Another "it followed me home"

[simpleman68]

Some of you know I'm a bit of an audio nut and been through many iterations of stereo gear over the years in the music room. Theater is a different story for another time.

Finally jumped in on some speakers that are more than I'd normally spend but they reproduce the best music I've ever heard; and I've heard hundreds of speakers at shows, sound rooms, hobby get-togethers etc.

Of course getting great sound, a lot depends on the source material and a plethora of other different things...

Due to their weight and not wanting any damage in shipping I drove from PA to IL to pick these up and drive them home.

I also got to spend time with the president and chief engineer/designer which was extremely cool. I've met him before at audio shows but never had the time to sit and spend 45 minutes just talking shop. That alone was worth the 12 hour trip out.

They are about 6' tall, 288 lbs each, and close to 400 lbs each in their crates.

Sound is just pure awesomeness
Scott



listening to them at the Legacy sound room



Guys packing them up to load in my truck.



finally got them setup and running room correction software in the DSP
This is where the magic happens

[DAB]

i get by with a 25+ year old boombox.

[Mike Mercury]

those are nice.

As you apparently know... they need somewhat precise distances away from back & side room walls to give their best sound.

[kingpin]

You are such an ass!
I can't tell you how much I hate you right now.

Can I have the Whispers please.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by DAB

i get by with a 25+ year old boombox.

And a custom/dedicated wood shop that I greatly envy
All perspective and what is important to you.

On the other hand, if you need help setting up excellent tunes in the work shop, give me a shout.
Scott

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by kingpin

You are such an ass!
I can't tell you how much I hate you right now.

Can I have the Whispers please.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

those are nice.

As you apparently know... they need somewhat precise distances away from back & side room walls to give their best sound.

Many speakers are very reactive with room boundaries. Legacy specializes in acoustic steering to "fire" the wave at the listener to minimize room interaction.

Of course the basics still apply; don't put them directly against the wall and keep them different distances from sidewalls (prevents comb filtering etc)

But between speaker/driver design and the DSP, they took a lot of the room out of the equation. It's amazing technology.
Scott

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by kingpin

You are such an ass!
I can't tell you how much I hate you right now.

Can I have the Whispers please.

Sold them to a buddy who is also an audio nut and stepped up to the Aeris.

Traded the Aeris back to Legacy for the Valors.

We gotta meet up for a cold one someday. You still up in the Saskatchewan area?
Scott

[DAB]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

And a custom/dedicated wood shop that I greatly envy
All perspective and what is important to you.

On the other hand, if you need help setting up excellent tunes in the work shop, give me a shout.
Scott

i mostly play my iPhone via an old (recurring word isn't it?) Apple speaker that dates back to the original iPod times (so likely 2008 or so). slight work around to get the cables to connect, as the iPhone 6 doesn't have a 30 pin connector.

i did get new boots last year!

the radio/tape player (no CD option) dates back to at least 1993, as i know i dragged it with me to Antarctica. still works.

[Dan Dlabay]

I have a complete Sony rack system that I bought in 97. everything still works and sounds good.

[mrvette]

McIntosh.....nuff said......


but I sold mine some 10? years ago, oh well.....

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by mrvette

McIntosh.....nuff said......


but I sold mine some 10? years ago, oh well.....

Mac has long been the benchmark for great amp builds but in the past decade they've gone down hill with new owners, build quality issues etc.
I've not liked a lot of their stuff since Clarion took them over.

They still make a well built amp for the most part but their speaker tech is out of date by a good 15 years.

There are dozens of speaker manufacturers that far outperform their speakers, and for less money. Not the same company they were in the day.
Scott

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by Jeff '79

Hiya Jeffrey!

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Sold them to a buddy who is also an audio nut and stepped up to the Aeris.

Traded the Aeris back to Legacy for the Valors.

We gotta meet up for a cold one someday. You still up in the Saskatchewan area?
Scott

So are they not using their ribbon tweeter or the aircirc ribbon?
That thing was a beauty?
The Aeris had 2 right? 1 longer one and one smaller one?

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by kingpin

Hiya Jeffrey!




So are they not using their ribbon tweeter or the aircirc ribbon?
That thing was a beauty?
The Aeris had 2 right? 1 longer one and one smaller one?

Yeah, they're using the AMT tweets since ~ 2014. (folded metal) The Aeris had the tweet and super tweet combo in one housing by AMT.

It really is the star of the upper range. Very accurate without the harshness of Be or other metal style tweets.

It's one of the only tweets I've ever heard that can accurately reproduce percussion without the sibilance. No harshness or shrill sounds whatsoever.
Scott

[Millenium Vette]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Mac has long been the benchmark for great amp builds but in the past decade they've gone down hill with new owners, build quality issues etc.
I've not liked a lot of their stuff since Clarion took them over.

They still make a well built amp for the most part but their speaker tech is out of date by a good 15 years.

There are dozens of speaker manufacturers that far outperform their speakers, and for less money. Not the same company they were in the day.
Scott

Nice speakers Scotty!

[dwjz06]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Sold them to a buddy who is also an audio nut and stepped up to the Aeris.

Traded the Aeris back to Legacy for the Valors.

We gotta meet up for a cold one someday. You still up in the Saskatchewan area?
Scott

Damn ballers Plus you have the Goat project happening as well.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by dwjz06

Damn ballers Plus you have the Goat project happening as well.

That's supposed to be done in the next few weeks. Just waiting on the Moser diff.
All other work is done. Really looking forward to it.
Scott

[Datawiz]

You are a nut.

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Yeah, they're using the AMT tweets since ~ 2014. (folded metal) The Aeris had the tweet and super tweet combo in one housing by AMT.

It really is the star of the upper range. Very accurate without the harshness of Be or other metal style tweets.

It's one of the only tweets I've ever heard that can accurately reproduce percussion without the sibilance. No harshness or shrill sounds whatsoever.
Scott

Damn I missed seeing the AMT's.
And they are horizontal. :O

System Type: 8 Driver, 4 way system with specialized 3 driver ambient array
Tweeter: Dual 4” AMT bridge-mounted in post convergent array
Midrange: 1.5” coaxial, titanium/polyester diaphragm, precision waveguide
Midwoofer: 14” carbon/pulp curvilinear cone, neo motor, dipolar
Bass: Dual 14” carbon/pulp curvilinear cone, neo motor in super cardioid array
Subwoofer: Dual 12” aluminum diaphragms, 480 oz. motors, cast frame, 3” dual 4 layer voice coils
Passive Radiator: Dual 12” patented symmetrically loaded with 2”
travel

[carlton_fritz]

I just have a pair of GoldenEar Triton 7.