Well done Bev I do hope you tune into them , they look great
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Well done Bev I do hope you tune into them , they look great
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They did look hand made, not in the expensive attention way either. Not a doctor of engineering I seem to recall.
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Bev, you made a brave choice, and you really hit on something that i didn't when describing them.
It is a mistake to compare them to "regular" speakers. They are really outside of the scope of comparison with the traditional idea of a transducer as we mostly think of it.
Yep, if you compare them with a big powerful set of Dynaudios or something like that, they are not going to do well by those conventional standards. But something tells me that makes as much sense as comparing a flute to a trumpet and finding the flute wanting and inferior because of, say, the lack of complex harmonic waveforms it produces, despite both being things that produce sound when air is blown into them.
I wondered if you might like to try listening to this and see if it grabs you in any way or leaves an impression. It may or may not be your kind of thing, but I found this utterly haunting and powerful through my Model Ones.
https://youtu.be/neDnpgZPPvY
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Nice one, Bev - good that you are enjoying them.
As you say, not the most highly resolving but still somehow give a very open window and a direct connection to a lot of music.
You've got me wishing that I had got hold of a pair before I hit the end-stop in my speaker journey with the MBLs!
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Yes, that's the one, Bev. Kind of!
I don't think it's exactly the same performance/recording, as the timings are a little different and there is no audience noise in the commercial (CD) recording.
Different conductor, too! It's the same Quebec group, though. And the attribution on the YouTube video is to the ATMA recording company.
The commercial recording is available on some of the streaming services, too (Qobuz and Spotify have it).
So, umm, I don't think it's actually not the same recording at all.
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Well I ordered it anyway and it's kind of renewed my interest in classical music which I've not listened to for ages.. I've generally said I'm not a true classical lover but I love Mozart.. go figure
I've now moved the Maggies out of the way and the Podiums are in their place but I don't think it makes much difference to how the Podiums sound as they seem very unfussy about placement... which is nice
Having tuned into the Podiums more now they are sounding so good, so different but very good indeed. They are probably the most 'un speaker' sounding speaker I've ever heard (yes I know that's terrible English !!)
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Mark Levinson N°390s CD Through:Atlas Elektra XLR's To: Mark Levinson N°383 To: Magneplanar .7's
Source
SW1X Universal Music Server UMS I Signature with Power Supply Unit PSU I Signature
SW1X USB II
SW1X DAC III Special
Audiolab 6000 CDT transport
Amps
Pre amps -- Hi fi Collective twin mono ladder stepped attenuator, with Charcroft Z-foil and silver wired. And First Watt B1 active no gain buffer.
Power amps -- Welborne 45 SET monoblocks 1.8W / Decware Taboo 6W / Elekit 300B TU-8600SVK plus further improved components 9W / ICE Power 1000W
Speakers
Highly modified Endorphin P17 open baffle speakers containing both vintage and modern alnico drivers and paper cones. All silver wired - 8" Cube Audio FC8 full range drivers and vintage 15" Altec VOTT 416 bass drivers. All sat on Townsend Audio Podium seismic isolation platforms.
BK Electronics XLS400FF Sub.
Cabling
Silver mains cables, interconnects and speaker cables by SW1X
Headphones
HRT HeadStreamer and SennHeiser HD650 headphones
Sorry Bev, I got a bit lost with this checking which version is which re the Mozart due to jetting off to Zakynthos!
Bumpy, I'm interested in ore on your thoughts on the Podiums- and what you are getting from your open baffles that made it worth switching.