[Vintage-Audio] H.H. Scott Rocks With Paradigm Monitor 9!

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Bob, 	
	
Some interesting thoughts. Thanks! 	
	


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From: Robert  J.  McKee <mckee137@mindspring.com>
To: vintage-audio@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] H.H. Scott Rocks With Paradigm Monitor 9!
Date: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:07 AM

Gotta get my two cents worth in re the area of speaker
systems.

There have been zillions of speaker systems made for
the high fidelity and stereo market since the fifties.  And
if EVERYONE were regularly exposed to live unamplified
music 99% of them would have died in dealer's showrooms.

Back in the forties when large console radios were sold it
was common to want a "rich" sound which meant lots of
bass and only enough highs to be able to understand
speech.  What we had, over time, was a slow evolution
in the mass market that was years behind the concert and
symphony attendees.

The list of speakers I cannot stand to be in the same
building with is huge... and some of those names are
those I hear respected here.  But it makes no matter,
what is important to the owner/listener is that the particular
combination of electronics and speaker systems provides
personal satisfaction... an enjoyment of whatever kind of
music that is enjoyed.

But make no mistake, new speaker systems have come
a long way in the past couple decades.  There are some
speaker system kits available from several sources that
breathe life into the better tapes and LP's.  And they do
it for less than $1K at the expense of the bottom octaves
so much a part of full symphony and organ music.

My personal experience with speaker systems is that
there is some undeniable "air" or "space" enhancement
when high frequency response goes well beyond 20 KHz
even though the human ear cannot hear that high.  Been
years since I was annoyed by the vertical flyback transformers
on television sets whining away at 15,750 Hz, but I still
require that HF extension for aural satisfaction.

Being partial to master analog reel-to-reel tape (made from
a matched pair of microphones in front of ?????) I found
that second-best was the 45 RPM stereo 12" record,
some of which were recorded direct to disc.  The frequency
range, dynamics and transients are all there to provide a
listening experience that is very convincing.

Bob McKee

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