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Model: Swallow bookshelf Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $799 Description: Transmission Line based bookshelf, 14x7x10.5, sensitivity 89db, bandwidth (50-20,000hz) Manufacturer URL: Meadowlark Audio Manufacturer URL: Meadowlark Audio
Review by Belgarchi ( A ) on October 08, 2005 at 11:22:17
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for the Swallow bookshelf
* Small footprint bookshelf, good quality single pair of terminals, hybrid transmission line / bass reflex, front port, slooped baffle.
* Incredibly well-made enclosure, baffle made of MDF covered with 1/4" solid wood (!!!), and the transmission line reinforce the (already inert) box. Separate compartiment for crossover. Problem: thick panels, transmission line, isolated crossover, slooped baffle = very small internal volume to load the mid-bass driver.
* 3 high-quality elements crossover, 6 db/octave (electrical) crossover.
Unfortunately, this yield very shallow acoustical slopes (3 db /octave ?)
* Decent but not great quality Logic (made by Vifa) drivers. Woofer with plastic frame. High Fs tweeter.
* Sound is terrible. Total lack of details, huge variations with listener's position, rough medium, lack of mid-bass (the upper bass are good though).
Product Weakness: Sound, poor quality drivers, simplistic crossover, lack of internal volume Product Strengths: Enclosure quality and look
Associated Equipment for this Review: Amplifier: Arcam A75+ ; SonoGraphe SA-250 Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): None ; Rotel RC-1090 Sources (CDP/Turntable): NAD 5100 ; Classe CDP-10 Speakers: Meadowlark Swallow Cables/Interconnects: QED ; Kimber 8VS Music Used (Genre/Selections): All kind Room Size (LxWxH): 16 x 12 x 9 Room Comments/Treatments: Neutral Type of Audition/Review: Product Owner
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Topic - REVIEW: Meadowlark Audio Swallow bookshelf Speakers - Belgarchi 11:22:17 10/8/05 ( 15)
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