I tried this, with a lot of help from a friend - the single driver, omnidirectional Hi-fi News Ace design. They were only partially successful... but set me on the path to my current (commercial) speakers, which make me very happy
Loudspeakers You Wish To Try But Probably Won't Own In This Lifetime
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Darmok
pfm Member
Mmmm yeah, I remember hearing those aeons ago @ the Bristol Show.
Kickass they were.
Surprised no Vitavox Klipschorns listed...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Vit...KfCr0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=731&bih=375&dpr=1.75
paulfromcamden
Baffled
I’d quite like the lads from Kenrick Sound to drop off a pair of huge JBLs; any from their 4300 series.
More likely to happen, I’ll have a pair of ESL57s in the Bauhaus style, (I think) still made by QUAD Musikwiedergabe in Germany...
Braun LE1 (Dieter Rams, 1959)
Never seen those before - they'd look very nice in my flat!
Hook
Blackbeard's former bo'sun.
Sony SS-AR1.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/sony-ss-ar1-loudspeaker-page-2
Heard them only once at a show and was totally smitten. Unfortunately, they are $27k new, and only rarely show up for sale used.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/sony-ss-ar1-loudspeaker-page-2
Heard them only once at a show and was totally smitten. Unfortunately, they are $27k new, and only rarely show up for sale used.
flatpopely
Prog Rock/Moderator
I now work for Harman, who own JBL. I can get to borrow pretty much anything and get a super discount. I may give these a try soon:-
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Geoffreybombom
pfm Member
Kef LS50, just to hear if the reviews are correct
Tony L
Administrator
They are great, but don’t forget to use a really good amp! As with a lot of mini-monitors they shine well above their price class. Nothing is ‘too good’ for them.
graystoke4
pfm Member
Sonus faber Fenice, because i want to know why this speaker from a top manufacturer, did so badly in sales,
PhilofCas
pfm Member
Looks like only 30 pairs were made, from Sound and Vision in 2010: “And the cost? The press release says "over 140,000 euros" per pair ($186,000 as of this writing). Sonus Faber has decided to make only 30 pairs of the Fenice, so order yours now to avoid disappointment!”
graystoke4
pfm Member
Hi, they did seem to go off the hifi radar very quickly, didn't know they only made 30 pair's,
John Phillips
pfm Member
I would like to audition the lower ranges of the bigger PMCs. IB2/MB2/MB3 perhaps (but I am not sure of the latest lineup).
I like the way the bottom end of the consumer PMCs works when I have heard them, so I am curious about how that translates into their bigger domestic and pro models, compared to the similar sized ATCs I have heard. However I find nothing wrong with my active ATC SCM50s yet, in this room anyway, to persuade me to expend the effort to look elsewhere and potentially fork out the money to change.
I like the way the bottom end of the consumer PMCs works when I have heard them, so I am curious about how that translates into their bigger domestic and pro models, compared to the similar sized ATCs I have heard. However I find nothing wrong with my active ATC SCM50s yet, in this room anyway, to persuade me to expend the effort to look elsewhere and potentially fork out the money to change.
PhilofCas
pfm Member
They certainly look the business, looks like they won’t mess about.
