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The best Standmount Loudspeaker $6k or under

I have just recently purchased the New Carbon 7-SE Loudspeaker.
It has several upgrades starting with a Very good quality Simple 1st order Xover using only 4 parts Total ,using 2 air core inductors,One Mundorf
Resistor,and one Clarity ESA capacitor. Sonic purity is there the 2 new drivers have an equal share in this .This Scan speak 6620 Illiminator
Tweeter is Very good with excellent detail and air,and very good even off axis. The New Mid- Bass dtiver is a special Carbon pulp cone 4-5 grams lightlySonus Faber uses this in their$20k Loudspeaker. It still has some richness in it's character but,it is noticably faster with a very balanced
Character low level detail as well as inner detail is very impressive.
Mid to low Bass is very addictive deep and articulate going down to
Under40 hz in room that is very impressive for a medium sized Loudspeaker.one big thing also it is about a 88 db load at 4 ohms and the load is so easy my brother 10 watt 300 B can operate with ease and
Good level. I have compared many commercial brands which are
$5k range or a bit more which 50% Cisco dealer markup.
Gor $2,500 these are a Very special Loudspeaker that I will do a full accessment once I get $250-300 hours on them.there are reviews coming
Out probably around Xmas I was told, and a Fritz is a great guy to do business with .he was happy to answer all my questions and shipping
Was included which is allways welcome.do your homework and compare
What the others have yo offer and find out just what's in their Xover
Most are joke thst is why they refuse to tell you,Highly Recommended.
P.s I am near the Ct,Ma boarder. I f you would may be in the area email me
And check em out.
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audioman58 OP
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The reason I Did not make a brief on the sound is because they are not Run in yet.that being said they are very detailed and invlolving Loudspeakers already.

Raal ribbon tweeters a number of very knowledgable builders say in the 4-5k range in the Raal tweeter is lacking in dynamics.very detailed and smooth but for rock
And roll no way. I owned one from Salk and they sounded good but
Too refined for my taste the Scanspeak Revelator has much meter vertical dispertion as well as dynamics. Proacs are pretty decent but for less money the new Fritz carbon 7 SE is a better engineered Loudspeaker.
And parts quality does matter ,that is why I mention them ,especially
Regarding Top range drivers.
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audioman58 OP
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To Bc gator no. I didnot hear these all the same time.
I have been doind this for 35 years now ,I have done a ot of mds by self in the past to save money then to buy new .
Just to make any Audiophile better go to humblehomemadehifi-
Capacitor test when I was living overseas and worked in Aufio this is the bible for Xover parts which you don't see but is the heart of any loudspeaker. Drivers are equally important as well as reputation.many big name speakers use pathetic parts internally but the majority of Audiophiles only care about the look and sound ,but value is very important
I have owned $$ big dollar MBL system 15 years ago now I spend many hours researching all types of electronics as well as Loudspeakers
There is plenty of very good U,S made products out there for less then half the big name cost.any big name charges 4-5 X the cost of build that is a fact.guys like Fritz are experts in their field build from their shop,
Use the latest modeling build,and xover programs and Only top notch parts
For since they don't have the overhead they can afford to do it.this is where
A lot of guys loose out they pay way to much attention to advertisements
Read the reviews just as a guide and go listen to as many products as you can. If I can get a speaker sounding excellent with medium priced gear
Then it is well designed.
kiko65
279 posts
 
What? I'm confused with your thread Audioman58, or is it just an add?
Never heard the Carbons and I'm sure they sound pretty good but my favorite all time standmount goes to Spiral Groove Canalis Anima.
jdec
123 posts
 
Interesting. How would you compare the carbon 7se to the Revel F208 that you have also praised in the past as one of the best under $10000 speakers. Thanks
rocker9999
28 posts
 
Anyone compare the Fritz Carbon 7's to any Sonus Faber models?
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