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In Reply to: Re: How many of you are back where you started? posted by centaurus3200 on May 7, 2007 at 14:39:04:
The NS-1000 and 1000M didn't quite make my list of disappointments, but it was close. I thought they were overly bright, although I have only heard them with Yamaha separates. Ithought the NS-690 was better sounding for general listening.REL makes good subs! A good choice I think.
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I recently had a shootout(me, my neighbor, & another friend) between these three speakers. The Yammies and the KEF's tied for best overall, yammies better on rock, KEF better on vocals, the B&W's were good on classical but somewhat muddy. They were all being driven by SS > 100WPChannel. Very subtle changes on volume or tone easily shifted perception. The Yammies by-the-way had NS-690 tweeters instead of the original Berylliums(I ain't gonna pay $200 for no tweeter). The B&W's were frankly a dissapointment and I still love my KEF104aB's which are quite similar to the Calinda's. My son, a musician loves his NS690's!Jerry, I have a pair of Dahlquist M907's which still used the Dahlquist version of the masonite large Advent woofer in 1987. They have Vifa Mids and Tweeters and sound extremely open. I haven't done a side by side with the KEFs or NS1000's yet but I think they're gonna do pretty well. I've compared them against a pair of original Advents with new caps and like the M907's better.
Gary
Gary,I can well imagine that a softer sounding tweeter would be very nice in the NS-1000. Was that a drop in replacement?
A friend of mine has early 801's and while decent sounding, I was not that impressed, and particularly not for the $$$ he spent.
I've gone back and forth between the JBL L-110's I have (woofers replaced with Advent Legacy woofers and cabinets filled and sealed) and my modded Advents. I'd venture a guess that the Dahlquist 907 Vs Advents would be a similar situation. The L-110's have a rather sophisticated crossover with a 5" mid and 1" soft dome tweeter. The Advents are actually more accurate, the JBL's more engaging and lively.
at least from what i've been told. we'll see. my T27 tweeters are a bit spitty with solid state gear (Quad 909 and 405-2), smooth as heck with my mcintosh MC60s. so hopefully if i get them, the MC60s will sound nice with the yammies.
MC60 are nice, but won't but tickle the NS-1000[-]
But then, I like the various NS-1000 with big Yamaha separates.
the macs put out about 70wpc before clipping. should be more than adequate for the yammies.if not, then down the road the yammies go. i just screwed myself in the past year by buying a bunch of amps to power less efficient speakers. in the end, the MC60s are such superior amps IMHO to big SS power, that i will never make that mistake again.
if you think that big Yamaha separates have better sonics than McIntosh MC60s, then i guess we will just have to agree to disagree. I've never heard big Yamaha amps, but i do own a Quad 909 that puts out 240wpc and everyone in Britain has a huge hard on for. and i like my macs better by a WIDE margin.
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