Electrostats & panels - only a little OT ?
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I had/have (parted. but here) Jantzen 'stats* ...incredible highs/mids , but the sweet spot was about 2 inches wide , which is the reason that I so enjoy the ESS Heil AMT drivers ...same great h/m , but huge sweet spot.
have a friend who picked up some CARVER AMAZING panel speakers . Got a good price as they were DOA. He found Bob Carver's email address and asked him about repairs and noted that he is in PDX.
Bob replied that he's just up I-5 in Sequim (not far from Seattle) and "bring 'em up" ... they spent the day in BC's garage and got drivers going again. He even autographed the pair. Friend claims same type of sound as your new Tympani's (tho they are single panel)
*the Jantzens do need to be plugged into 110v to run the HF/MF (2 way/10 inchers , passive)
Its inevitable - change is gonna come ...
Yet another change in the speaker stacks - thinning the herd (or is that the Heard?)!
The buyer picked up the KEF 105.4s in early Feb, I found a buyer for the Magnepan Tympani 1Ds I bought that failed in 24 hours and were going to need a rebuild -
I considered a DIY rebuild, called the factory and considered a factory rebuild, then decided to avid the mess and put them up for sale ... shipped them to AR so they're gone.
Then late today I got a fair offer on the JBL L200 Custom 3 ways with the walnut smith horns and 2445J drivers.
If it doesn't rain, they'll head out tomorrow ...
That's the last of the big JBLs I had in the house - except for the 4641 sub down in the TV room.
If I get a fair offer, I'll let the Von Schweikerts can go away ...
Still running that room with the short rack of the Oppo DV981, Audio Alchemy DDE3 DAC, and the Jolida 502 BRC integrated tube amp -
After being amazed at the sound of Rusty Jefferson's 813C UREIs, I looked for a starter pair and found a pair of 809 drivers and crossovers,
then found a complete pair of UREI 809A speakers with bad surrounds, swapped the woofer cores around, and put a pair of 2214 woofers
with a 12 mH choke in the lower "blonde" cabinets and have been enjoying the heck out of them for the last 2 weeks.
The UREIs also use JBL 12 inch drivers and are very efficient.
Who knows, maybe I'll find a nice pair of UREI 811Cs (with the JBL 15 inch drivers) and settle on them ...
More info when I have it!