What has 5 sides, 3 drivers, and casters on the bottom?

[ken kantor]

The OEM mid was a 4 ohm Speakerlab M654P (1983 production) poly cone w/ foam surround. The replacement that I ended up buying is a Wavecor WF160WA01.

The ribbon that I chose is the Visaton MHT-12. OEM was afiak a Foster E100T10 rebadged as "Speakerlab LT215S".

Cheers,
James

Thanks... I'll see what I can see.

-k

 

[ken kantor]

Thanks Mr Cantor. :thmbsp: This is one of the best posts I've ever seen come out of Audiokarma.

For those who obviously don't know, Ken Cantor is an old hand at this. If he says a driver does poorly, the driver does poorly!

Also, I think the speakers look spectacular.

Thank you, Sir!

-k

 

[ken kantor]

Ken I think many people are not aware of all of the complexities involved in designing a musical loudspeaker with a flat response.
A loudspeaker is an electrical and acoustic complex system by definition.

Interesting perspective... I think you might well be right!

-k

 

[Beatnik]

It's a good thing I passed on those ugly sea shell looking beast this morning ! Talk about stupid looking, bet they sounded like turds.

 

[phil-g]

It's a good thing I passed on those ugly sea shell looking beast this morning ! Talk about stupid looking, bet they sounded like turds.

and they may well by daleks.

 

[ken kantor]

It's a good thing I passed on those ugly sea shell looking beast this morning ! Talk about stupid looking, bet they sounded like turds.

 

[just dave]

To judge a speakers sound from a picture would be like looking at the Playmate of the year and assuming she must be a good cook too.

Hey it could happen.

 

[restorer-john]

Ken is right, BUT many people here look lovingly at the nudie shots of amplifiers, see all the big transformers, multiple huge filter caps, giant heat sinks and paralleled high grade output devices and figure that a well made amplifier is likely to sound better than a cheap looking lightweight. Not an unreasonable assumption in general.

It's the same with CD players and turntables, the big, solid, well finished and well made pieces are (in people's minds) more likely to sound good and be of a generally 'good' performance. Would you not agree?

I didn't hear any mention of a price on those speakers. If they were only cheap, looked well made, were unusual and in good condition and used 'middling' quality drivers- I think the comments made were reasonable and they could well be a bargain.

 

[ken kantor]

Ken is right, BUT many people here look lovingly at the nudie shots of amplifiers, see all the big transformers, multiple huge filter caps, giant heat sinks and paralleled high grade output devices and figure that a well made amplifier is likely to sound better than a cheap looking lightweight. Not an unreasonable assumption in general.

It's the same with CD players and turntables, the big, solid, well finished and well made pieces are (in people's minds) more likely to sound good and be of a generally 'good' performance. Would you not agree?

I didn't hear any mention of a price on those speakers. If they were only cheap, looked well made, were unusual and in good condition and used 'middling' quality drivers- I think the comments made were reasonable and they could well be a bargain.

I agree!! Thanks. I need to think about the analogy between cosmetically nice amps and cosmetically nice speakers. They seem different. (Then again, I'm not a believer in big sonic differences between amps, with qualifications.)

And, sure, the speakers might well be fantastic. I do worry about them not using stuffing, since a pentagonal shape does almost nothing to reduce standing waves, (and stuffing has other benefits). Between that and the choice of what I consider "show off" drivers, I begin to question their value proposition, at least slightly.

-k

 

[JimPA]

Between that and the choice of what I consider "show off" drivers, I begin to question their value proposition, at least slightly.

-k

I do like the term "show off" drivers. :
Ken that would be an excellent topic for a thread.

 

[Bratwurst7s]

Thanks... I'll see what I can see.

-k

Thank you very much.

Cheers,
James