Why so little discussion about Snell ?

I would talk about them but afraid I might start to cry.
No joke.

Sorry about the extra words/letters in my post 3 above this, it was supposed to say "I would take any Snell of those days to an equivalently priced Thiel.........."

Where those extra letters and words "Snell htatigTrii, though" came from, I have no idea!

I think you all can get what I was trying to say.

I don't know about the Series J.

Great that this thread has been re-discovered. I've had my E-III's since 87 or so. Bought them used and replaced the foam surrounds about 5 years ago. I don't think I ever want to get rid of them even though they are in an alternate system. I have Maggie 1.6 and Vandy 3A Sigs elsewhere and where the other speakers are special in their own ways the Snells are just right, musically speaking. I've had them with Counterpoint and Bryston SS amps and they were great and now with Quicksilver Tube Mono amps and really fantastic. They don't really do the audiophile thing in a stand out way but they have a sound that just lets you enjoy the music.Pretty easy to drive, really good bass and very non fatiguing treble. Too bad they didn't survive as a company. Audio Note in England has taken the Snell design and have extracted more performance from it, at a price of course. There has always been a debate over the "original"Peter Snell design and Kevin Voecks' input after Mr. Snell passed away. The pair I have is from the the Voecks era and I have no problem with their sound. I have heard the AN's and they are really great sounding but insanely expensive. I've never heard a pair of the original Snells but I would like to.

The Snell E was a truthful, but not exaggerated speaker. Nice and direct sounding.

Many elements of truth to the sound of real instruments.

Unfortunately it looks like this was an early ported design in the J series...did they make a sealed version?