Expensive Full Range.

milesian · 6th February 2011, 04:29 PM

Anyone familiar with the Voxative AC-3B full-range speaker? I saw a recent catalogue listing them at over $13,000.00 a pair. What makes them so special I wonder?

SY · 6th February 2011, 04:40 PM

The back story.

hm · 6th February 2011, 05:25 PM

Hello,
yesterday i was at the HiFi days in Hamburg Holyday Inn Hotel,
and spoke with he or she Ines Adler and she told me voxative will get out of DIY,
they won´t be tested in other construction as their own.
i heard the Ampeggio with AC3x and was not really impressed for the money they want for it. Not so much highs as a Lowther, bass depents to the horn , in comparison to my double
horns less bass and less transparens, less soundstage deepness by too wide baffle an placing the driver in the middle.

The same like AER ( years ago Keller and Adler develop the driver together) much to expensive for the sound, thats why they won´t be tested be independent people like me,
my experience with 8" is documented on my HP.

Read the measurements carefully also AER you will see it is not comparable, but look nice.

IMHO there are so many cheaper driver outside where you can get with the right enclosure
a very good sound solution.

milesian · 6th February 2011, 05:52 PM

Thanks for the comments hm. Interesting to hear what's happening in the more esoteric areas of Hi-Fi.

FullRangeMan · 6th February 2011, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milesian

Anyone familiar with the Voxative AC-3B full-range speaker? I saw a recent catalogue listing them at over $13,000.00 a pair. What makes them so special I wonder?

Hi,
I agree VoxAtiv and AER are small value for the asking price, also they have not huge cone size, what mean small bass in OB.

With no listening test, just reading the data-sheet I could prefer some cheap Nirvana or the impressive Rullit 15 inches, wood cone, lamb skin suspension and huge Field Coil motor, a winner:
Rullit RF-C805

Flaesh · 7th February 2011, 02:03 AM

Fullrange Speakers - what about this&?

some thousands euro each..

hm · 7th February 2011, 02:15 AM

Hello,
same company, look impressum.

rjbond3rd · 7th February 2011, 04:17 AM

The AER's are about 10 times as expensive as the Fostex FE206E. Are they 10 times better? No, but they are definitely better (crystal clear, more extended, more refined). Still not perfect (but what is...)

hm · 7th February 2011, 07:27 AM

rjbond3rd,
did you make a measurement, do you know the measurement of the LP Magazin,
AER didn´t published it, why not? Filip publish also his advertisment but not this test
with measurement, i heard both and think not definitely only a bit better than a Fe206.

rjbond3rd · 7th February 2011, 01:10 PM

Hi hm,

Thank you! Can you tell me more about the LP Magazin measurement? I never saw that. Thank you in advance.

6th February 2011, 04:29 PM	#1
milesian diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2008	Expensive Full Range. Anyone familiar with the Voxative AC-3B full-range speaker? I saw a recent catalogue listing them at over $13,000.00 a pair. What makes them so special I wonder?

6th February 2011, 04:40 PM	#2
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	The back story. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

6th February 2011, 05:25 PM	#3
hm diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: near Hamburg Germany	Voxative Hello, yesterday i was at the HiFi days in Hamburg Holyday Inn Hotel, and spoke with he or she Ines Adler and she told me voxative will get out of DIY, they won´t be tested in other construction as their own. i heard the Ampeggio with AC3x and was not really impressed for the money they want for it. Not so much highs as a Lowther, bass depents to the horn , in comparison to my double horns less bass and less transparens, less soundstage deepness by too wide baffle an placing the driver in the middle. The same like AER ( years ago Keller and Adler develop the driver together) much to expensive for the sound, thats why they won´t be tested be independent people like me, my experience with 8" is documented on my HP. Read the measurements carefully also AER you will see it is not comparable, but look nice. IMHO there are so many cheaper driver outside where you can get with the right enclosure a very good sound solution. __________________ http://www.hm-moreart.de

7th February 2011, 02:03 AM	#6
Flaesh diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eburg	Fullrange Speakers - what about this&? some thousands euro each.. __________________ flesh flash flush

7th February 2011, 02:15 AM	#7
hm diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: near Hamburg Germany	Hello, same company, look impressum. __________________ http://www.hm-moreart.de


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6th February 2011, 05:52 PM	#4
milesian diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2008	Thanks for the comments hm. Interesting to hear what's happening in the more esoteric areas of Hi-Fi.

7th February 2011, 04:17 AM	#8
rjbond3rd diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007	The AER's are about 10 times as expensive as the Fostex FE206E. Are they 10 times better? No, but they are definitely better (crystal clear, more extended, more refined). Still not perfect (but what is...)

7th February 2011, 07:27 AM	#9
hm diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: near Hamburg Germany	rjbond3rd, did you make a measurement, do you know the measurement of the LP Magazin, AER didn´t published it, why not? Filip publish also his advertisment but not this test with measurement, i heard both and think not definitely only a bit better than a Fe206. __________________ http://www.hm-moreart.de

7th February 2011, 01:10 PM	#10
rjbond3rd diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Hi hm, Thank you! Can you tell me more about the LP Magazin measurement? I never saw that. Thank you in advance.

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