On 15/07/2013 3:28 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
"Trevor Wilson"
Phil Allison wrote:
** I met a young guy once who had a pair of Klipsch La Scalas
( rated at 104dB/W/m ) in his bedroom at his parent's home.
http://www.soundscapehifi.com/images...la-1-3_LRG.jpg
Sitting on the floor next to them was a Bose 1801 amp.
**Puke. Horrible speakers, driven by a horrible amplifier. back when I was
service manager for Auriema (later, Marantz Australia), I set up a pair of
La Scalas in the warehouse truck bay and pointed them at the (quite noisy)
factory across the road. I connected them a Marantz 140 power amp (75
Watts/channel) and played music. The people in the factory complained
about the noise!
** BTW:
Did you ever come across the Philips omnidirectional speaker design that was
a bit like Bose ?
**Of course. Not in the flesh, but I saw it in publications.
Not a commercial product, but a published design for home construction. It
used a number of 5 inch woofers and 1inch dome tweeters - likely AD5060s
and AD0160Ts. No stupid equaliser needed, just a touch of bass boost.
Kit Sets had a pair on demo in their Sydney city store in the early 70s.
**Ah, maybe I saw it there (was that Kent St?). Those Philips 5" drivers
were pretty decent. Infinity used them in some of their early designs.
The tweeters were a bit 'zingy' but a huge improvement over most of the
cheap, home constructor stuff of the day. I used them in my 8-30 speakers.
FWIW: A mate called me last week. He acquired a old pair of Philips MFB
(Motional FeedBack) speakers. I told him that my recollection of the
sound was overwhelmingly positive. Particularly for their diminutive
size. He called me back to say that they are simply astonishingly good.
This, coming from a guy whose main speakers are Acoustats (ESLs).
--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au