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In the Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker
Post Subject: Amplification againPosted by el`Ol on: 8/6/2008
Sorry for reviving this thread without a good reason, but there is something I wanted to add to my comments about amplification. Recently I heard this system http://www.hornfabrik-eder.de/ which was driven by an old Telefunken studio amp. Of course I can´t compare a five way with a three way in the bass, and this system had a Nippon Gakki / Yamaha 2" plus 1" TAD, but I think I can say the Telefunken had the tonal qualities of the Allnic but the control and precision (even in the midrange) the Allnic was lacking. I don´t have too much listening experience with valve amps, but I remember Romy talking about this feedback vs. non-feedback thing, and interpret it the way that it is hard to find a valve amp which does both. With this background I find it dared to adapt the custom mega horn idea to the market realities of the usual hifi circus. Hooking such a speaker up to existing esotheric systems or letting dealers decide (who often are bound to business relations) can lead to unnecessary disappointments.
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