What speakers do you use?

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What speakers do you use?

Postby grendel » Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:18 pm

I was wondering what speakers you guys use to make the ST-35 sing? Currently I use a pair of Richard Allan RA8's, and I must say they do make a lovely match with my PAS2-ST-35 combo.
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Postby corndog71 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:02 pm

I use AV123 X-Statiks.

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AV123 went out of business but the guy who designed them for AV123, Danny Richie, still sells kits of the X-Statiks (minus cabinets) at GR Research.
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Postby Stunch » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:13 pm

Quad ESL-57 for this cowboy.
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Postby Ty_Bower » Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:54 pm

I've been using a pair of Audio Nirvana "Super 8" full range drivers in a set of Tom's "Model 1" back loaded horn enclosures. They are reasonably large, even for an eight inch driver. The speakers themselves have Dave's magic "EnABL" dots on them... I can't say for certain if they help, but I'm willing to believe they do.

Prior to these, I ran a set of Fostex FE-126 in Saburo cabinets. Before that, it was Klipsch Chorus II. The Klipsch sounded good, but I was always too aware of the crossover. The Fostex/Saburo removed the crossover sensitivity, but didn't quite have the same extension. The AN8 seem to get most of that back, and have a more natural presentation than the Fostex.

Long before that, I had a pair of Canadian manufactured Paradigm 7se Mark III. They have relatively simple crossovers and an easy drive requirement that performed well with most all of my tube amps. They were no slouch, but were eventually displaced as they weren't quite as much fun to listen to as the others.
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Postby nyazzip » Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:32 pm

....Dynaco a25, of course !
i don't listen to music loudly, so i am ok with their modest efficiency. they soak up a bit of that "el84 midrange" emphasis and balance it out perfectly.
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Postby 20to20 » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:49 am

Sansui SP-2500. Cloth surrounds maybe not the most efficient in this modern day and age of Twitters and Douchtoob but God they are beautiful.
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Postby paart » Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:41 pm

The basic design of the magnet/ voice coil may have more to do with the efficiency of the driver, than the "surround" construction. Although my Altec Lansing 10" drivers have cloth surrounds, they also feature an eleven lb. Alnico magnet structure, and a 3 inch coil that always remains fully in the "gap". The resulting efficiency is something like 97 db/1W/1M.
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Postby 20to20 » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:54 pm

paart wrote:The basic design of the magnet/ voice coil may have more to do with the efficiency of the driver, than the "surround" construction. Although my Altec Lansing 10" drivers have cloth surrounds, they also feature an eleven lb. Alnico magnet structure, and a 3 inch coil that always remains fully in the "gap". The resulting efficiency is something like 97 db/1W/1M.


The factory specs these at 98db. I was thinking at the time about how the cloth surrounds feel kind of stiff and probably are now not as efficient as new foam speakers would be. Thank God they are in good condition and not rotten as 35 year old foam surrounds would be dust.
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