![]() One of the enclosure "secrets" is to use plywood for the front and back instead of chipboard. We didn't find large deviations amongst the units, so I think the whole matching story is a bit overdone. We did order 5 pairs with quite some friends, so we could match ourselves. The crossover components are a hoax regarding the traditional opinions we tend to give (bi-polair elcos, variable resistors), but we tried to exchange them, and always ended back at the original. The woofer is a "simple" Seas woofer, the tweeter some Danish or Japanse thing (sources are not coherent here). These are very "musical" speakers, and have given me a lot of pleasure over time. I've owned a pair of AN-E DIY kits (the silver version). There are plenty of DIY plans available, with almost as much concensus as to their merit as any commercial product. Since the AN speaker kits are parts and plans only, why not save yourself some money and frustration and try something with much less of a financial investment, like perhaps a Fostex or Visaton fullrange. ![]() Or it could just be listener envy - no doubt years in the business has fine tuned the dealers listening acuities to hear "staggering" differences that are not obvious to these ears, even after it's explained what I'm missing. However when you build the relatively simple boxes and see the actual working drivers and crossover components, it's rather difficult to see were the magic could be hidden in the factory built "real" speakers. It's a bit unfair to describe the performance of either as 'pedestrian', particularly when compared to some other over-rated and constipated British brands in the same store and price range. That's the great thing about DIY - I can build and listen for my own emotional enjoyment, not to flaunt my financial status or intellectual prowess.īack to the subject of AudioNote speakers I've built several pairs of the cabinets and had brief opportunity to compare them to factory versions. My biggest complaint would be that I don't have the requisite disposable income to afford to impress my friends and family with either. Having had opportunity to hear a fair range of their individual products as well as synergistic systems priced well above what I paid for my current home, all I can say is you could spend more on an all Linn system and get less music. After reading this post, guess if I'm still sitting on the fence on this one? Would I put my Vandersteens anywhere close to a wall, no not unless I was deaf, that is because they sound bloody awful if not given space.Īs did the B&W 805 Matrix, & the 804s but they were both pretty awful anyway.AudioNote is a great marketing success of perceived value over content, and there's no doubt that the brand name has as many detractors as devoted fans. Until he corner loaded them, he sold them within a few weeks thereafter, it was chalk and cheese, they did not shout anymore. He has now sold the Avant Garde's and bought Sonus Faber Amati's, those certainly would not work close to any boundaries.Īnother friend was battling to shift a pair of Unison Research Max 1's he took as a trade in his shop. Like Martin Logans yet to her any of them where that does not bug me. Doing that certainly took the bite out of the Avant Garde Duos a friend had, the lagging bass from the active bass bin I could never get right or come to terms with. Horns work very well when in the corners or close to a wall. The La Scala can also work very well near the walls. The Bigger brothers the Crystal 2-40 which I also have is a rear ported 3 way and they just choke up in the corners. I have some Wharfedale Crystal 2-30's a 2 way non vented box with a passive woofer and they shine when stuffed into a corner. The Heresy's I had worked very well in a corner or close to a wall, where they were no longer a bit bass shy, placing them in the corners had no ill effects on the rest of the sound in any way. The Audio Notes are designed to be corner loaded, as are the Klipsch Horns & the Klipsch Cornwall = Corner/Wall, and the Voigt Corner Horn. ![]() Move them away form the walls and they sound anemic. I corner load my Cornscala Horns and the Klipsch KG 4's they just sound so mush better in the corners and no they do not bloat or boom. My room has a vaulted ceiling, and it certainly is the easiest room to get decent sound easily I have ever had. The same goes in equal of not more measure for all rooms. Toe in a Vivid Audio speaker and I realy want to stab those aluminum drivers not just think about it. Why do you have that opinion? Not all speakers behave the same.
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