I would look long and hard at the old JBL style speakers. The Japanese based firm Kenrick made a few attractive variations on that theme. That is, if you can see the beauty in it.
They used to have a lot of Youtube videos. Their site: ??????????KENRICK SOUND? - JBL????? 43XX???? ?? ???????????
I kind of like those purpose build big monsters.
They used to have a lot of Youtube videos. Their site: ??????????KENRICK SOUND? - JBL????? 43XX???? ?? ???????????
I kind of like those purpose build big monsters.
You know what to do 
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But... The Loudspeaker? I thought the last one was The-Loudspeaker-III
(it isn't prettier though)
.But... The Loudspeaker? I thought the last one was The-Loudspeaker-III
(it isn't prettier though)
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I can't believe that Mark Levinson (the man himself and founder of Daniel Hertz) wil accept selling speakers to sthose scumbags
Aesthetically, there are some things we can do with a large box to make is less visually dominant and intrusive.
A very bold veneer pattern will help, like flat sawn walnut or mahogany... or flat sawn oak mingled with quarter sawn oak. Fine grain patterns like rotary cut birch will make the box look bigger because the wood grain pattern looks small. You definitely want to avoid a monitone look. A big box of a solid color will look really big.
The Vox Elysian in the above post uses a big bold veneer pattern. It also does a great job of fanning the veneer pattern out from a lower corner. Another technique would be to visually break up the big panels with a stripe of a contrasting veneer, such as using a vertical maple stripe in a larger walnut pattern. Architectural trim can also be used, but of course we have to be careful about introducing diffraction.
Notice the Vox Elysian uses a base, but it is smaller than the main cabinet. This is unusual, but it helps make the box less intrusive. It is also curve in the front. This is probably not possible with the TL, but you might be able to curve the top. A very gentle radius would lighten the look and make it more elegant.
A very bold veneer pattern will help, like flat sawn walnut or mahogany... or flat sawn oak mingled with quarter sawn oak. Fine grain patterns like rotary cut birch will make the box look bigger because the wood grain pattern looks small. You definitely want to avoid a monitone look. A big box of a solid color will look really big.
The Vox Elysian in the above post uses a big bold veneer pattern. It also does a great job of fanning the veneer pattern out from a lower corner. Another technique would be to visually break up the big panels with a stripe of a contrasting veneer, such as using a vertical maple stripe in a larger walnut pattern. Architectural trim can also be used, but of course we have to be careful about introducing diffraction.
Notice the Vox Elysian uses a base, but it is smaller than the main cabinet. This is unusual, but it helps make the box less intrusive. It is also curve in the front. This is probably not possible with the TL, but you might be able to curve the top. A very gentle radius would lighten the look and make it more elegant.
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I have been listening to the living voice speakers many times in the high end munich, and had the chance to check they're wood working up close. It is implacable. Simply flawless wood working, looked like a billiarder yacht. I wouldn't mind having this in my listening room... Yet achieving such an excellent level of quality would take a looooot of time. The curved front makes the speaker so much more elegant... I think one can attain this look if you curved the grill. Actually, not a problem
Well prices of living voice is beyond unreal, so that´s an indication of the amount of work going in there I reckon
Here is some talk on the Ellipticor-3 by Danny Richie, I assume some of his talk could be taken with a grain of salt, but some of what he is talking about here is pretty disturbing I thionk
There seem to be clear, very imminent resonances in the ellipticor 18we in the passband at 1300 Hz, and yes, it's very clear in the impedance plot
Ellipticor 21we also seem to have several breakup modes in areas that would normally fit into the passband
Is that to be expected from drives at this price point?
Tech Talk 15: Crossovers - YouTube
ScanSpeak Ellipticor 18WE/8542-T00
Scanspeak Ellipticor 21WE/8542-T00
There seem to be clear, very imminent resonances in the ellipticor 18we in the passband at 1300 Hz, and yes, it's very clear in the impedance plot
Ellipticor 21we also seem to have several breakup modes in areas that would normally fit into the passband
Is that to be expected from drives at this price point?
Tech Talk 15: Crossovers - YouTube
ScanSpeak Ellipticor 18WE/8542-T00
Scanspeak Ellipticor 21WE/8542-T00
Probably not popular opinion, but here it is...... This is often discussed topic and and I see people looking at the graphs disregarding certain driver just for this resonance. I used 18WE as midrange in 3way with T34B in WG and 32W revelator. 18WE 1300Hz resonance manifests itself in distortion graphs, and in waterfall as well. But the distortion levels are veeery low, and distortion at 1300Hz can still be considered veeery low as well, so is the resonance really that bad for the ears? Decay ridge at 1300Hz also does not look terrible. There are drivers with clean performance 1000-200Hz though I still would take 18WE over them. I take it that SS made design choices, and with cone edge treatment they mitigated the issue. Speaking from "hands on, ears on, mic on,..." experience with SB17, Satoris, Illuminator, W18NE, Peerless NE line,......
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Are distortion really that low? No, and it shows on measurements. But I can agree that 2nd harmonics are perceived as ok'ish. I don't see anything special about the 18WE except for nice engineering/looks and price tag.
Test Bench: Scan-Speak Ellipticor 18WE/4542T00 Midbass Woofer | audioXpress
Test Bench: Scan-Speak Ellipticor 18WE/4542T00 Midbass Woofer | audioXpress
My measurements attached, 2,83V, 30cm mic distance, Earthworks M30. And again, ears on experience is as same important (actually more, thinking of it) as measurements to me. I do not disregard the importance of measurements, I measure a lot.
That Audioexpress measurements are....well at least something, but they should bring it to new century, see Hificompass for comparison.
That Audioexpress measurements are....well at least something, but they should bring it to new century, see Hificompass for comparison.
