Hi, do you think the Apogees would fit well in a McH?
Dipoles are a problem for multichannel.
Hi, do you think the Apogees would fit well in a McH?
Dipoles are a problem for multichannel.
Well, there's sound from everywhere and there's sound from the right places. To get the best from a dipole, you need it spaced well from room boundaries in order not to create false spaciousness and, for MCH, that means all speakers. I have heard a great example at a show with Audio Research and 6 large Magnepans but the listening area was a fraction of the room and made the rest almost useless. Besides, the spaciousness generated by the reflections from the rear radiations is not a proper recreation of the correct ambiance. FWIW.Kal, You are the expert in this area but I would have thought that dipoles would further expand the surround experience. In a concert experience sound seems to come from everywhere.
The nostalgic pair would have to be the AR 2ax's but I wouldn't want them back. Then it was a pr of Braun Mini-monitors...aluminum cabinets...cool little speaker but no, wouldn't want them back either. Lastly it would be the humongous Snell Type A Improved. Do I want them back? Not a chance...huge with poor dynamics...never liked those guys..
Hmm. I remember playing on my dad's rug while he played his AR3as. I wonder if the east coast sound brought us where we are today Gavin even if what we're listening to now is very much different.
Tried the ARs which were ok. The Infinity 2000As, one step down from the Servo Static 1s, were superb. They used the same electrostatic tweeters which were to die for. The mid-range was well integrated and the transmission line bass supplied as solid, and clear a bottom end as could be expected from any 12 inch driver.
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Wouldn't they have been Dynaco A25's? I also went from these speakers to Advents in 1971, then to double Advents in 1974, driven by a Phase Linear 400. By the time I went to Citation electronics (in 1975) I had switched to Gale 401 speakers (in the wood cabinet, not the aluminum), then in '77 to the Acoustat X. I stayed with various Acoustats until the mid-90's.I have had more than my share of loudspeakers, but for several reasons, mostly for the amount of joy per dollar I had and the fact that it was my college years, the original Advent loudspeakers really rocked me nicely. It was 1971 and I had two part time jobs in college to upgrade from my Dynaco 75's to the Advents. (I think they were about $138 each?). Eventually moved up to Mari Otala's Citation electronics (open bandwidth design, low negative global feedback, low TIM) and then added some god-forsaken supertweeter array (Micro-something?). I thought that system was the cat's meow even though it was set up in a dorm room with not chance in hell of being able to listen in anything resembling a sweet spot. Elton John's "Take me to your Pilot" was a favorite demo cut at the time. (Now, $138 doesn't even buy you some over-priced stickers to put on your fuses and circuit boards.) I kept them for 2 years before moving up to the original Magneplanar Tympani 1-U's. But man, I loved those Advents.
Wouldn't they have been Dynaco A25's? I also went from these speakers to Advents in 1971, then to double Advents in 1974, driven by a Phase Linear 400. By the time I went to Citation electronics (in 1975) I had switched to Gale 401 speakers (in the wood cabinet, not the aluminum), then in '77 to the Acoustat X. I stayed with various Acoustats until the mid-90's.
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