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RE: Do you have any experience with the Model 23?

Posted by Triode_Kingdom (A) on August 2, 2014 at 11:30:06

In Reply to: RE: Do you have any experience with the Model 23? posted by Brian Levy on August 2, 2014 at 06:01:06:

Just to be sure I'm clear on this point, speakers like the KLH with the fried egg tweeter, the AR3a (the best of that line IMO), early Advents and numerous speakers with phenolic ring tweeters nearly all fall into a group that never sounded "real" to me. This has little to do with highs and lows (I get your point about West VS East); the problem is mids and vocals. Later designs such as the magnetic planars, original ESS with the Heil AMT and a few others (I'm trying not to go into the extremely expensive, more esoteric models such as large electrostats here) all produced a more realistic sound. One of the best under $1K was the Genesis 44, although it was woefully inefficient. Like yourself, I have a reasonably good ear. I've played many musical instruments in my life, including piano, trumpet, baritone, guitar and electronic (Hammond) organ. I also worked in the audio business when the KLH, AR and other brands were new, and I must have heard hundreds of pairs of each in many different environments. They're not bad, but in blind tests I can immediately tell I'm hearing a speaker in a box. That level of fidelity simply doesn't qualify when audiophile-grade reproduction is being discussed. :)

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