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Can you live with your current speaker until you die?

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Yes I can!

In my 40 years of history I had gone through around 15 speakers including

ADS, Altec Lansing, Thiel, Canton, Apogee Duetta Signature(10years), BMW 801, Avalon Ascent, Wilson Audio Watt and Puppy6.



I settled at Pacific Northwest area located just midway between Seattle and Vancouver BC around 6 years ago.

It has a nice western view of Bay and Pacific Ocean with 2 acres lot.

I could play music loud during midnight with no problem to my neighbors as long as I close the windows.


With vaulted big space, my Lansche 4.1 speakers makes a beautiful voice out of classical, Jazz or even new age music.

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I had been living with the speaker since 2007.

I do not claim that Lansche 4.1 is the best speaker in the world.

But with clean and pristine treble out of plasma tweeters and pretty good bass out of 2 10 inch driven by internal active amplifier and high efficiency (99db spec, but I believe it to be around 93db), it is hard to find better speaker with overall merit for my house.


The only catch is that it can stop working since it is an active speaker( plasma tweeter and active bass unit).

But I keep having good communication with Henry Dien of Lansche Audio who upgraded plasma tweeters twice at reasonable cost.

I can happily live with Lansche 4.1 speakers at my present house for my life unless serious health issues happen to either me or my speakers.

How about you gentlemen and ladies?

Had any one of you found the speaker for your life?


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dr_j
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I’m now closer to the end, rather than the beginning of my life and so I feel I can answer your question with authority: yes, I can and I have! Although I’ve listened to a variety of speakers over the years, have owned several and even own quite an elaborate headphone rig, one pair of speakers have remained constant since 1980, my beloved Dahlquist DQ10’s (I’m actually listening to Nora Jones through them right now!). I had Regnar rebuild them 12 years ago and recently added a Totem Acoustic Lightning sub, with a new Bash digital amp. I’ve driven them with several amps over the years, a Niko, Bryston 4b, Anthem Statement, Bryston 4B2, McIntosh MC 2105, Classe CA 400, Mark Levinson 335 and most recently and possibly the last and best, a Bryson 4B3. I’ve also used several preamps, but am extremely happy with my current pre, an Ayre Kx5-Twenty, probably the best I’ve ever owned. I’ve lined the walls with 3” acoustic foam and had cherry stands made for them. I can honestly say I love these things, which confirms I’m a nerd, an old one! lol

The DQ10’s are on the top 100 audio inventions list, not once, but twice: first for the speaker, itself and second for the 10” Advent woofer.

So, yes, it’s certainly possible to live with a single pair of speakers for a lifetime and be happy! I hope you find your pair.
jon_5912
605 posts
 
It's an unanswerable question but I've had my Thiel 3.7s for almost 7 years and I don't have any criticisms.  There's nothing about them that is bothering me.  It's possible that I could at some point become unhappy with them but I can't guess why.  
orenstein
67 posts
 
Last month I acquired a very first pair of custom made Grandinote Mach 36's from Italy.  They are literally serial numbers 0001 and 0002.  They retail for about $180,000.  They are paired with a Naim system:  a 500 amp, a 552 preamp, and a 555CD player, with Luna cables. On top of that, the owner and chief engineer of the company, Masimiliano Magri (better known as Max) just came to my house on Long Island,  New York, to fine tune them!  It is inconceivable that I would ever want to listen to anything else.  Check out the reviews of the Grandinote gear from the Munich show last year.  BTW.....if any of you are local and want to give them a listen while sipping a fine dram of some scotch whisky, get back to me at pennpalmitch@gmail.com.
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shkong78 OP
1,485 posts
 
Last month I acquired a very first pair of custom made Grandinote Mach 36's from Italy. They are literally serial numbers 0001 and 0002. They retail for about $180,000. They are paired with a Naim system: a 500 amp, a 552 preamp, and a 555CD player, with Luna cables. On top of that, the owner and chief engineer of the company, Masimiliano Magri (better known as Max) just came to my house on Long Island, New York, to fine tune them! It is inconceivable that I would ever want to listen to anything else. Check out the reviews of the Grandinote gear from the Munich show last year. BTW.....if any of you are local and want to give them a listen while sipping a fine dram of some scotch whisky, get back to me at pennpalmitch@gmail.com.

It will be nice to get such exotic speakers.

I would be happy to join you if I live near New York, but I am living on the other side.

I wish you be happy with the speaker for your life.
yyman23
148 posts
 
McIntosh XRT 28's. Enough said (for me). 
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