Do old Acoustats compete with new 'stats or dynamics
God only knows.
Oh dang, now this thread will have to be taken down too.
Do old Acoustats compete with new 'stats or dynamics
I listened to a pair of Acoustat X's driven by their Servo Tube Amp, Audio Research SP-3A-1 preamp, Micro Seiki table with totl Signet cart and it was a captivating presentation that started me on the road of High End Audio. Will the newer Acoustat models through the Spectra series still compete or hold their own against newer speaker designs? I am talking about soundstaging, imaging precision, frequency balance and overall impact.
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I was an Acoustat dealer from almost the beginning to the very end of the company. Sold and setup quite a few pairs and personally owned almost every model. Jim, (Strickland) and I became very good friends. There was never a 3+3 or a 4+4. They were called the Model 6 and Model 8. I found a pair of pretty trashed 2+2’s in a barn a couple of years ago and bought them for almost nothing. Fortunately just the cosmetics were bad. I rebuilt them, modified and updated the interfaces, replaced the bases and grill cloth and they are STUNNING! Look absolutely like brand new speakers and sound better than new. So, IMHO, you can get fantastic sound out of the old girls. BTW, I also have Martin Logan CLSIIA’s and Magnepan 3.7i to compare them to. All of these are excellent in their own way, but I find myself enamored by the Acoustats. Here is a link to almost any and all questions/answers you might have. A BIG THANKS to Andy Szabo for hosting this link. He is the "Acoustat Answer Man"... https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/planars-and-exotics/183168-acoustat-answer.html |
Preferences vs compromises I bought new a pair of Acoustat X speakers (Direct coupled tube amps and good sounding but amps were unreliable) and then later I acquired a pair of Acoustat Model 4s (four panels per, in a flat plane. A few years ago I hooked them up and there was hum emanating from them (after they sat unused for awhile). I sent the transformers for rebuild to Roy Esposito in FL and the speakers have worked and they sound excellent. For what I could sell them for (and my preferences in an audio playback system} I am convinced that I could not find a better sounding speaker for five times that amount. As a point of reference, I own two pairs of Sound Lab speakers. with both pairs having the latest speaker and backplate upgrades. |
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