jandl100
07-02-2008, 08:33
Thought I'd start a dedicated thread for showing my speaker journey over the last few years (I change the things a LOT!) - or at least the speakers I have owned since I first bought a digital camera! Some of these photos are in the original all-folks-in-1 thread, but it's kind of useful to separate them out into my own thread here. Lots of new photos anyway.
I'll add some comments about my views on each speaker as I go through. :)
Starting off in Spain (I lived there for 2 years .. long story ...) with my Avantgarde Unos - fabulous speakers, dynamic as hell, oodles of clarity and presence, and (to my ears) quite untroubled by horn colourations.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/AvantgardeUnos.jpg
Moved back to Blighty, and the Unos were just too big for my new listening room - I'd had the Unos for an astonishing 5 years anyway, so fancied a change ..... I played around with some small speakers (Rogers LS3/5a and Acoustic Energy AE1) but couldn't really settle down with them. Simply not enough 'scale" to the music.
I bought an ex-dem pair of Audiostatic DCI Wings - full range Dutch stats ... ah, that was more like it!
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/Audiostatics.jpg
These kept me happy for getting on for a year, but eventually the early bass roll-off of the things (impossible to integrate with a sub - I tried!) got me venturing forth once more.
A pair of ex-dem Kharma Ceramique 3 speakers attracted my attention ...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/DSCF1960.jpg
Wow - these were stunning - open, detailed and just plain musically wonderful. :) They kept me happy for 2 years.
But the wonderlust bug bit again, and I wandered off in a completely different direction ..... to vintage JBL L110 monitors :eek: Wow - talk about a change of pace! - I loved these little babies ...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/JBLL110.jpg
... for a while. I started being unfaithful after a few months, trying various things (while still keeping the JBLs of course ;)).
QLN Sigs (rolled off top end - played with these for less than a day!)
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/QLNSigs.jpg
Klipsch Heresy (too coloured - sold them after a week)
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/Klipsch5.jpg
Magneplanar smga (not enough rez, and vague imaging. Interesting though - I played around with them for a couple of weeks before giving up.)
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/MaggieSMGa.jpg
Finally kind of settled on a pair of Epos ES30 for a couple of months
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/EPOSES302.jpg
But got a bit bored with them. A pair of Dali Skyline 1000 ribbon hybrids turned up on eBay - I'd heard their bigger brothers at a Show a couple of years earlier and had been mucho impressed. So, here they are chez-Jerry :p That tall (30 inch!) ribbon tweeter is a lulu! Open baffle bass and mids as well - so a very interesting and unusual design.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/DaliHome1.jpg
I kept these for about 8 months before my attention began to wander again!
I tried some Apogee Centaur Minors, but found them too bass shy ...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/ApogeeCentaurMinor.jpg
Then along came my current faves, Thiel CS2.3. Wow - Jerry is in love again. :p Open, fast, uncoloured - electrostat-sound for folks who can't live with the limitations of stats! That's me!
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/YamThiel.jpg
I've had these for about 6 months now ... I do love them, but just recently my attention has started to wander again! :rolleyes:
Hence the Yammie NS1000M you can see sharing the photo with the Thiels. Nope they didn't stay long - the Thiels hammered them!
