Limited edition run, so not so many pairs to be sold to recoup all that R&D time. Although I grant you at a million bucks they are into Veblen goods territory.
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Limited edition run, so not so many pairs to be sold to recoup all that R&D time. Although I grant you at a million bucks they are into Veblen goods territory.
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Found the spec
Technical Specs:
Measurements:
Nominal Impedance: 3 ohms / minimum 1.77 ohms @ 310 Hz
Sensitivity: 90 dB @ 1W @ 1m @ 315Hz
Frequency Response: 20 Hz—33 kHz +/- 2 dB
Minimum Amplification Power Recommended: 100 watts/channel
Drivers:
Main Tweeter: 1 inch (2.54 cm) Convergent Synergy (Mk5), Dome Material: Doped Silk Fabric
Upper Mid-R anges: (2) 5 inch (12.70 cm) Cone Material: Paper Pulp Composite
Lower Mid-Ranges (2) 7 inch (17.78 cm) Cone Material: Doped Paper Pulp
Woofer: 10.5 inches (26.67 cm) Cone Material: Hard Paper Pulp
Woofer: 12.5 inches (31.75 cm) Cone Material: Hard Paper Pulp
Rear Firing Tweeter: 1 inch (2.54 cm) Dome Material: Doped Silk Fabric (Mk5)
Rear Firing Mid-R ange: 5 inches (12.70 cm) Cone Material: Paper Pulp Composite
Dimensions:
Height: 84 ⅜ inches (214.29 cm) w/o spikes Width: 21 inches (53.34 cm)
Depth: 37 ⅜ inches (94.87 cm)
Enclosure Type MainTweeter (Sealed): Material: X-Material
4” Main Mid Module (Bottom Vent): Material: X-Material with S-Material Baffle
7” Main Mid Module (Bottom Vent): Material: X-Material with S-Material Baffle
Woofer (Cross Load Firing Port ( XLF)): Material: X-Material
Rear Firing Enclosure (Sealed): Material: X-Material with S-Material Baffle
Gantry: Aerospace Aluminium with W-Material Module Interface
Price and availability:
Limited to 70 pairs US MSRP $685,000
Nasty load but nothing a Krell or similar couldn't cope with. Quite a bit cheaper than a million dollar too. Although they ain't exactly giving them away.
Only 90dB though, not the 99 I saw quoted elsewhere.
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Refreshing to see that elaborate mains conditioning doesn't seem to be used, or cable lifters (even if they are using Transparent speaker cable with their special filter networks).
I must admit I don't like the styling either. Sure there is an element of form being defined by function but still is some styling. The smaller WA designs are much better (visually) balanced for me.
This pair appears to be called Dave.
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my little full range telefunkens are 3 ohm, but only need a trickle current .... come in a fair bit cheaper too700k dollaridos is redic for 2 speakers tho... you could buy 2 lovely houses for that
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If you've got that much for speakers you probably already own several lovely houses. And a yacht.
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not really my point.... more if youve got that money for speakers then buy 2 lovely houses for deserving folkOriginally Posted by Macca
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FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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