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Apologiy, Lowther, Loth-X, Reps, Moth Audio and much more...

Posted by Steven R. Rochlin on November 10, 2000 at 14:00:35

In Reply to: Re: Save BIG $$$ on Beauhorn Virtuoso Ref... sort of. posted by adog on November 10, 2000 at 13:20:55:

Jeffrey,

Ok, i see what my (mis)typings and feelings did not match. My apologies. What i am saying is that there are MANY great Lowther DIY designs... and bad one too. Of course there are many great Lowther driver equipped products and some that are not good. Due to all this confusion i went into my archives (the Enjoy the Music.com website) and noticed the drop dead gorgeous Carfrae that were one of my FAVE sounds at Hi-Fi News & Record Review 1999 show (please see link below). i guess because i visit other countries and shows than many Americans, i get to see how America lags **very** far behind the Japanese and Italians in putting effort towards making your own equipment.

While we are on the subject of Lowther-type designs, at the WCES 1999 Loth-X has the model Azimuth where they take the Lowther, remove the cone/surround, and only use the magnet structure and basket and make a triax driver! AMAZING stuff!!! See http://www.lothx.com/SPEAKERS/STAMM_SERIES/AZIMUTH/HORN_SPEAKER/horn_speaker.html . Alas, they do not just sell the driver as it would be great to seee what the DIY guys could do with it.

What ever happened to the REPS driver? Frank had the original Lowther guys come back and make an ?improved? Lowther driver. i know that Moth Audio, designed by the great Bruce Edgar, made some way-cool looking loudspeakers (Moth website http://www.mothaudio.com/) though they are $7,700 so we are in the same price ballpark.

Lastly, i did have the Robert Lamarre Lowther-equipped Acoustique's here and was not overwhelmed. Another driver with C37 was substituted and that helped to refine the 1-2k peak. So in other words, yes, just using Lowther driver in ANY cabinet does not guarantee success. The Beauhorn guys have really worked hard to make a beautiful product both visually and audibly. i LOVE wood so in many ways i like the way they look better than the Avantgardes. i'm a sucker for natural wood, especially when it has been handcrafted by Italians.

No, i do not make such sweeping generalizations as that is STUPID and i can see how my comment was not what i really meant. Too simplified, not enough details to really say what my mind what thinking in its entirety. Hopefully what i wrote here can give a better idea as i added details about many things. Amazing thing is that the Beauhorn USA distributor and i talked today and he loved the way the Avantgarde Trio sounds whereas i do not. i like the Duo and he does not. Of course this music loving music reproduction hobby all comes down to preferences too.

PHEW, there. Maybe this posting makes more sense and better explains my feelings. In the end i have heard MANY Lowther-type designs. DIY is an option to save money for those with the time and patience, though there are of course kits for tube amps (good ol' Doc Bottlehead and others), loudspeakers (Lowther, Audio Note and some other guys who ellude me) and the wonderful Allen Wright Cable Cookbook for cable brewers. Heck, get the thick Belden and Anixter catalog and go hog wild! Hmmm... ya know, no one i know of makes an MC cartridge kit. They could corner the DIY market!

Enjoy(ing) the music (Genesis "Misunderstanding" right now on, um, seedie),

Steven R. Rochlin

"There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I waited in the rain for hours
And you were late

Now it's not like me to say the right thing
But you could've called to let me know
I checked your number twice, don't understand it
So I went home..."

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