Nice units, indeed... Unfortunately, at 1190 Euros the speaker (shipping and taxes not included), only the price deters me to buy some !
From the Lowther website :
But it's me, OK ? 😉
T
From the Lowther website :
But it's me, OK ? 😉
T
1,020.00 GBP is the cost for the standard line PM2A 8Ω Silver VC. It is not the cost new Premium Range which I suspect will be a good deal more, I don't know, can't find anything about them online
Raw Alnico magnet are not cheap to produce, comparing to Voxativ's Alnico offerings.
You can still choose a PM6A which will more suitable for those on a budget.
You can still choose a PM6A which will more suitable for those on a budget.
Premium cone PM6a have landed at my home, so at least one pair now resides in the USA. @Nelson Pass, did you get your pair yet?
My original PM6a took a very long time to break in (over a hundred hours), and sounded a bit nasal until they did. I never put much store in break in until I got the PM6a, since I actually heard the change in the middle of a song where they suddenly just opened up for good. This new pair of premium cones sounded a bit brittle for the first five minutes or so, but have already improved and are sounding quite nice. So far, I feel like the premium cone variants have a better sense of space and better detail retrieval. Really looking forward to getting some more time on them and comparing with the originals.
My original PM6a took a very long time to break in (over a hundred hours), and sounded a bit nasal until they did. I never put much store in break in until I got the PM6a, since I actually heard the change in the middle of a song where they suddenly just opened up for good. This new pair of premium cones sounded a bit brittle for the first five minutes or so, but have already improved and are sounding quite nice. So far, I feel like the premium cone variants have a better sense of space and better detail retrieval. Really looking forward to getting some more time on them and comparing with the originals.
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A glimpse on how Lowther cone are manufactured
The new Lowther redesigned suspension system
The new Lowther redesigned suspension system
If driver break in is a measurable phenomenon the company could offer this feature on orderers request?
It would be a friendly extra feature for the customer.
All changes happening over longer periods of time are quite subjective. Measurement assisted break in would be an improvement for the seller, too:
How many listeners refute the use of a good driver not waiting for the moment things turn up to better.
For my part I won't have that patience at all.
It would be a friendly extra feature for the customer.
All changes happening over longer periods of time are quite subjective. Measurement assisted break in would be an improvement for the seller, too:
How many listeners refute the use of a good driver not waiting for the moment things turn up to better.
For my part I won't have that patience at all.
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I informed lowther UK. If there is an answer I will let you know.
My post:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/lowthers-new-premium-range.406172/post-7641064
My post:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/lowthers-new-premium-range.406172/post-7641064
@Freedom666 Pete from Lowther Loudspeakers here.
I think you are right, but this would be very difficult for us unfortunately. All our speakers are handmade to order and we make a lot of pairs a week. If we have to run them in for 50 hours per unit it would require a lot of “run in space”. It could also add as much to 6-8 weeks to our lead time.
Our cabinets are all handmade to order. With the additional lead time on them, it gives us the ability to run in all the drive units that come with them.
But at our current capacity we can’t run the individual drive units in unfortunately. As much as we would love to.
However… any excuse to listen to more music surely isn’t a bad thing in our eyes. We don’t think the sound is bad on arrival, it just improves with age. Like all of us. ;-)
I think you are right, but this would be very difficult for us unfortunately. All our speakers are handmade to order and we make a lot of pairs a week. If we have to run them in for 50 hours per unit it would require a lot of “run in space”. It could also add as much to 6-8 weeks to our lead time.
Our cabinets are all handmade to order. With the additional lead time on them, it gives us the ability to run in all the drive units that come with them.
But at our current capacity we can’t run the individual drive units in unfortunately. As much as we would love to.
However… any excuse to listen to more music surely isn’t a bad thing in our eyes. We don’t think the sound is bad on arrival, it just improves with age. Like all of us. ;-)
They are going to come soon. As for me I have a pair of pm4 ticonal G with Filip Keller membrane.
Sound is awesome. No shout at all and they have punch.
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The little holes in the membrane of the new lowthers make sense, because of the folded cone edge that is like a sail when the cone moves in. Not my thing ! I have got my final solution as seen above.
Silver is heavier than other material as copper or aluminum. Low weight is important for moving mass.