Whilst I am awaiting the arrival of my 3.6's and the fellow member to pick up my 3.5's I have been working a pair of Acarian Alon ll's just for the heck of it - got 'em purty cheap from a bricks and mortar retailer/occasional seller here on the site.
Fortunately I had a pair of Transparent bi-wire cables in my inventory/snake pit of cables left over from some previous 'speriment, so I hooked them up ...
They'd been in the store for over a year and they were a little dusty, dull-looking, but only needed a little cleaning and TLC that included about 6 coats of tung oil. They show their age but now look swell.
The store owner related that the woofer was designed to emulate the old Advent woofer - a very cool piece of history.
They're a suitable stop gap between the Thiels coming and going. They're definitely not "bright" sonically, the bass is tighter than I had anticipated, the mids are very well defined if not
as well defined as a Thiel - but they ain't Thiel so...
They're fun. They're temporary. I'll probably toss em up here on the site when my 3.6 get here - at the same price I paid for them.
Fortunately I had a pair of Transparent bi-wire cables in my inventory/snake pit of cables left over from some previous 'speriment, so I hooked them up ...
They'd been in the store for over a year and they were a little dusty, dull-looking, but only needed a little cleaning and TLC that included about 6 coats of tung oil. They show their age but now look swell.
The store owner related that the woofer was designed to emulate the old Advent woofer - a very cool piece of history.
They're a suitable stop gap between the Thiels coming and going. They're definitely not "bright" sonically, the bass is tighter than I had anticipated, the mids are very well defined if not
as well defined as a Thiel - but they ain't Thiel so...
They're fun. They're temporary. I'll probably toss em up here on the site when my 3.6 get here - at the same price I paid for them.