Ugly Loudspeakers

I believe that Fabio had a set of the Martin Logan Statements in his mind blowing audio system.

 

That tweeter is JBL’s 2342 Bi-Radial horn mounted in front of a JBL 2416 compression driver. The advantage of the Bi-Radial horn is its dispersion properties. The JBL 2342 horn exhibits a constant beamwidth of 100 degrees in the horizontal and vertical planes. Horizontally, frequencies extend up to 16KHz, whereas vertically is up to 12.5KHz.

More info here: https://jblpro.com/en/site_elements/4425-information

 

I COULD have bought the entire system of Statements with Krell FPB amps and such at HALF OFF while I was handling the lines.
But simply put---they are HUGMONGOUS.
I used to hang out with Gail (Sanders) at his house and he had a two story room built just to run his setup.
They sounded great.
What can you DO?

Frankly I am happy as a clam with my own current stuff and haven't wanted to change much for the last 20 years.
Great gear should be owned long term to get the most out of it.
Those giants just were NOT in the cards and would never have "lost me any money" after buying on accommodation.
When I quit the business you better believe I bought everything I could use and then hit the door.

Instead I went to a competitor and paid FULL LIST for a pair of much smaller Harbeths.
And lived happily ever after, I might add...

 

if you come across those underwater, you better swim away fast

 

Yikes!

 

Not weird or ugly in any way!

 

???

 

With every source I have tried they sound excellent, clear and linear. Amplification by Marantz 30.

 

At one time I wanted them. The base unit makes me think of a jellyfish...

 

Because of their look?

 

The 3678 uses the 2425HS which has a substantial magnet structure.

 

+???

 

Oh, it was supposed to be a B&W 800, but I appear to have posted a Vorlon instead. Easy mistake.

 

What the heck is a Vorlon?

 

Well that explains everything! I suppose a Vorlon isn't a loudspeaker?

 

I have B&W 802D3’s and I lovingly call them “robot garbage cans”

 

Let Me Google That

 

I looked it up but couldn’t believe that’s what you were talking about. Do they need much power to drive them?

 

I heard the Statements once. Big treated room at Goodwin's High End out side of Boston. Full dual mono Boulder amps and preamps with dCS digital stuff. Most realistic sound I have ever heard.

 

It took a lot of power to drive them out of the galaxy, yes.

The Snell A speakers were sort of innocuously blocky when dressed up, but with the grills off they were quite an eyesore:

 

Yes, most of us don't look good with our cloths off...

 

I’ve was really impressed with some Snell speakers years ago and seriously considered buying them. Still remember they stood out.

 

One of my buddies had a set of these....sounded great!...thought they looked great too....with the giant grills on.

 

The "white van" dudes?