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Best new loudspeaker

I have heard many loudspeakers ,I own Magnapan , and
a Aerial 10-t . This new loudspeaker I heard at great lengths and many agree is from a new company called
NSR -Sonic Research the D-3 Sonata was absolutely killer
and they were saying the wiring and crossover are not even final as of the Jan show . parts quality is excellent in the Silver finish I saw,for a speaker under $5k to create such a soundstage presence with bass that had articulation and impact is beyond me how they do it ,I am told it is a
sealed focal lens .They will be selling by March ,I for sure will be saving my bucks, this is one loudspeaker to watch ,I am already selling my 10-ts.
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shadorne
7,477 posts
 
there is no mystery. no component is perfect.

Indeed....but the Quad 57 is as close to perfect as any speaker in the past or the future will ever get...right?
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
considering the entry date for this speaker. so far, no design has reduced errors of timbre in the midrange to a greater extent than the quad esl. i doubt any design in the future will surpass the quad in this respect.

i have to give serious consideration to the purchase of stacked quad esls as my next and hopefully last speaker system. there is only one other contender, namely the analysis audio omega.

enjoy your cones. perhaps you can put some ice cream and syrup on them. they'll taste better that way.... lol!
techmachine
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you are correct the quads do have excellent timber my buddy has I believe the 989 ,but severely limited in dynamics from soft to loud and a limited sweet spot compared to the best of the cone loudspeakers
as well as soft at the upper and lower extremes,many people are willing to sacrifice these factors for the purity of the midrange,so do enjoy your loudspeakers,
the only true full range electrostat loudspeaker is the Big Soundlabs which are excellent .the big MBL radiastraler
is also superb speaking of a incredible loudspeaker
these 2 are the finest representatives of their specific
technologies.
audiokinesis
2,749 posts
 
Hi Techmachine,

You may be new here but obviously you're no newbie.

You mentioned the big SoundLabs and the big MBL Radialstrahlers as "the finest representatives of their specific technologies". I'd have a hard time arguing against you on that.

These two speakers have at least one important acoustic characteristic in common, which they also share with live instruments. Care to speculate on what that might be?

Duke
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mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
the quad 989 is inferior in purity to the original quads.

the 2805 is no better. the 57 was and is the best midrange and lower treble reproducer. the soundlabs are a distant second.
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