FS: Adelphos Satori MTM Speaker Kit w PE curved cabs in cherry

[TurboTR]

03/20/22 Update- SOLD.

For sale: Adelphos Satori MTM Speaker Kit by Jeff Bagby, with Parts Express 1.0 cu ft curved cabinets in cherry finish. Featuring the Satori TW29R tweeter and MW16P midbass. I bought the full kit with upgraded, assembled crossovers from Meniscus Audio. And several extra feet of the Meniscus upgrade wire. Unfortunately I just have not gotten to assemble this and by now need to clear out space. It stalled at routing the baffle cutouts due to lower back issues (not getting any younger- sigh).

https://meniscusaudio.com/product/adelphos-mtm-speaker-kit/

The cabinets are these: https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-MTMC-1.0BK-1.0-ft-MTM-Curved-Cabinet-Gloss-Bla-302-751

Looks like PE no longer does these in the cherry. I also used same (in black) for the Dr K MTM kit I built years ago. They're great for DIY IMO.

These kits start at $491.37 x 2 = $983 lately. As mentioned, mine is the full kit with crossover upgrades, extra wire, plus new curved cabinets in the original boxes.

-I'll do $695 for everything, includes Fedex shipping lower US 48.

Pictures of the actual stuff coming soon; meanwhile information at the link above and the project pdf attached.

The Dr K MTM is a great sounding speaker, if driven cleanly. It compares very favorably to the excellent Concept 500's I have, believe it or not. It was way too transparent for its own good in most cases though as the PE reference alum drivers were ruthlessly transparent. In similar fashion, I have no doubt the Satori MTM kit likely sounds excellent. Wish I could have heard it..

For those asking privately the speaker would be flat front, not slanted like the Kairos. It would look similar to the Dr K MTM in this link except of course Satori drivers and cherry cabs: http://projectgallery.parts-express.com/speaker-projects/dr-ks-mtm/

I was using the Dr K on a heavy duty wood stand of appropriate height made for me by Vapor Audio, if anyone remembers them 🙂 Speaking of, I guess those could go too. Not a good picture but there's the Dr K MTM on the Vapor stand, next to the C500 recently. And I have another set of wooden stands, nib and not assembled yet; can choose a custom height. Forgive the clutter please, I do N America service for a couple of high end audio companies lately and the audio setup is always in flux.

Thanks, T

 

[manniraj]

Please check the msg.

Thanks

 

[stretchneck]

Cool - Didn't know there was a MTM version of the Kairos. Slightly more efficient I guess.

 

[TurboTR]

Cool - Didn't know there was a MTM version of the Kairos. Slightly more efficient I guess.

Yes indeed 🙂 Personally I think MTM brings more to the table than just increased efficiency. T

 

[iaRIVR]

I've been trying to find - do you know the sensitivity and impedance of the MTM version? Even ballpark.

 

[tktran303]

Yes indeed 🙂 Personally I think MTM brings more to the table than just increased efficiency. T

Lower distortion at the same volume
Higher maximum SPL
Higher dynamic range
Symmetrical vertical dispersion

 

[stretchneck]

Yes indeed 🙂 Personally I think MTM brings more to the table than just increased efficiency. T

Indeed - show us your build!

 

[TurboTR]

I just went though the stuff. Looks good. Attached some pics. The cabinets have never been out of the boxes yet. They are pretty cherry 🙂 The drivers have not been out yet either.

The crossovers have not been unwrapped. You can see the crossovers have Mundorf supreme caps and litz wire air core inductor upgrades (good).

There is ample damping material. And instructions are provided along with the driver cutout locations, also the crossover circuit diagram. An excess of Lynk 14ga wire in black, blue and red (I bought alot of extra footage). Also the original 4x binding posts, along with an extra pack of what should be 8x binding post.

Thanks, T