Snell Acoustics Type A Reference loudspeaker

Snell Acoustics Type A Reference loudspeaker

The Type A has served as Snell Acoustics' flagship loudspeaker since 1974. The Type A Reference System reviewed here is the sixth update of the late <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/378snell/index4.html">Peter Snell</A>'s original three-way floorstanding design, and is the most radical departure from <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/378snell">Snell's original</A>. Gone is the pair of "upright bricks of polished wood and stretched cloth" (footnote 1) that delighted decorators because they functioned best against a wall. Today's Type A Reference $18,999 price tag (footnote 2) purchases two tall midrange-tweeter towers, two huge subwoofers, two short but heavy enclosures housing the outboard passive crossover networks, and a small electronic crossover.

Starbucks Records?! Elvis Costello's new lp doesn't sound so hot...

Has anybody spent any time with the new vinyl release, "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane" by Elvis Costello? IMO, the overall pressing is lacking in quality, and the sound itself is strained and indistinct, compared to the digital examples I have heard. I wonder if this is a result of initial manufacturing struggles that Starbucks has undergone in their foray into creating vinyl, via Specialty Records.

CSO & Janine Jansen

Hi

Saw the Dvorak special event this afternoon.

Was very impressed with Dvorak, he has very interesting style that seems like a sort of classical pop music mixed with a bit of rock, sort of like a classical Queen. The music was very easy to listen to yet had a decent sense of depth, not on the Mahler scale but certainly to me more so than Bruckner.

Music For Pleasure Time

Music For Pleasure Time

I just got off the phone with Nathaniel Friedman, a writer working on a "vinyl revival" piece scheduled to appear in an upcoming issue of <i>Penthouse</i>, that finest of fine men's periodicals. I think it went fairly well. If nothing else, it gives me an excuse to buy the magazine.

Building a System for about $1,000 (try not to laugh)

Hi all,

I've been trolling this forum for a few days now trying to gather as much wisdom/knowledge as I can from this group. While its been fun to look in at the world of audio fetishists, and I would love to fully immerse myself in expensive lush sounds... I'm 25 and the money isn't quite there yet.

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