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Thread: Legacy Audio?
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June 26, 2022, 08:49 AM #51
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Any Legacy Aries owners experienced the difference between the Wavelet and the Wavelet 2? I am on the wait list for the Wavelet 2.
On another note,I did experience a problem with my Aries build. The one cabinet had a seal problem with the bass drivers. My issue was more with the dealer. He was 3 hours away & never followed up with the fix. Legacy sent me a kit and I fixed the speaker. Legacy offered me a 50% discount on any purchases at the time for my effort.
I did have a beautiful pair of the Focus SE with no issues.
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June 26, 2022, 11:07 AM #52
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How was this an issue with the Dealer? Its simply a manufacturing/QC issue with Legacy. I would never buy anything else from them, they were a nightmare to get ahold of as well. Then immediately blaming everything and everyone else when the issues were obviously their fault.
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June 26, 2022, 12:01 PM #53
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A friend made the upgrade but doesn't use the DAC so it's hard to tell much, it does seem to function better. The new feature, I forgot the name, it's supposed to make the music more live, one of the DSP features not on the older Wavelet, anyway he could never get that set to where it was any benefit. Neither of us liked the effect.
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June 26, 2022, 05:22 PM #54
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My problem is when you pay the dealer $20,000 plus & he doesn’t stand behind the product. The dealer delivered the Aries in a pickup truck & took the boxes with him. It could have been a Q/C issues but who knows with the speakers sitting in the back of a pickup half uncreated for 3 1/2 hour drive. Bill called me several times & sent the fix. As I mentioned they offered me 50% off any Legacy product for my time.
My Focus SE were only 2 years old when I upgraded to the Aries. The Focus were beautifully built. Now the Aries look great & sound fantastic. Probably my last speakers.
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June 26, 2022, 05:30 PM #55
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Had our GTG last weekend at our friends house with the Legacy SE. His speakers always sound great when paired with quality electronics. They really parrot what you feed them upstream. Legacy seems like a great company, a shady dealer can make any transaction a bad dream.
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June 26, 2022, 05:46 PM #56
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Very interesting…….I was thinking of moving my current DAC to my second system & just going with the Wavelet 2 DAC eliminating some cables. I compared my current DAC to the original Wavelet & the current DAC is slightly better. I was using a better USB cable going to my current DAC vs USB cable going to the Wavelet.
Does Wavelet 2 sound any better than the original?
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June 26, 2022, 05:48 PM #57
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June 27, 2022, 09:29 AM #58
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It does but it's been a while so I can't remember how much. And, my friend is always trying and changing something, LOL
You would have to compare your DAC's to see which sounds best. My friend has a Lampizatar, the model that used to be the top before the Horizon came out, needless to say it's much better than the Wavelet.
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March 4, 2023, 09:56 AM #59
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I am interested in the Focus XD in my very well treated 14 x 18 dedicated listening room. I have a fear that they can be too big? I really don't want to settle for the Signature XD's and have remorse. My amp is the VAC renaissance 70/70 Signature for bi amping. Any advice on this?
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March 4, 2023, 10:04 AM #60
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Is the room sealed (doors closed) when you listen?
As an aside, I have Valor, a much bigger speaker in 14 x 17 x 8 with an open doorway to front hall in the back corner of the room. Wavelet handles it with no issue.
I would say having owned Focus HD and SE, plus AERIS before this as well that with Focus XD and Wavelet, you will have no issue.
Even without Wavelet, if the room is well treated, as you mentioned, I believe you will be good.
The Sig XD is good...the Focus level is much better!
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March 4, 2023, 06:29 PM #61
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Thank you @SCAudiophile. Yes the rear corners of the room are open I have a back wall about 3.5 feet behind listening position with 12" deep diffusers, so 3 feet open at each the corners into a very large open space. (Basement dedicated room) I would not use a Wavelet, ust bi amp with my VAC Tube amp on top. Thank you for your response, you would know!
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March 4, 2023, 10:10 PM #62
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You are very welcome...even with Wavelet, my current room has quadratic diffusers on back wall for besr results a little over 3.5 ft from the back of my head. I also have 5 canvas art panels (no stuffing) on front wall for mild diffusion (better than raw drywall) and aesthetics:
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March 5, 2023, 02:51 PM #63
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@SCAudiophile. NICE! Beautiful system. I have 3' x 8' wall mounted 12 inch deep diffusers on the wall 3.5 feet behind the listening position, I have 4 -7 inch thick side wall mounted bass absorbers air gapped 2 inches. (2 on each side wall) I have 2 front wall corner bass traps. I also have 2 30 inch by 45 inch sidewall absorbers for reflections oe on each side. I am also getting 2 -2' x 4' 6 inch deep Acoustic Diffuser for front wall behind the speakers to enhance soundstage. I keep my speakers about 6.5 feet into the room. I have some cheesy plastic ceiling diffusers in front of speakers. Rugs and fluffy chairs. The room should handle the Focus XD's I hope! Thank you for the advice.
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March 5, 2023, 07:08 PM #64
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Thank you....I believe it will handle them without issue. They like breathing room, so try for 2-3ft from back and side walls as a minimum IMHO. It's better to have an 8ft speaker center to center width and more breathing room than try much wider. However, your own tweaking and listening will show you the way.
