Acoustic Suspension sound in 2020?
@paulburnett I’ve owned Vandersteens and they are not acoustic suspension sealed box enclosed. Take a look! https://www.vandersteen.com/products/model-2ce-signature-ii |
Spendor and NHT bookshelf/mini monitor speakers generally acoustic suspension. I have several challenging installations (inside cabinet, on table, near rear wall or side wall, etc.) where sealed enclosures have advantages, so between the two brands I have five pairs of modern acoustic suspension speakers, all bookshelf/mini monitor. Two of the five pairs are used exclusively for music (the Spendors, in secondary and third systems) and the other three across two H/T setups. The msrp’s of the five range from a couple hundred per pair for the low end NHT’s up to $2k or $3k per pair for the Spendors, and the Spendors are discontinued so either find used or old stock at this point. Of the NHT’s, the C1’s and Superone2.1 are current models. Spendor has current models (A1, Classic 3/5 (or something similar, forget exact name, possibly others as well) that are acoustic suspension though. Consequently, I also have a lot of subwoofers, because non-ported speakers give up some bass, haha... Spendor D1, SA1. NHT C1, Absolute Zero, Superone 2.1. I’m not familiar with any of the speakers OP mentioned, so no idea whether any of mine sound like his/hers. What I’d say generally is that I prefer well-done speakers with ports for fuller sound (despite my large A/S ownership share), but with challenging installations and/or small rooms, acoustic suspension can be a good choice, especially when paired with a good sub. |
I have Vandersteen 3A Sigs, and the bass enclosure is sealed, but I'm not sure to what extent the "active acoustic coupler" results in a different transfer function--I think it shares the same enclosure as the 8" woofer, but I'm not 100% certain. I think Yogiboy was making a (rather funny) joke, referring to the cutaway photo illustrating the guts. |
Dear @aainpb : Not from the 70's but I own and am the original owner of a marvelous ADS L2030 ( heavy tweaked by me, you can read here:
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/3080 ). Those are acoustic suspension and exist other two models: the L1230 and the L1530. This one along the 2030 were used as speaker monitors by Telarc recordings. Even today my speakers are a true challenge for almost any speaker. Those ( especially. ) main silk made midrange and tweeter drivers are just extraordinary by any today standards. https://gear.discogs.com/gear/68646-ads-l2030 this is a restored pair not tweaked ones: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/ads-l2030-restoration.801968/ http://sportsbil.com/ads/l-2030-brochure.pdf Why today exist only a few acoustic suspension speakers design? I really don't know. Btw, M.Kelly was the ADS L2030 designer whom years latter founded Aerial Acoustic speakers and his today designs are not acoustic suspension but ported one: ? ¡ ? ¡ ? Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
