High efficiency loudspeakers, 92db plus. Which are your favorites?

[DasguteOhr]

What speakers are you referring to?

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dipole horndriver, 12" alnico are from famous guitaramps, no xover only single cap horndriver.active ripole bass only few roommodes.
I don't know any other company in the world that does this as when I heard about these prototypes 10 years ago, it was clear that i would build something similar.

 

[bonzo75]

My Altec double 15’ woofers in front horn-loaded 817 cabs is about 106dB,
HF portion in multicell horn is slightly higher than that

Don’t forget the 8 ohm impedance with the 106db

 

[DasguteOhr]

My Altec double 15’ woofers in front horn-loaded 817 cabs is about 106dB,
HF portion in multicell horn is slightly higher than that

What driver do you use for the horn load bass?

 

[DasguteOhr]

a nice hornspeaker impressed me a lot but needs a lot of space ucello horn + 20hz cornerhorn.104db

 

[bonzo75]

a nice hornspeaker impressed me a lot but needs a lot of space ucello horn + 20hz cornerhorn.104dbView attachment 156391

This system is in Brighton, UK

 

[DasguteOhr]

This system is in Brighton, UK

Simon Mears
In 2022 was sold here , I was really thinking about buying it

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[Maril555]

What driver do you use for the horn load bass?

Altec 515B (NOS)

 

[Maril555]

Don’t forget the 8 ohm impedance with the 106db

Thats right, Altec 515 B are 16 Ohms, so the pair in parallel is 8 Ohm

 

[Tangram]

Apologies for going slightly off-topic but for those of you who own high efficiency speakers (let’s say 100 db and up sensitivity), what music genre do you primarily listen to? I have it in my head that classical is favored, but I don’t have any basis for that opinion.

 

[Blue58]

Apologies for going slightly off-topic but for those of you who own high efficiency speakers (let’s say 100 db and up sensitivity), what music genre do you primarily listen to? I have it in my head that classical is favored, but I don’t have any basis for that opinion.

Primarily singer songwriters whether indie, Americana, folk and plenty of jazz from current Brit jazz to Blue Note/Impulse stalwarts and plenty in between.

Classic rock, Brit pop through the 80/90’s with classical accounting for perhaps 5-10%of my listening. For some reason I tend to need a visual clue for classical like watching the proms or an Opera unless it’s a solo recital.

 

[matthias]

Apologies for going slightly off-topic but for those of you who own high efficiency speakers (let’s say 100 db and up sensitivity), what music genre do you primarily listen to? I have it in my head that classical is favored, but I don’t have any basis for that opinion.

I favor Jazz

 

[mtemur]

I haven't listened to very many but I have to mention John DeVore. I heard his O/96s years ago in a small well-treated room and they sounded lovely.

But the O/96 is not over 92dB. They’re actually 91dB. I know this because I owned them and compared their level directly with my other speakers, which have sensitivities of 92.5, 94, and 96dB respectively.

 

[matthias]

But the O/96 is not over 92dB. They’re actually 91dB. I know this because I owned them and compared their level directly with my other speakers, which have sensitivities of 92.5, 94, and 96dB respectively.

I always wondered about the sensitivity of the O/96 considering they have a 1″ silk-dome tweeter.

 

[hopkins]

These are interesting:

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I saw them mentioned by some other forum members and was surprised to see that they have 98db sensitivity.

They are made in Europe - I would be curious to listen to them. 22k€ is way more than I am willing to spend for a pair of speakers, and I am happy with mine, but it is interesting to know what can be achieved with different designs.