Allison

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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

I looked him up out of curiosity. If nobody remembers he had some kinda radical ideas on speakers. He was into it seem trying to eliminate room acoustics from the sound, as such of course I believe all his speakers were closed systems.

I heard a pair at an audio place and they were good, but expensive. He also had a pair specially made for corners, which makes many speakers boomy. I happened over a guy's house with a buddy for some other deals that did not concern me, a Black guy and they don't all look the same to me so I recognized him as one of my customers. In the TV business back then with some audio I didn't hear from him in a while and that was because he bought a new set. A really good RCA I mean razor sharp. Apparently he was also a bit picky on speakers. I saw them (Allison corner model) and said something, got him to play something on them. DAMN talk about clean bass for being smack dab in the corners, and I mean right in there, not a few feet away like most people have to do to keep from the boomy bass.

In looking I see someone has a pair of his speakers, forgot the model or they didn't say but they are like $2,300. I lucked out and got good speakers for $400 but that was a fluke. These were more and back then I simply could not afford them.

I did buy a set of four speakers made for corners but returned them, they would not handle their rated power and they were enough under eight ohms that four of them made the amp cut out, and that amp "does not cut out".

He was one of the last engineers for AR or somebody until he took off on his own.

So another one bit the dust in 2016, did anyone notice ?

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Topic - Allison - JURB 10:35:56 03/02/21 (8)

Allison vs Richard Heyser - hifitommy 18:34:27 03/09/21 (0)

RE: Allison - hahax@verizon.net 19:40:31 03/02/21 (0)

RE: Allison - George S. Roland 11:40:38 03/02/21 (0)

RE: Allison - veloceleste 11:37:17 03/02/21 (1)

If you cut a single Allison One in half what do you get? - mbnx01 14:57:37 03/02/21 (0)

RE: Allison - Jonesy 11:05:51 03/02/21 (0)

RE: Allison - mbnx01 10:37:34 03/02/21 (1)

Great speakers ... - reelsmith. 10:45:39 03/02/21 (0)

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