Then some Celef PE1 popped in - nice, but too similar to some Proac Response2 I had owned a long time back - I like to investigate different sounds! Their new owner loves them, though - and quite right too, a mighty fine speaker.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/CelefPE1.jpg
And some JBL TiK2 standmounts ... pretty, but definitely a more rock-focussed sound than I want - but they have found a very happy home in a 2nd systenm I have created for them in my conservatory.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/JBLTi2Kspeakers.jpg
And some Rogers Export Monitors (currently up for sale ;)). A traditional BBC Monitor sound - frequency response is flat, completely flat as measured with my Behringer digi equaliser - astonishing! Great, classic speakers - but not quite right for me.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/RogersExportandThiel.jpg
I'm currently playing with stacked Rega Juras - as can be seen in another thread on the forum.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/RegaJuraTowers2.jpg
___
So the Speaker Saga continues. A huge amount of fun. :D
I'll add some comments about my views on each speaker as I go through. :)
Starting off in Spain (I lived there for 2 years .. long story ...) with my Avantgarde Unos - fabulous speakers, dynamic as hell, oodles of clarity and presence, and (to my ears) quite untroubled by horn colourations.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/AvantgardeUnos.jpg
Moved back to Blighty, and the Unos were just too big for my new listening room - I'd had the Unos for an astonishing 5 years anyway, so fancied a change ..... I played around with some small speakers (Rogers LS3/5a and Acoustic Energy AE1) but couldn't really settle down with them. Simply not enough 'scale" to the music.
I bought an ex-dem pair of Audiostatic DCI Wings - full range Dutch stats ... ah, that was more like it!
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/Audiostatics.jpg
These kept me happy for getting on for a year, but eventually the early bass roll-off of the things (impossible to integrate with a sub - I tried!) got me venturing forth once more.
A pair of ex-dem Kharma Ceramique 3 speakers attracted my attention ...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/DSCF1960.jpg
Wow - these were stunning - open, detailed and just plain musically wonderful. :) They kept me happy for 2 years.
But the wonderlust bug bit again, and I wandered off in a completely different direction ..... to vintage JBL L110 monitors :eek: Wow - talk about a change of pace! - I loved these little babies ...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/JBLL110.jpg
... for a while. I started being unfaithful after a few months, trying various things (while still keeping the JBLs of course ;)).
QLN Sigs (rolled off top end - played with these for less than a day!)
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/QLNSigs.jpg
Klipsch Heresy (too coloured - sold them after a week)
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/Klipsch5.jpg
Magneplanar smga (not enough rez, and vague imaging. Interesting though - I played around with them for a couple of weeks before giving up.)
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/MaggieSMGa.jpg
Finally kind of settled on a pair of Epos ES30 for a couple of months
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/EPOSES302.jpg
But got a bit bored with them. A pair of Dali Skyline 1000 ribbon hybrids turned up on eBay - I'd heard their bigger brothers at a Show a couple of years earlier and had been mucho impressed. So, here they are chez-Jerry :p That tall (30 inch!) ribbon tweeter is a lulu! Open baffle bass and mids as well - so a very interesting and unusual design.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/DaliHome1.jpg
I kept these for about 8 months before my attention began to wander again!
I tried some Apogee Centaur Minors, but found them too bass shy ...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/ApogeeCentaurMinor.jpg
Then along came my current faves, Thiel CS2.3. Wow - Jerry is in love again. :p Open, fast, uncoloured - electrostat-sound for folks who can't live with the limitations of stats! That's me!
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/YamThiel.jpg
I've had these for about 6 months now ... I do love them, but just recently my attention has started to wander again! :rolleyes:
Hence the Yammie NS1000M you can see sharing the photo with the Thiels. Nope they didn't stay long - the Thiels hammered them!
Then some Celef PE1 popped in - nice, but too similar to some Proac Response2 I had owned a long time back - I like to investigate different sounds! Their new owner loves them, though - and quite right too, a mighty fine speaker.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/CelefPE1.jpg
And some JBL TiK2 standmounts ... pretty, but definitely a more rock-focussed sound than I want - but they have found a very happy home in a 2nd systenm I have created for them in my conservatory.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/JBLTi2Kspeakers.jpg
And some Rogers Export Monitors (currently up for sale ;)). A traditional BBC Monitor sound - frequency response is flat, completely flat as measured with my Behringer digi equaliser - astonishing! Great, classic speakers - but not quite right for me.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/RogersExportandThiel.jpg
I'm currently playing with stacked Rega Juras - as can be seen in another thread on the forum.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/RegaJuraTowers2.jpg
___
So the Speaker Saga continues. A huge amount of fun. :D