Opinions on Pure Audio Project Quintet 15 Horn 1 Please

Hi jjss49,

Thank you for posting!

I did indeed see his review of the Trio15 Classic. He mentioned that they played Jazz well, but also said the Cornwall IVs were better overall. I'm not sure just how much of what he said would translate to the Quintet 15 Horn 1 though. 

Thanks again for posting,

Dagda

P.S. I'm trying to get an audition with the Cornwalls at the moment.

with several 15 in woofers per side, i would hope that subs would not be needed for most applications

it is interesting there are all the center driver choices provided to the buyer, but i wish they would pick the one that is best sonically, and say that is THE speaker to buy - i feel they evade some responsibility providing all those choices if the speaker does not fully please, whatever the customer chooses

that said my concern with so many of these large bass driver open baffle models is the integration of the woofers with the tweeter/mid - it seems that neither are quite ideal to reproduce the absolutely essential midrange frequencies (that was my own finding when i had the spatials...)

That was my take on the Spatial Audio X3. The midrange wasn’t fleshed out and “real “ to my ears.

I have heard these at the Florida Expo show. They were very impressive. I was taken back by the size and soundfield these made. Please keep in mind that the initial audition of a speaker like these is very positive, but if you owned them, after about 2 weeks or so, would the glaring dynamics be their strength, or fatigue? Think about having them all the time...before you make the decision to own them.

Thank you all for the insights, I hadn't thought about the midrange. 😟

Nor had I thought that dynamics could be fatiguing after a while.

Oh dear, looks like there's more negatives than positives with this design.

There's always the Cornwall's I guess, though here in the UK, the price is £7,500 or a smidge over $10,000 US.

Would anyone buy the Cornwall's if they cost $10k?

All the best,

Dagda