Anyone hear the Caravelle speaker and not like it?

I wish I had a nickel for everytime someone used the old "I don't have a spare $500,000" line on me.

Eldartford. You are right with these examples..but most every crossover I have seen dangles on the postive side only..Some very complex first order x-overs such as those found in some T---l speakers are tied across the positive leg and this may be part of why they are so reactive and difficult to drive..Having a symmetical crossover with components on both legs so as to balance the circuit {and the speaker becomes a part of the amp circuit} could only better serve the inner action of the amp and speaker..Tom

Scotty333, Having heard the Caravelles on your tubes and on Hifimaniacs Big Krells, which sound do you prefer? I still don't know if I want to go tube or SS.

Pal, ever hear the phrase "easy does it" or "one step at a time?" If Scotty heard the Caravelles with tubes and loved them; would you buy tubes? If I told you I prefer SS with the Caravelles more than tubes, would you buy them? Now after you go through the tube vs ss debate and decide: what SS or what tubes should I buy? What I'm trying to say is relax and hold on to what you've got. When you get your Caravelles with their dedicated stands, set them up, break them in, and become intimate with your new baby. Take it from there. The Caravelles will, in due time, let you know where you have to go. Fasten your seatbelt. This will be the first of some major audio aquisitions for you. Trust your tympanics. Sure there are going to be audiophools who may not like the Caravelles. Show the color black to enough people and someone is going to see blue. There won't be many, though. Keep us posted with your impressions. happy listening...warren

Theaudiotweak...I didn't mention it before, but why should the amplifier care where the crossover network is located? Try hooking up the speaker with red and black wires reversed, so that the crossover is in the return leg. Does it sound any different? (Assuming that you have accounted for the inversion elsewhere in the system)

Having, as a DIY guy, played around with both series and parallel crossovers I don't see a performance advantage of one over the other. The series is more difficult to execute in practice (not harder to design), and we all have the gut feeling that if something is difficult to achieve it must be of great value. This is an opening for marketing. Actually, I like low level electronic crossovers, or, in the ideal, a full range speaker (where the crossover is mechanical in the form of cone breakup).
Vive la difference.