Clarisys Audio Auditorium Loudspeaker

[morricab]

Yes, the notorious system no one liked. At least no one I have ever read about or heard from. My gut tells me that the AG does appear to respond well to higher power than one would need on paper...and thus the Dartzeels doing well with them...and given the very single-ended mentality Robert has in his designs, ie, dynamic simplicity is his whole design philosophy...i do think the AG Trios and Robert Kodas could pair extremely well.

One way to tell, but not for now.

The best sounds I have heard from AG speakers has been low powered tubes, either SET or PP triode…period. IMO, pure SS need not apply to a 109dB speaker.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Is Todd going Itron? After hearing that a couple of times now, I would never play AG speakers that way…only with tubes. I had the same reaction to the previous generations of AG when demoed with AG amps. Heard the Duo XD recently with a simple PP Class AB tube amp and that sounded really good. The new Mezzo G3 with Itron…well …

at Axpona 2024 a month ago i heard the Mezzo's with both the itron and Phsemation 211's on different days, and both were well behaved......fully listenable on piano and violin. reasonably balanced. based on that brief exposure, i might be able to live with the itron. maybe the Phasemation was a slight bit too tubey? but maybe not. maybe just right with longer demo time?

i know that Jacob prefers the dart 468's on the Trio's so far......and he has tried a few tube amps on them and also has the itron on hand.

 

[Ron Resnick]

The best sounds I have heard from AG speakers has been low powered tubes, either SET or PP triode…period. IMO, pure SS need not apply to a 109dB speaker.

+1 (for "breath of life" tube people)

But for people who don't prioritize the "breath of life" tube thing the iTron achieves an immediacy and instantaneous, explosive dynamics which many people will be astounded by.

 

[LL21]

...i know that Jacob prefers the dart 468's on the Trio's so far......and he has tried a few tube amps on them and also has the itron on hand.

Yes, my recollection of Jacob's review of AG Trio G3s was that he was quite clear about his slightly critical conclusions about the sound he got from SET tubes that he tried with the AG Trios in his system vs his Dartzeel 468s.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Oh, I'm sorry guys. I wrote Post #223 shortly after I woke up. I thought we all were talking on Todd's Trio G3 system thread!

Why don't we pack up the AG discussion here and continue on a Trios thread?

 

[Big Dog RJ]

Speaking of packing up... wondering if those Gryphon Pendragon's are all packed up?
Incoming.... aaah! The lovely Clarisys... oh yeah.

Funny that!
Woof'n, RJ