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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 Revel pull off with their wave guide a very big balanced spread.
No sane priced Loudspeaker can be the best at everything and many things are system dependant. I found the 208 had great balance.
In under 10k there are not that many great floor stand speakers ,go up to $15k Now that is another level ,the 208 is not in that league.
I have SVS subwoofers that are excellent.if you want true full range .Great stands make a big difference in imaging ,and Bass articulation .the Core designstands I bought Are excellent !! The Carbon 7 SE uses far better drivers, then the 208 and A very simple 1st order Xover with far better internal parts which =
A much more focused and natural presentation .without any BS or build up
It is Excellent it will go down to just below double Bass level at 40 hz
If you want lights out Rock&Roll over a constant 95 DB level then put on a quality Subwoofer. For the majority of music in a room 16x12 these will be just fine ,good stands & blue tac . For the record these just don't just play
Music ,they do this with realism and refinement. If you are In
North east from NY,to New Hampshire I am in Ma. I invite any Audiophile
Who wants to make the effort. You will not be dissapointed !!
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grannyring
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Audioman88 I have one suggestion which will make you smile big. Replace that Clarity cap. with the new Jupiter copper foil caps. I assume it is on the tweeter. This will not be a small improvement.... no kidding.

I replaced the same brand cap in my two way and oh my! These Jupiter copper foil in wax caps will be amazing in your speaker.
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audioman58 OP
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The Jupiter is a nice cap but the values for the Copper are only 1uf as far
As I have seen,please let us know.
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grannyring
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Call Jupiter and talk to Chris. They have 100v larger speaker value caps coming out soon and he has some right now. I purchased some 3.3uf ones and they are splendid.
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bhobba
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My favourite in that range is Lenehan Audio ML2 Reference:
http://www.lenehanaudio.com.au/index.php/products/ml2-speakers/ml2-specifications/ml2-reference-specifications.html

With the current exchange rate it would be under $6K US. But unless you are in Australia you wont be able to hear them unfortunately.

They use Duelund VSF Copper capacitors and Duelund Resistors. Although I think the maker may be switching to the new Duelund RS because Duelund will only be making VSF Copper on special order and by reputation the RS is slightly better.

The new Jupiter capacitors are by reputation very nice but haven't heard them myself. The maker of those speakers is a dealer in Jupiter and I ordered some Jupiter's from him to put in a Leak amp I have to replace some Obligato's. Will see what the go is.

I spoke to him why he doesn't use Jupiter's - they are supposed to be as good as Duelunds. His view is the smaller value Jupiter's are drop dead value and a no brainer over Duelund - any difference in performance is probably not worth the price difference. But for larger values used in speakers they are only slightly cheaper and he prefers, until he has done more listening tests, the Duelund.

Thanks
Bill
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