I was trying to locate this crazy speaker I saw in a magazine a few months
back. It was a home speaker, very very high end, the thing was as big as a
volkwagon and had a sound horn that looked like, and was the size of a
marching band tuba (color red I think) attached to it. I think it was
produced on the West Coast in the states but I may be wrong on that one
(might have been the dealership). The price tag was in the, get ready, $80k
to $100K area. I haven't been able to stumble upon since in the last day or
two so I thought someone here might be able to point it out for me. Thx.

Alan

Alan Smithee wrote:
I was trying to locate this crazy speaker I saw in a magazine a few months
back. It was a home speaker, very very high end, the thing was as big as a
volkwagon and had a sound horn that looked like, and was the size of a
marching band tuba (color red I think) attached to it. I think it was
produced on the West Coast in the states but I may be wrong on that one
(might have been the dealership). The price tag was in the, get ready, $80k
to $100K area. I haven't been able to stumble upon since in the last day or
two so I thought someone here might be able to point it out for me. Thx.

That describes just about any of the Japanese horn speakers.

Are you thinking of the Audio Note stuff?

If you think that's odd, check out the Jadis Eurthymie. Doesn't sound
very good but it looks amazing.
--scott

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Alan,

I was trying to locate this crazy speaker I saw

If you want a really good loudspeaker, don't waste your time with overpriced
audiophile nonsense. You can get what professional recording engineers use
for a lot less than $80-100k.

--Ethan

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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Alan Smithee wrote:
I was trying to locate this crazy speaker I saw in a magazine a few
months
back. It was a home speaker, very very high end, the thing was as big as
a
volkwagon and had a sound horn that looked like, and was the size of a
marching band tuba (color red I think) attached to it. I think it was
produced on the West Coast in the states but I may be wrong on that one
(might have been the dealership). The price tag was in the, get ready,
$80k
to $100K area. I haven't been able to stumble upon since in the last day
or
two so I thought someone here might be able to point it out for me. Thx.

That describes just about any of the Japanese horn speakers.

Are you thinking of the Audio Note stuff?

If you think that's odd, check out the Jadis Eurthymie. Doesn't sound
very good but it looks amazing.
--scott

Very close to what I was looking for. I now see that the horn speakers are
ubiquitous in the hifi world. You've led me to some other sites I now think
it may have been the Avantgarde systems that piqued my interest. Thx. BTW
the Eurythrnie looks like an orchid don't it?

Avante Garde? Jadis?

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"Alan Smithee" wrote in message news:icW%d.758211$8l.691727@pd7tw1no...
I was trying to locate this crazy speaker I saw in a magazine a few months
back. It was a home speaker, very very high end, the thing was as big as a
volkwagon and had a sound horn that looked like, and was the size of a
marching band tuba (color red I think) attached to it. I think it was
produced on the West Coast in the states but I may be wrong on that one
(might have been the dealership). The price tag was in the, get ready, $80k
to $100K area. I haven't been able to stumble upon since in the last day or
two so I thought someone here might be able to point it out for me. Thx.

Alan

In article icW%d.758211$8l.691727@pd7tw1no writes:

I was trying to locate this crazy speaker I saw in a magazine a few months
back. It was a home speaker, very very high end, the thing was as big as a
volkwagon and had a sound horn that looked like, and was the size of a
marching band tuba (color red I think)

I saw those at the CES a couple of years ago, and I think that for the
2003 show someone set up a web page with photos of those, including
lots of other things (many turntables) that were at least as
"interesting." Maybe a search of rec.audio.pro and CES will turn up a
link. I tried for a couple of minutes and couldn't find it but
someone's bound to have it bookmarked.




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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:45:34 GMT, "Alan Smithee"
wrote:

I was trying to locate this crazy speaker I saw in a magazine a few months
back. It was a home speaker, very very high end, the thing was as big as a
volkwagon and had a sound horn that looked like, and was the size of a
marching band tuba (color red I think) attached to it. I think it was
produced on the West Coast in the states but I may be wrong on that one
(might have been the dealership). The price tag was in the, get ready, $80k
to $100K area. I haven't been able to stumble upon since in the last day or
two so I thought someone here might be able to point it out for me. Thx.

If they're bright red, you're talking about the Avantgarde, from
Germany. Despite being prepared to be impressed, I wasn't, based
on high-end-room-CES demo's. The rooms there are way too small,
so pay my "review" no nevermind, if you're interested. Find a
dealer who can properly demo them.

FWIW, that kind of pocket change can get you into several other
exotic speakers. My personal fave is the Nearfield Acoustics, but
it's just a personal choice.

Good fortune,

Chris Hornbeck