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I have B&W Nautilus 805s, but I'd like to try electrostatics as soon as I can afford a pair. I've tried ribbons, horns and transmission-line
It's been three years since we last asked this question, and reader Jeffrey Michael suggests we ask it again: With all the different speaker technologies on the market, which technology have you adopted for your current audio system?
My current system has all Dynamic drivers, But I have been drooling over the hybrid stuff from Martin Logan for a while now and I think a nice shiney set of Prodigies are in my future. Unless I win the lottery and get the Statements!
old infinity Kappa Sevens they are actually sounding better as I upgrade the cables audio majic and a new Linn Ikemi CD player have presented a much better sound image and stage so i think i'll keep 'em another decade or so. I tried the martin logan they are too fussy in set up though they present mids and highs with outstanding accuracy. I will probably buy dynamic/cones next time around
I'v always had dynamic speakers in my system, they are reliable, and give good sound for the money. How ever, down the road I think I might consider a pair of Maggies, or Martin Logans, both of those sound real fast and crystaline clear, and they're making them more reliable. I haven't heard any horn speaker that I've really liked except from Avantgarde.
Lowther single-driver rear-loaded horn. I know it's pretty minimalistically extreme but the scale and dynamics are amazing. No crossover wierdness plus the most presence/microdynamics I've ever heard and with just 3W! At Home Entertainment in NY the only things that better them that I heard were Pipedreams and JMLabs Utopiasand, possibly, Quads. IMHO