Victor (JVC) SX-1000 LABO Have Arrived.
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GD70
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Actually, JVC VHS players were some of the best consumer grade players. I believe what tarnished their reputation was the market saturation of lower end rack systems sold everywhere. They are not the only company that took this route. Look at Pioneer, Fisher, Kenwood, Onkyo, among many others. They were all producing the plastic black face stuff.
JVC-Victor in Japan, made outstanding high end gear that primarily stayed in the Japanese market. Fortunately, some got to the U.S. with soldiers returning from Asia and bringing their stereos with them.
I can't wait to see and hear Tims speakers in the video thread, and read his sonic report.
Glenn
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May be here as soon as tomorrow.
Wise choice sir, some things are not replaceable!
GD70
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Congrats! So what are your first impressions? And we need a few videos showing what these beasts can do!
Well I only tested them to see that all drivers were ok. But those few minutes showed a very capable speaker system. Tomorrow they will run for hours.
I hired movers to do the deed.They look like a lovely little pair of speakers.
Wellll they are a reference speaker for sure, along with the plus and minuses that come with that statement. Great on excellent material, good on the rest. Wonderful and even keeled tonality, almost like a planar. I think that was a big thing in the mid 90’s in Japan, these drivers are extremely fast. Think Sony SS-GR1, also full of extremely lightweight drivers on large AlNiCo motors like these. I’ll need a week to get used to them, the Victor’s are different than the Sony’s in some ways. Incidentally, the Sony 777 lose very little to these, the philosophy and design wasn’t all that dissimilar. Both are very accurate, which creates its own difficulties in system matching.
The Sony’s are a little more forgiving. They added just one fun cap inside, whereas the Victor folks had no time for that.
The Sony’s are a little more forgiving. They added just one fun cap inside, whereas the Victor folks had no time for that.
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GD70
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Interesting. Too bad you don't have the room to set them up for some A/B-ing. 12 inch woofers in those, right?
Ds, I'm very interested in this statement. Could you elaborate or expand on this aspect please?
30cm Sony, 31.5cm Victor. No real need to A/B, they’re both A list speakers. Just a little different in tonal spread. Both do the triangulating really well, which is a more difficult proposition than the L—>R stage thing. Room depth is what I want to hear. Both are spot on for that.
Sure, I think Sony knew that at the price point [¥200k each] there would likely be something like a TA-N77ES fronting the system. It’s a fine amp, but may not be absolute, so the filters (crossover) inside and the peaks of the mid and tweet head toward being a little softer, hence the term forgiving. My use of ‘fun cap’ is just embellishment of the more kindly balance.
The Victor at ¥880,000 per speaker is something the designers would be expecting top sources and amplification for. Note that they made an amp to go along with these, the ME-1000LABO. That’s what they expect to be in use.
