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Seas' Thors kit up N runnin

Finally after 3 years of waiting, I ordered the Seas' kit from Madisound, the Thor's a MTM xover designd by Joseph Appolito. Has 2 midwoofers, W17 and a high tech tweeter, the Millenium. Though they are 87db, running a Jadis Orch Reference tube amp, 4 KT 90's + a Cayin cdp. Very nice sound. I'll never complain again. Note: these speakers demand a Class A amp, anything less, don't touch them. The tone controls on the Jadis need to be spiked for the higher frequencies. Paul
bartokfan
bartokfan OP
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I'm wondering..suppose I had NOT bought the Thors...pure supposition...which other speaker would equal the Thors? All things being equal. Equal being: 1) NOT OVER 75 POUNDS EACH 2) NOT BEING MORE THAN $2K 3) HAVING DYNAMICS WITH A 40 WATT AMP.
gregm
3,409 posts
 
I'm wondering..which other speaker would equal the Thors
That's a bit subjective and the Thos is a very nice design (so you CAN pat yrself on the back, so to speak:)); speaking of diy designs, however, I'd mention the Ariel, the Acapella or J Kerkovski's NaO(both open baffle), the Baszilla... many others.
I think yr fine with the Thor. Cheers
aroc
760 posts
 
gallo nucleus reference, the older two or three ball affair. not sure about the 75 pound weight though. will have dynamics with 26wpc SET. maybe less.
cdc2
122 posts
 
What compares to the Thors? I had Ty of Tyler Acoustics build me a 3 way with the seas speakers. Each weighs 70 lbs, sound superb and while I'm running them with a Vac PA 100 they should sound equally good with 40 watts per channel.
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
The Madisound "Odin" compares with the "Thor" as it shares the same drivers and crossover. "Odin" is a medium sized bookshelf box, whereas "Thor" is floorstanding. The bass from "Thor" is no doubt better, but from about 150 Hz on up they ought to be identical. If you use a subwoofer, "Odin" might be a good choice.

I recently put two "Odins" in the rear of my multichannel system, where they replaced smaller MTM Dynaudios. (The Dynaudios, with 5-inch woofers, are good speakers, but just could not keep up with my three MG1.6 and subwoofers in the front). The "Odins" can keep up, and I hear no problem with the sonics, although I have not listened to them critically as straight stereo speakers. I drive them with vintage Kenwood LO7M amps. These are DC-coupled with response from DC (yes really) to 100KHz, 200 watts into 4 ohms. Class A need not apply.

Construction was easy, but stripping 32 ends of flat wire was tiresome. I came up about 10 inches short on wire, which Madisound speedily corrected. I spent the extra $200 to get the "premium" crossover.

I would have gone with the "Thor", but space did not permit.
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