I had the pleasure of listening to a few speakers last week.
Tannoy 15" GRF Memory - 15" cones redone by Tannoy - Ortofon Quintet Black
Carver Amazing Speakers - Lyra Atlas
Dual Ohm F Speakers with the original cones - Lyra Atlas
All speakers were in excellent condition. Only Vinyl was played and we used the Count Bass II original Lp with VPI TT on all speakers. Cartridges are listed with the speakers.
What was truly amazing in sound was the Dual Ohm F Speakers. See picture (with owner of speaker - Guess who it is) below on how they are built with one inverted over the other.
While live is a term commonly used, this was surreal.
The ease as which the music was play was the first thing that got you.
The music was all "cut from the same cloth" is the only way to describe the other item that got you. When listening to this, you are struck at how bad other speakers are in their integration of different drivers (of course you would have to be an audiophile to know this )
Without realizing it, we were playing the music louder. I finally took out my phone app and measured it. Not the most accurate however it will show you large differences. The reason was probably the lack of distortion. The new found lack of distortion was also strange in this sense. First the bass was very deep and distortion free. The 2nd was the mids and upper frequencies seem to be different (this is speculation now) perhaps free from bass distortions that affect it with resonance and so on.
This is a highly recommend listening session for anyone with access to Ohm F Series speakers. I cannot speak for the rest of the line but this guy did one hell of a job. This lead to the discussion of why the current Ohm speaker company does not make these any more and where to get them repaired.
Surprise!! There is apparently a company set up no just to rebuild but also to build them!
http://www.hhr-exoticspeakers.com/HHRhome.htm
You can now buy new speakers and get the old ones fixed. Life is good.
Now for the bad part. The imaging was just not as good pinpoint as typical speakers. The room has a lot more play then usual. If you have someone stand in the middle of the speakers speaking, it is really hard to pinpoint the person's location. It will seem to come from somewhere in the middle but not exactly. This is the room acoustics. With typical speakers, they try to direct the sound to you so less of the room and more imaging without treatments.
The room is being treating on the walls, and the ceiling, so I cannot wait to go back after this is done.
Any one else have this experience with the Ohm F speakers.
Tannoy 15" GRF Memory - 15" cones redone by Tannoy - Ortofon Quintet Black
Carver Amazing Speakers - Lyra Atlas
Dual Ohm F Speakers with the original cones - Lyra Atlas
All speakers were in excellent condition. Only Vinyl was played and we used the Count Bass II original Lp with VPI TT on all speakers. Cartridges are listed with the speakers.
What was truly amazing in sound was the Dual Ohm F Speakers. See picture (with owner of speaker - Guess who it is) below on how they are built with one inverted over the other.
While live is a term commonly used, this was surreal.
The ease as which the music was play was the first thing that got you.
The music was all "cut from the same cloth" is the only way to describe the other item that got you. When listening to this, you are struck at how bad other speakers are in their integration of different drivers (of course you would have to be an audiophile to know this )
Without realizing it, we were playing the music louder. I finally took out my phone app and measured it. Not the most accurate however it will show you large differences. The reason was probably the lack of distortion. The new found lack of distortion was also strange in this sense. First the bass was very deep and distortion free. The 2nd was the mids and upper frequencies seem to be different (this is speculation now) perhaps free from bass distortions that affect it with resonance and so on.
This is a highly recommend listening session for anyone with access to Ohm F Series speakers. I cannot speak for the rest of the line but this guy did one hell of a job. This lead to the discussion of why the current Ohm speaker company does not make these any more and where to get them repaired.
Surprise!! There is apparently a company set up no just to rebuild but also to build them!
http://www.hhr-exoticspeakers.com/HHRhome.htm
You can now buy new speakers and get the old ones fixed. Life is good.
Now for the bad part. The imaging was just not as good pinpoint as typical speakers. The room has a lot more play then usual. If you have someone stand in the middle of the speakers speaking, it is really hard to pinpoint the person's location. It will seem to come from somewhere in the middle but not exactly. This is the room acoustics. With typical speakers, they try to direct the sound to you so less of the room and more imaging without treatments.
The room is being treating on the walls, and the ceiling, so I cannot wait to go back after this is done.
Any one else have this experience with the Ohm F speakers.