Tyler Acoustics & Quad

I just picked up a pair of the Linbrook Floorstanding Reference Monitors from Tyler Acoustics last week and they are a vast improvement over the Snell E.5 MKII's they replaced.

The highs are significantly more extended and airy - but not bright. The midrange - especially on vocals - is outstanding. The lows (while not as deep as the Snells) are tighter, more easily separated and identified (i.e less one-notey) and less boomy.

The Linbrooks also have better imaging and a wider and deeper soundstage (even with less than optimal placement - i.e. about 12" from the back wall in a 20' x 25' x 8' room).

I expect the Linbrooks will only get better as they break in.

I personally preferred the Linbrooks to the Snells, the Paradigm Reference 100's, the Dynaudio Audience 72's and 82's and the B&W 804's, 704's and 703's (which are about the only brands I could audition locally).

I suggest you call Ty Lashbrook at Tyler Acoustics and ask him for recommendations based on your electronics and your room. He is a great guy to deal with and his fair pricing, 20 day return policy, upgrade program and ability to do custom work (multiple veneer finishes to choose from and the ability to choose alternative drivers and/or wiring) are nice bonuses.

The Linbrooks look great too.

How do the Tyler's sound compared to other speakers. Compared to various Theils I owned, the Linwoods are less harsh, easier to listen to and dissappear even more completely. I would say they are more like Proacs but I have only owned the Proac Tablettes (great little speakers.) I haven't listened to Martin Logans in a while but the Linwoods throw a clearly defined and large soundstage like the Martin Logans.

I have a pair of Hale Transcendance 1s at the office and they image even better than the Hales or the Theils.

Actually I'm a bit stumped in terms of describing what they sound like. All I hear is the music.

Caveat: Any speaker including the Linwoods are system dependent. I had them playing with some Cardas Quadlinks, and they sounded good, but not as live as I thought they could. I added Pursang interconnects and they sounded incredbily dynamic and the sound stage grew dramatically, but the overall sound was harsh. I added in a Wolff source cord and now when I hit play, it sounds like a band is in the house. Life like and easy to listen to.

My advice. Get a pair. Listen to them. You will need to play with your interconnects and power cords to get the most out . The better gear you put in front of them the better they'll sound.

P.S. Call Ty and ask him about the custom 3 ways he built for me. I think they look better than his standard Linwoods. Of course he matched the cherry finish of my other LR furniture perfectly which made the wife happy too.

I own a Linbrook Signature System w/bass modules in natural Cherry. In every aspect of sound quality, they are in a totally different league from any cone and dome Quad speaker.

Like Cdc2, I couldn't actually tell you how the Linbrooks sound like but the Seas Excel magnesium cones are very revealing of electronics/wire/power cords/tweaks. They aren't too forgiving of poor sources or equipment either. I usually drive the Linbrooks with my ARC REF2 MkII pre / Rowland 8T amp combo.

With a friend's Meridian 588 cdp, the sound was outstanding and very musical. But with my current Cary 303/200, the sound is sterile and cold. I recently hooked up a $250 JVC RX-ES1 digital receiver and to my great surprise, I'm enjoying music again, despite the Cary!

Btw, Ty is a wonderful person to deal with. Goes above and beyond the call of duty to help his customers.

Linbrook , dual 8 inch seas + dual 7 inch seas + Millinium tweet. Very nice, but more that my 15 X 20 room can handle, besides out my budget. . The Signature is prefered vs their 7U's, the 7U is a MTM with the Scan speak tweet, the Signature has the Millinium tweet.
I have a pr of Thor's which is the Tyler Signature MTM, W18 + Millinium + W18, but quite possibly slightly different xover, although Ty does say they use the D' Apollito design. I bought the Madisound model with the upgrade xover.
I'm very happy with these speakers. I'm running them with a little Jadis Orch Refer, which I use with tone controls all the way up. These speakers need some power to reveal the dynamics. So I plan toget a Jadis DA60 in 2 yrs.
Here's my evaluation of the Seas' drivers compared to at least 50 different speakers I've heard in the past 20 yrs.
Bass, superior, mids, superior, highs, superiot.
And that ain't no hype.
Regards Paul

Thanks for the responses. Out of the speakers I have auditioned I really liked the Totem Forest and Hawk (I also loved the Martin Logan Aeon i...but I needed a sub with them which put them out of my price range). How would the Linbrook Floorstanding Monitor compare with the Totems. They will be driven by a Musical Fidelity A3.2 Integrated. I listen to most types of music- but mostly rock, blues, jazz and rap. The room is 12' x 22' x 8'.

Also, has anyone listened to Tyler Acoustics Freedom line?