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Consider me the counter weight to Stereophile's pumping spakers past 20+ years. Seas Thors worlds finest speaker. Before I closed out this post,, I decide to google **Seas Thor Review*** If you don't believe my opinion, ck this snakeoil-LESS review. **what caught my immediate attemtion,,,,,lack of coloration or OBFUSCATION** ,, = NO muddiness, like every xover box design I ever heard in my 40 yrs. All, A-Z suffer muddy midrange, . Lone exception is SEas Thor You guys just have no faith in my opinions,. Trust me Seas made the very finest Midwoofers/Millennium tweeter vs any other midwoofer/tweet on the palnet (IN ITS DAY, 2004.,,may have been surpassed, in the tweeter, not the MAGNESIUM midwoofer, which can never be surpassed. Magnesium destroys paper composites due to its lack of coloration neutralness in upper bass/lower mids.... Paper composites have a deep punch in lowest bass notes. Like drums. The WBers equal Seas Exel's neutrality/lack of coloration /detailed soundstage. Sorry Mr Wilson , your $950K speakers have their issues. Issues the Seas Thor has none of https://www.audioasylum.com/messages/speakers/302966/review-seas-thor-speakers |
So- other than the shelved off bass, what else needs help? the upper mids also seem pushed a bit; this may or may not be due to a 4.8khz. resonance in the woofers. So- what’s the bottom line? This standard, basic version gives a real taste of vey high end sound at a true bargain price.You conveniently left out the parts that don’t back up what you claim about the Thors. "A taste of high end sound" is not the same thing as "the best in the world". That is some really classic cherry-picking and making up of things that weren’t even stated. If the "improved" DIY crossovers work as reported, these could give real competion to commercial speakers in the $8-10k class.He clearly states that if you spend some coin on fixing the issues with the crossover, you may have something that could compete with an 8-10k speaker. Not "you will have", but "you may". That is a world of difference. They are probably pretty good for the price of the kit, but not much above that unless you are willing to really put in some work to fix the issues. Long story short, they are not the best in the world (maybe in your little corner of the world) by a long shot. Plus, the reviewer is just some guy on Audio Asylum. For all anyone knows, his range of experience with high end sound is no better than yours. Meaning, not very much. |
Another epic rant. You do realize most of us have had, or have heard full range drivers, right? You’re a little late to the game here. It’s great that these are so retaliatory to you. But they are perhaps a bit “last years model” to many. Anything other than acoustic instruments, and they fall a bit short. In my system gallery, there are a pair of double horns. I built them for a friend, and live in his space. Wonderful with acoustic recordings. Give them anything “loud”, and they fall painfully short. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9591#&gid=1&pid=7 |
