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Model: Silver Oak Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $6000 Description: Prototype 2 way transmission line Manufacturer URL: Cary Audio Design Manufacturer URL: Cary Audio Design
Review by Bill Galbraith ( A ) on October 17, 2002 at 17:40:35
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for the Silver Oak
Dennis Hadd of Cary treated myself and members of the NJ Audio Society to a demo of these soon to be released tube friendly speakers. Demo included an assortment of Cary push pull and hybrid tube input s.s. output amps driving the speakers. The speakers were finished in a lovely "figured" Australian lace wood. These prototypes featured 2 clear coats but the finished speaker will have 7. The drivers are Seas Excel 6" woofer with copper phase plug and a Seas excell tweeter. The cabinet is a transmision line with acoustic foam lining the whole line. The sensitivity is aprox 88 dbs with a relatively benign impedence curve. The - 3db is aprox 38 hz.I thought the speakers featured a very tuneful non-boomy bass. The Seas tweeter is exceptional in my opinion. I feel these speakers would be an excellent choice in small to medium size rooms as they disapeared in a relatively nearfield listening position and featured roomfilling sound 10 feet away in an aprox. 15" x 25" room.
Dennis had a drawing for a small A.E. pre amp which was given to a lucky member. He is a very friendly music lover whom obviously loves tube audio.
I would recomend these speakers for those with a love of tube amps and also they sang with a 40 watt s.s. amp ! Dennis mentioned they worked well with s.e.t. amps, but we did not get to hear them with his favorite amp.
They did sing with his low priced Super amp combo with a modest 20 watts.
Product Weakness: Product Strengths: Musical, non fatiguing sound. Lovely finish.
Associated Equipment for this Review: Amplifier: Assorted Cary products Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): Asorted Carys Sources (CDP/Turntable): Cary Tube CD Speakers: Cary Silver Oak Cables/Interconnects: N/A Music Used (Genre/Selections): Assorted audiophile recordings Room Size (LxWxH): 15 x 25 x 15 Time Period/Length of Audition: 5 hours Type of Audition/Review: Dealer Demo
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Topic - REVIEW: Cary Audio Design Silver Oak Speakers - Bill Galbraith 17:40:35 10/17/02 ( 6)
- SEAS Thor alternative for enough left over to buy the Cary amps to power them. - Edp 17:06:36 10/18/02 ( 5)
- Re: SEAS Thor alternative for enough left over to buy the Cary amps to power them. - tubefreak 19:26:52 10/18/02 ( 4)
- Um, I don't sell anything, so no rules violated by me. - Edp 09:49:09 10/19/02 ( 3)
- Why do inmates try to share ? - Bill Galbraith 11:28:35 10/19/02 ( 1)
- Why so defensive? - Edp 08:42:04 10/20/02 ( 0)
- - Bill Galbraith 11:25:58 10/19/02 ( 0)