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Hi jprice, would you mind sharing with us what speakers you have move on to in your 'Upstairs System' now?
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Hi L4N, thanks for the link and its an interesting read...the amount of craftsmanship that goes into the Guarneri is mind boggling. I have never seen speakers designer use a piece of solid walnut to mold into a damping device for the tweeter...it may look 'low' tech but its the sound that matters
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Besides, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (otherwise known as my wife) says that "we don't need any more speakers". I may add a second sub-woofer (JL Labs F-112) at some point, because lots of folks here have said that two subs double your fun - and sound significantly better than just one.
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Thats an interesting point - anyone know why is that? Is the mid driver similar to Futura's? I can understand if Aida move up to a higher range of mid driver from scanspeak but why to an antire different supplier?
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Haha...my bad I misunderstood you!
I am certain the Memento will continue to satisfy you and your Chancellor of the Exchequer for sometime In fact I am toying with the idea of installing one unit of JL F112...I have read nothing but good things about it but just not sure if its fast enough to catch up with the Guarneri and I am afraid it may overwhelm my small listening room. Quote:
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Bottom line. The driver you think you can buy off the shelf you cannot. Are these drivers better than the stock driver? Certainly in the context of an entire speaker, speaker designers believe they are. Why else would they spend the time and money to develop them and have them built? |
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Actually the question was why different driver manufacturers between SF speakers and between tweeter/mids/woofer of the same speaker.
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The Guarneri Homage came out in 1993, the Evolution in 2011 and the Memento in between. What is available as a palette of drivers with which to work changes dramatically over 18 years. |
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Don't underestimate the speed of JL subs, they are lightning fast.
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