[Vintage-Audio] Modern Speaker For Vintage System?

[Phil Lefever]

At 03:24 PM 8/15/02, you wrote:
>I am using Paradigm DM-630 and B&W 9S, but the Century L-100 James B.=
 Lansings
>from 1974 outperform them both.
>
>While one can perform electronic acoustic trickery, the laws of Physics=20
>are not
>changed. A note of a given wavelength still requires the same distance to
>prevent folding back upon itself. True sound without electronically=
 dampened
>distortion. Try to reproduce the world's lowest bass singer J.D. Sumner or=
 the
>John Wanamaker pipe organ in Philadelphia. When you saccrifice one thing=
 for
>another, you lose something somewhere. It all comes down to how serious a=
=20
>person
>is about true frequency response and not accuracy and duration time.

Hence the reason I use a JBL 2235 for the bass below 75 cps! The
L-100's won't match my sub for extension, output or distortion
especially considering it is being run in a bi amplified configuration.

In any case low bass to me is far less important then having a
smooth and detailed vocal range (which the vintage speakers have
trouble with). With the exception of organ recordings very few
recordings have much content below 40 cps. This is easy to realize
when you have a sub that is only active below 75 cps, it doesn't
do much most of the time ;)

Don't get me wrong, I like the vintage stuff for its history and
all. I have a brother that has a restored '57 Chevy and I enjoy
driving that but I'd NEVER consider it as a daily driver. It is
just too crude compared to the refined modern cars. I feel the
same about the vintage speakers. Note that I am only referring
to _quality_ modern speakers not anything sold at Best Buy etc.

Regards,

Phil




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