Lowther classic audio

My experience with them is VERY limited. They are highly efficient as you probably know. They produce very little deep bass, if any at all. For that reason, a horn design probably would work slightly better than a ported design. The horn would help maintain the high average spl on the bottom end to whatever the cut-off frequency that the driver and cabinet were capable of doing. Bass horns also TYPICALLY have large unbraced cabinets that tend to resonate quite a bit, adding to the "apparent" bass output of the speaker. It is not uncommon for someone using Lowther's to have some type of sub or bass reinforcement for these reasons. Sean
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There are newer versions of this speaker that have modified/redesigned voice coil setups in order to tame the brightness/detail to your acoustical environment. The old models were very bright, IMO, and as Sean mentions had very little bass. They sounded best in overstuffed/dead rooms (think "After the Thin Man" furniture and drapes). I lost the website that sells the new models (with and without enclosure) and perhaps someone else will know of it. The site also sold tubes and used tube gear. If you are interested in this "type" of speaker you may want to check out Hammerdynamics.com. I understand that the designer/owner recently passed away and my heart goes out to his family and friends. Though I have not listened to the Hammer speakers myself I do find their design to be very interesting and have read favorable info about them in the Audio Asylum forums. They come in kit form only and you either build or have someone else build the enclosure to specs.

Thanks Sean and Dekay, I have the web site that tells about the new type Lowthers, they claim they work in a bass reflex cabinet. I always heard these speakers need to be horn loaded to get the bass to work, so what I`m after is has some body heard these in the bass reflex cabinet and what did they sound like, I know some people love the horn Lowthers , but I`m looking for a littler better low end. The Lowthers are , as I hear,very fast and very good from the upper bass and the mids are great, there imaging is second to none. the music I play is mostly jazz and fusion and these speakers are very good with it I`m told.

Hi Drumsgreg, I have heard the new bass reflex and can say it's an improvement over the older tower speaker (more bass). In my opinion sounds better than the horn loaded also. If you call David Dicks (I think thats his name) he is VERY honest and will tell you how it is. I think you will want to add a powered subwoofer regardless if its in your main listening room. As Dekay mentioned the Hammer Dynamics Super 12 Loudspeaker Kit is available. Although the designer/owner passed on to audiophile heaven, his wife plans on keeping the business going. From what my friend that has visited and listened to both speakers tells me, he prefers the Hammer.

Lak, Thanks ,I`ll call him tomarrow and see what he said about the speakers. did they image well when you heard them , I just get tired of hearing the speakers and not a whole lot of the music. Thanks Greg