[Vintage-Audio] Modern Speaker For Vintage System?

Wed Aug 14 10:33:00 2002

Duane,

I know I am in danger of sounding naive, but what are you goals with =
this three way system? Do you want lifelike reproduction of your =
favorite musical performances (judging from your past posts, this is =
what I suspect), or do you want to blister the wall paint with your top =
gun dvd?=20

If the answer is the former.. are you sure you need a fifteen inch =
driver? You would know what you want better than anybody, but... I've =
heard pretty stunning bass come from the right small speaker placed =
correctly in a room. Once I owned (now the ex-wife has 'em) a pair of =
Paradigm Phantoms, eight inch, two-way design in a =
largish-bookshelf-sized vented enclosure, run by a mid-seventies Yamaha =
solid state (30wpc) exhibiting all of the "good" properties of modern =
hifi (I'm a vintage nut, obviously, so I'm pretty picky about my modern =
hifi): midrange is warm for a modern speaker; frequency response is not =
lacking in any areas; no hint of the boxes (something I hate about badly =
made small speakers!); no bloom in the high bass/low midrange); very =
dynamic, quick response time, solid soundstage image. And they rocked =
the house, if that's a concern.=20

Of course, I simply can't debate the idea that larger enclosures usually =
mean better low bass. Especially if you have a low-watt tube amp. But I =
can tell you the Phantoms (and their little brothers, the Titans) both =
love my 14-watt eico amp, providing downright generous amounts of low =
end. But I would love to hear that amp through some vintage altecs or =
EVs. I'm sure I would be blown away.

There are some high-efficiency, large driver speakers discussed on the =
triode page (www.triode.com)- a although this site appears to be down at =
the moment-  and a list of recommended speakers for the Zen Triode amp =
http://www.decware.com/zspeakers.htm- but with single-ended triodes, =
we're talking 4 watts per. 35 is really a pretty hefty amount of power. =
The speakers they recommend might be overkill.

Michael Salmons

-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Modern Speaker For Vintage System?

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Alright my fellow wizards of wires, if you had to purchase a present day
three-way system with fifteen inch woofer that could be adequately =
driven by a
vintage amp delivering 35 watts per channel RMS, what would it be? And =
why?    =20

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Thanks. =09
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Duane W8DBF=09

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