One of my good .friends bought the original Snell Type A Speakers back in 1976. I remember taking the speakers back to the factory in Newburyport, MA to have them upgraded. We also met Peter Snell. My friend had the speakers in his large living room right up against the wall and he was driving them with the mighty GAS Ampzilla amp and GAS top preamp. He was using a Technics DD table that came without an arm. He had the Infinity Black Beauty arm wit a GAS Sleeping Beauty MC Cartridge. What a magical sounding system back in the day.
Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle?
I often regret not buying old Snell A/III when I had the money and the space.
One of my all time favorite speakers. By now I'd have certainly had to throw it away. I'd not have the space, and those woofers with extra mass would long ago have pulled out of their frames.
One thing you don't realize unless you go looking for the pics, or owned one, was that the tweeter and midrange of these speakers were, in my mind, very wide baffle designs. Yes, curved, but very wide.
Another Speaker I like, which I believe is based on a Snell design, is the Audio note AN/J, also has a relatively wide baffle, as do the Devore Orangutan. Of course, among my all time favorite speakers is the Sonus Faber Stradivari, a speaker I know can sound excellent even in acoustically challenged rooms.
What do you all think, have you heard the wide baffle magic?
One of my all time favorite speakers. By now I'd have certainly had to throw it away. I'd not have the space, and those woofers with extra mass would long ago have pulled out of their frames.
One thing you don't realize unless you go looking for the pics, or owned one, was that the tweeter and midrange of these speakers were, in my mind, very wide baffle designs. Yes, curved, but very wide.
Another Speaker I like, which I believe is based on a Snell design, is the Audio note AN/J, also has a relatively wide baffle, as do the Devore Orangutan. Of course, among my all time favorite speakers is the Sonus Faber Stradivari, a speaker I know can sound excellent even in acoustically challenged rooms.
What do you all think, have you heard the wide baffle magic?
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