what's an everest sound like ..??

["Duke" Spinner]

intrigued by the Horn ..

i'll never get to hear one here in Upstate New York

[mikebake]

what's an everest sound like ..??
Sort of like a Matterhorn, but with a somewhat taller sound............

[John]

[clmrt]

Haha


There's a pair in MSP somewhere. Ask "thevidkid". He saw a pair set up at a retailer once, and has had a fever for them ever since.

I think he said they were $17K, or the last time a set was on A'gon, they were asking that. I forget.

[scott fitlin]

what's an everest sound like ..??
Sort of like a Matterhorn, but with a somewhat taller sound............

[Zilch]

I'm working with just the horns. They sound like 2344A biradials on axis, i.e., perpendicular. As you move side to side between the stereo pair, the center "stays put," because the side you're moving away from gets louder.

The effect is not perfect in my rudimentary setup, but it's there. The Everest white paper reveals the other parameters that must be controlled for it to really work. The other asymmetrically controlled directivity (S2600, S3600) products attempt the same, presumably....

[Mr. Widget]

"They sound like 2344A biradials..."

Compliment or condemnation?


Widget

[Titanium Dome]

"They sound like 2344A biradials..."

Compliment or condemnation?


Widget

I'm thinking it's a qualified "compdemnation."

(I resisted calling it a "cond-iment.")

[Mr. Widget]

Always a compromise somewhere


....for sure. I just hate compromises that also include bathtub sized speakers.


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[Zilch]

I just hate compromises that also include bathtub sized speakers.

More like double-wide fridge, actually, and still require a sub.

[Ian Mackenzie]

Always a compromise somewhere


....for sure. I just hate compromises that also include bathtub sized speakers.


Widget

Depends on how often you use the bath tub and with whom!

Ian

[10 Watt Street]

Here is a pair in Poland:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl...ull&1129154599

[Ian Mackenzie]

Those electro in the internal factory crossover are a worry!

Ian

[Zilch]

The pics:

[Mr. Widget]

Those electro in the internal factory crossover are a worry!

They were making a "statement" all right.


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