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Old 07-20-2020, 8:52pm   #1
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Some of the best speakers I've ever heard.
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Rockport Arrakis



Wilson Audio WAMM Chronosonic



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I remember seeing Gary Wright back in the late 70's. I don't remember what other band was there with him at the time (drunk and stoned I guess).


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Lots of talent on that stage

That's one of those songs that brings me back to when I was a kid and heard it on the radio.
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Best speakers I've ever heard, wish I could afford!
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I was always amazed at the Infinity IRS Series that came out in the early 80's. They had a set at a high end audio shop in Naha Okinawa. I could sit and listen to these for hours. They were $20,000.00 a set back then.





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Best speakers I've ever heard, wish I could afford!
Lots of fans out there of the old school Klipsch LaScalas.

Paul did a great job of shaping the way horns sound when so many others have "honky" sounding mids.

Some other great horn speakers out there in the following years as well.
Heard these at Axpona in Chicago a few years back.
JBL Everest; damn clear speaker with huge stage, open mids and tight bass.
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I was always amazed at the Infinity IRS Series that came out in the early 80's. They had a set at a high end audio shop in Naha Okinawa. I could sit and listen to these for hours. They were $20,000.00 a set back then.





Introduced: IRS: 1980
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Frequency range: 15 Hz - 45 kHz
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Special: Servo control unit for bass drivers
One of the early companies to play with source array designs.
Some of their late 80s early 90s speakers (Kappas etc) were dubbed amp killers because they could drop into the 2 ohm or less range.

Most guys used the early Bob Carver amps to drive them since they were built like tanks with huge heat sinks and could deal with low impedance drivers.
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Bob Carver, not heard that name in a while.....but you newbie kids really didn't know the perfection attainable with sound REproduction in a typical living room/homeowner type.....

the ONE company that greatly excelled in accurate sound REproduction was McIntosh.....

even my old picky BIL was a PHD musicologist from Univ of Indiana decades ago....and so was head of recorded sound division of Library of Conngress in Wash DC.....across the street from the Cap bldg......and so he was responsible for storage/reproduction of all recorded sound sold in this country......and it was the prime effort to preserve antique recordings from deterioration as the magnetic and plastic mediums....tape or disc failed long term wise.....

and so as his position, he knew all the BIG names in classical music at that time......early 60's to mid 80's on his passing, cigs/cancer mid 50's.....

well anyway, I got my first set of speakers of REAL value....McIntosh ML2c and so on my first divorce, loaned them to him/sis and upon picking them/electronics up after the BS.....he hated to see them go, as he enjoyed the total perfection of the sound REproduction......accuracy.....shit he went to all the fancy concerts with all the famous orchestras.....dealt with the Beatles and other rock bands......he knew what it was supposed to sound like.....

and he said in all serious tone of voice, not blowing smoke up my ass....that the McIntosh were the best speakers he ever heard.....


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Bob Carver, not heard that name in a while.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carver
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OH YES....so mutch for my memory.....Fuzz Linear.......been a while.....


I may have even met him at some point....Washington Nation HIFI shows....

Met Gene Cerwynski of Cerwin-Vega fame.....helped him do some project.....

used to know Frank and Don McIntosh and here in Orange Park Florida, there were/are? many famous business names who had houses/mansions? here.....JC Penny is most known....many others but there is a McIntosh Ave off rt 17 here in OP.......looked a couple times but never spotted any mansion/large house.....maybe it was taken down and built over as in a commercial area these daze....
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OH YES....so mutch for my memory.....Fuzz Linear.......been a while.....
I used a Phase Linear 4000 preamp in my mega system... years ago.
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Bob Carver, not heard that name in a while.....but you newbie kids really didn't know the perfection attainable with sound REproduction in a typical living room/homeowner type.....

the ONE company that greatly excelled in accurate sound REproduction was McIntosh.....

even my old picky BIL was a PHD musicologist from Univ of Indiana decades ago....and so was head of recorded sound division of Library of Conngress in Wash DC.....across the street from the Cap bldg......and so he was responsible for storage/reproduction of all recorded sound sold in this country......and it was the prime effort to preserve antique recordings from deterioration as the magnetic and plastic mediums....tape or disc failed long term wise.....

and so as his position, he knew all the BIG names in classical music at that time......early 60's to mid 80's on his passing, cigs/cancer mid 50's.....

well anyway, I got my first set of speakers of REAL value....McIntosh ML2c and so on my first divorce, loaned them to him/sis and upon picking them/electronics up after the BS.....he hated to see them go, as he enjoyed the total perfection of the sound REproduction......accuracy.....shit he went to all the fancy concerts with all the famous orchestras.....dealt with the Beatles and other rock bands......he knew what it was supposed to sound like.....

and he said in all serious tone of voice, not blowing smoke up my ass....that the McIntosh were the best speakers he ever heard.....


Bob is an unusual character but very good to deal with and stands behind his products 100%.

A few years back I bought a custom pair of his mono-blocks he built for the Pres of Emotiva. (pic below)
They had really great sound for a tube amp but didn't pair well with the DSP I was using at the time.

I've long held a high opinion of Mc gear but their speakers always sounded a bit thin to me. It certainly isn't a quality issue but rather the way they are voiced due to their customer base being largely into classical music where they shine.

Their pre-amps and amps used to be built to last for decades but QC has gone down hill over the years since the original buy out. Clarion IIRC. Now they are owned by another party. Went to Fine Sounds Group over to McIntosh Group.

Their newest tube pre-amp sounds absolutely amazing but the build quality is not great. Toggle switches on the front of the units are cheap plastic that wiggle in their socket. And these are $6k + units.
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One of the coolest commercials ever! Maxell I believe
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Yup, think your are right...back when I moved here, and met up with the neighbors....I held a party.....and turned up the system 400 watts/channel RMS.......easy hear it 3 blocks over......
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I will stick with my Anthem and GoldenEar. They are paid for.
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I will stick with my Anthem and GoldenEar. They are paid for.
Anthem makes fantastic pre/pros. I'm running their MRX 720 in the upstairs room and was using their AVM 60 in the theater before switching up to the Marantz 8805.

Golden Ear is infamous for making an outstanding speaker for their price point.
Reminds me of the way Paradigm started out in the early 90s. Good stuff man!
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