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a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound

I have tried Klipsch RF-7 lll, ADS 780,880, 1290 ll, 1590 ll, ESS 3 ways with HEIL, and Daedalus Speakers. I still own all of these. Is there a speaker with the bass slam and dynamics of Klipsch RF-7 lll, and the midrange and tweeter sound of ESS HEIL, that is as beautiful, efficient, and easy to drive as Daedalus Speakers??

I have VPI prime. AT 760 SLC mm, and Sumiko Blackbird HOMC. Phono preamp is Ayre P-5xe. I run balanced out. I also have a Graham Slee Accession.

I use my Line Magnetic LM-515 CD player with balanced outputs. I like the sound. Great bass and extension. No fatigue with tube buffer output.
I have a Marantz SACD 30n for streaming, and SACD use. The Marantz is definitely a weak link.
I have Simaudio 740P balance into Simaudio 760A.
kinda dry sounding. Thinking this magic unicorn speaker (if existed) would solve my problem.
or do I need a good tube preamp??

looking for advice

sputz
decooney
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Sorry for the historical sidebar posts, :), Back to reality, and for OP @sputz - here is another 3-way AMT 

https://www.wharfedaleusa.com/collections/elysian/products/elysian-2-bookshelf-speakers

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Elysian 2 

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Treble: 3.5" (90mm) Air Motion Transformer
Midrange: 6.0" (150mm) coated fiberglass matrix cone
Bass: 8.5" (220mm) coated fiberglass matrix cone
Nominal Impedance: 4Ω (compatible 8Ω )
Crossover Frequency: 360Hz, 2.9kHz
Frequency Response: 35Hz ~ 22kHz (+/-3dB)
Sensitivity: 89dB (2.83V @1m)
Recommended Amplifier Power: 25 - 250W
Weight: 67.2lbs
Dimensions (HxWxD) 27.6" x 13.1" x 17.0"
 

 

 

decooney
2,334 posts
 

Splitting hairs and depending on your definition of what a 3-way is, or 2.5 way with internal passive radiators, or the GoldenEar 3 is a 3-way and passives.  

https://www.goldenear.com/full-range-tower-speakers/triton-series/triton-three-plus

 

 

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asvjerry
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Ah....wow.

Stunned. @decooney ...If someone could bring back some memories of a chunk
of my audiohistoria, you just did with nearly all of the above.

Filled in some blanks, too.
I actually had the ’pleasure’ of being in a room with the Transar Trio, ’unpleasurable’
in the fact that they were not being played.

Recognized the large Heil’s, sub likely a big woof, but the ’midrange’....WTF?
’K...c/f rods, alum ’bubble wrap’ kinda stuff, driven bottom only top too close to the Heil....?

Price, like the Apogees’ of the era, in a much higher orbit than the parasail kite I flew on the beach. I’m pretty sure it was the 2nd and last S.F. Audio Show.

The second was where I wore hearing protection so I only had to listen properly to what I wanted v. being merely subjected to. The first one was only slightly less crowded, but most of the vendors were playing their wares Loud.

Always different music that flowed into halls, the sound reaching between showrooms a muddle of beats, riffs, creates a headache that one ought to have after having one’s skull vibrated like that.

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asvjerry
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So you're promoting a Battle of 22's....A piece of ESS history v. the Behr pro upstart?  Welll....

The dbx is a 223XL

I can almost hear it in the rack...... ".....I..... I can be a contenda'...."

And all I wanna hear is the message beep
My dreams, they got a kissing
'Cause I don't get sleep, no

There's a project...

I trust you've in hand the *ahem* 'details' of a 2241AM?  If we send any gentleman into a battle, it behooves me to check it's vitals...at least, check the caps, connects, all that...(one of the caps is suspect; the 223 an intermittent switch which unknown)

Anyway....supplicantly yours,

Jerry

 

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asvjerry
4,989 posts
 

I guess I wanted to keep my designs private, just for me LOL

I'm in kinda same situation, but I've got my own 2w/3w concepts to keep on keeping on with.....

*L* Lotsa' thoughts, not enough lives....;)

 

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