons - M3 lover 10:02:54 04/01/16 (0)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Crazy Dave 08:55:01 04/01/16 (3)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Fitero 04:39:25 04/02/16 (2)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Crazy Dave 09:14:35 04/04/16 (1)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Fitero 11:02:02 04/04/16 (0)

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RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Crazy Dave 09:14:35 04/04/16 (1)

RE: Hartleys gone, Fultons in. - Fitero 11:02:02 04/04/16 (0)

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