That Lotus Granada was a good sounding speaker at several shows years ago. Kind of a one-off, hence the high price though.
Funnily enough the General made the exact same comment to me!! Think he rates the Granada too.
That Lotus Granada was a good sounding speaker at several shows years ago. Kind of a one-off, hence the high price though.
I think actually that might be standard vented cabinet as per below:
They look aperiodic, not vented.
Dave, why do you prefer a ported box to a sealed box for bass reproduction? Is it about efficiency, tone, or something else?
Hi Dave,
Honestly there is no comparison between the AER 3 and 4 let alone 4 and 5....
In terms of bass driver integration, what bass drivers would you suggest to keep up with an AER and what cabinet and crossover. I ask because I am designing a horn system right now so very curious and hungry for data points.
Old Acoustat panels are one of the best full-range drivers ever invented I think.
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah... I can't hear you, sorry!
There's some new woofers I haven't tested that have amazing specs a friend just told me about, will have to see if I can find that info...
From everything I've tested so far the Acoustic Elegance TD15/18 H+ are amazing. Avalon used the 15H in the Tesseract and the H+ has a much larger motor and stiffer cone, it's far better vs the H imo, so that gives you some idea... I think the Tess uses 4 per speaker though.
I need the woofer to play cleanly up into the low mids, so I didn't test anything that won't do that. Currently I'm using the 15H+ in a 5 cuft ported box tuned at 21 Hz, and it's pretty amazing.
I tend to like steeper xo slopes on woofs, but in my current application I have a moderately steep rolloff of my mid driver due to a combination of acoustic and electronic xos so matching the mid was my main criteria for woofer xo.
Good luck on the horn, I know getting the sound seamless isn't easy... One thing to pay attention to is the tone of the drivers. I've had some mismatches that I thought might be due to the crossover or another aspect of the overall design, but when I found drivers that had the same kind of tone the issues simply disappeared. So it's not necessarily that woofers can't keep up or tweeters can't blend in... it may be they sound nothing like the other drivers you're using. I've been noticing this more on cone n dome speakers, YG and Verity seemed to have this aspect down pretty well and their speakers sound the most coherent I've heard from that kind of speaker.
EDIT: Check out Austin Acoustics horn system too... their bass cab worked great with their horns imo.
http://www.austinacoustic.net/
Hi Ked, not that knowledgeable, just a long term fan of Yamamura! My system's currently in flux, having used many of the obvious contenders over the years, I'm now working towards a custom "full-range" design preferably driven with transimpedance amps, though I am quite fond of some of Joachim Gerhard's and John Devore's speakers. I'm in the land of Brexit, but I do love food!Cantus, you seem quite knowledgeable. May I ask what speakers and amps you are using, and are you also located in the land of food?
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Even Jeffrey_t tolerated my system.
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One of the best speakers I've ever heard. Still available afaik!
I believe it uses $50k Feastrex field coil drivers.
Great writing, Kedar.
Boy am I glad I don’t collect classical LPs . My most expensive LP cost $120 and it took me several years to commit.
I never read in such articles about classical records from Eterna or Philips. They are also phantastic sounding and much more inexpensive than those hyped labels. And one assessment: if I would own 300.000 records I won't mind the damage caused by using SPU, a really great sounding cartridge. Despite this a really brilliant review of a great Chain. @ Ked: I' m waiting for reviews of big western electric Systems
I am quite fond of TQWT or even DTQWT designs to have the speed of a horn (you can use light fast drivers) and some of the weight of s vented box as it is a cross between horn and bass reflex.Hi Dave,
Honestly there is no comparison between the AER 3 and 4 let alone 4 and 5. I really didn’t want to believe it as I was set to get 4s but the improvement of the 5 is very large. Ask Kedar as he has heard both a lot like me - sounds like a totally new speaker and I promise I don’t exaggerate. In terms of “need” - well the whole hobby at this level isn’t so much about “need” as shooting for the best.
In terms of bass driver integration, what bass drivers would you suggest to keep up with an AER and what cabinet and crossover. I ask because I am designing a horn system right now so very curious and hungry for data points.
I never read in such articles about classical records from Eterna or Philips. They are also phantastic sounding and much more inexpensive than those hyped labels. And one assessment: if I would own 300.000 records I won't mind the damage caused by using SPU, a really great sounding cartridge. Despite this a really brilliant review of a great Chain. @ Ked: I' m waiting for reviews of big western electric Systems
I feel much the same way about our entire planet... we are but simple renters, so beautifully said Bill.Do you not feel that we essentially “rent” vinyl through the course of our lives before it transitions hopefully to a new home for next generations and thus we should have a duty of care to preserve these original pressings? The fact the General cares so much about each and every one of his 300k+ is a testament to his philosophy / care for the recorded arts imho.
Do you not feel that we essentially “rent” vinyl through the course of our lives before it transitions hopefully to a new home for next generations and thus we should have a duty of care to preserve these original pressings? The fact the General cares so much about each and every one of his 300k+ is a testament to his philosophy / care for the recorded arts imho.