And... I guess to be fair... the latest designs of Spatial Audio, like the X3 and X5 have AMT ribbon tweeters, which much improves the treble quality, over the earlier models.
Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)?
Looking to upgrade my decades old system which includes Mirage M3si. No they ain't perfect, but the speakers disappear and that kind of sound is very appealing. Electrostatics (bipoles?)aren't the same (though when my mirage's die, I'll probably get maggies).
Thanks for your time.
Thanks for your time.
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Did I miss your budget? I owned maggies, but they lacked the bass slam of dynamic speakers, and the ribbons were sonically slightly separated from the bass panels 99999 +1 I have KCIIs that sounds ever better as I upgrade my system. Combined with the EVS 1200 amp and Oppo 105 with power supply upgrade ranks among the best I have owned (~ $5K MSRP) If your room is 'normal' size check out the LAS Voyager GaN amp |
Thank everyone for replying. Probably no more than $3-5K (but could spend $10k if I thought it was worth it). The Linkwitz Orions page says what has struck me in decades of listening to the Mirage M3s: 1. the speakers disappear and 2. you can walk around the room and they still sound great. Not that these are defining criteria per se, but this to me seems to go with the speaker doing somethings very right. I’ll never forget decades ago auditioning some apogees which were 30 seconds WRONG and the mirages which were almost as quickly RIGHT. Years of listening haven’t changed that basic impression. douglas_schroeder--thanks for your post and reminder about open baffle. I think my long gone and much loved Dahlquist DQ 10s were open baffle. Do you know any non-dipole speakers which meet the two criteria above? |
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