Toe in: with Focus 20/20, HD, SE and Aeris many of us hobbyists have found that aiming the tweeter model section on a line that converges anywhere from 12 to 24" (depends on room) behind your head which gives both great center imaging and depth and ultra wide sound stage, great panning (when recording has it, etc...)
YMMV of course,...I would suggest downloading REW, plugging room dimensions into RoomSIM, and indicating 20 Hz for the bass extent for left and right (also try 18) and input your seating position to come up with an initial SWAG as to position options.
Here is the side of my room with the rest of my gear and a "cable shot" or two. On my Eso stack, I dropped the Audioquest Firebird 48 HDMI about a year ago and moved (for Eso ES-LINK data in the stack) to TUBULUS CONCENTUS HDMI which was a substantial upgrade.20220812_162831.jpg20220111_061818.jpg20220111_061908.jpg20211230_200232.jpg
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March 9, 2023, 11:33 AM #65
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That's a beautiful system. Cost what I paid for my house, and then some, tho real estate was kinder in 96. Was there a specific synergy you hear with Esoteric and Legacy over other brands?
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March 9, 2023, 01:12 PM #66
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Thank you very much for the kind words.
One of the strengths of Legacy is that they sound damned good with a long list of amps and preamps, Solid State Class A or AB, ICEedge next generation digital, tube, and SET tube.
The combination of this generation of Esoteric seems perfect to me, and I've not found any limits.
The Legacy convey every bit of the excellence and range engineered into the Esoteric gear, and this combo is the most musical, wide musical (genre) range combination I have yet owned.
A couple of areas where the Esoteric's are both a musical and performance match for the Legacy (in this case VALOR) is that Bill
has always found a way to engineer absolutely full-range speakers with high efficiency that excel equally well in the nether regions
of sub-bass and bass while not compromising in midrange and treble range handling and beauty. The amps he uses internally are
also extremely fast and accurate for the bass, sub-bass. The Esoteric amps and pre-amp in particular pair with this combination very well
in that they are equally fast and accurate, rock solid grip (damping factor of 1000) and they have negligible amounts of THD
and excellent Signal to Noise performance. With Legacy's being highly efficient speakers (VALOR is 100.5 dB (2.83V@1m)),
and with their other attributes, they are unforgiving in that they will show any deficiencies amps and pre-amp combos.
This combinations comes off as having few if any weaknesses.
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April 11, 2023, 04:31 PM #67
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Well good news today, my Legacy Audio Focus XD's are officially in the que, so now we wait.....and wait....and wait.
Source: CEC TL1x Transport or Aurender N200. VAC Cla1Mk III Preamp, VAC Renaissance 70/70 Signature Amp. Dinafrips Venus II DAC, Tublus Agrentus i2s -Dinafrips Hermes DDC. Legacy Audio Focus XD speakers bi amped/ Wavelet II. DH Labs Silver Sonic cyro to speakers, Wireworld Eclipse 8 interconnects, Silversmith Fidelium Speaker wire. Wireworld Silver Electra PC's 7 on sources, BMI Whale Elite on amp, Shunyata Black Mamba, Synergistic Reference Master Coupler Power cords. Shunyata Hydra Power conditioner. LHY Switch, Enos Ethernet filter, Linear power supply on Router and first switch.
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April 11, 2023, 04:40 PM #68
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That is great news they are in the build queue...
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July 4, 2023, 08:08 AM #69
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Well today marks 12 weeks and counting for my Focus XD's...this wait is killing me. I think I will still have 5-6 weeks to go yet. I don't know why they are so behind. I got my order in ahead of AXPONA so as to not get mired in the show orders. Ah well my pre amp is in Sarasota, hopefully will be done this week. 5 weeks with no music sucks! I did find a dealer that will take my old speakers in trade for a Wavelet 2 so I will do that later this year. Might as well go all in!
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Source: CEC TL1x Transport or Aurender N200. VAC Cla1Mk III Preamp, VAC Renaissance 70/70 Signature Amp. Dinafrips Venus II DAC, Tublus Agrentus i2s -Dinafrips Hermes DDC. Legacy Audio Focus XD speakers bi amped/ Wavelet II. DH Labs Silver Sonic cyro to speakers, Wireworld Eclipse 8 interconnects, Silversmith Fidelium Speaker wire. Wireworld Silver Electra PC's 7 on sources, BMI Whale Elite on amp, Shunyata Black Mamba, Synergistic Reference Master Coupler Power cords. Shunyata Hydra Power conditioner. LHY Switch, Enos Ethernet filter, Linear power supply on Router and first switch.
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July 4, 2023, 03:13 PM #70
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I dont get 18 weeks to fill an order , i guess no inventory ...!
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July 4, 2023, 03:55 PM #71
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Wow. I thought my 10-week wait for my Ayre QX-5 Twenty DAC was excessive! It'll be worth it though. I bought my Focus SEs at the height of the pandemic, and somehow Legacy had stock back then.
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July 4, 2023, 07:17 PM #72
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From what I understand, there has been a wait on parts from the EU and a long wait on anything from Bohmer for Wavelet v2 additional inventory. I have been waiting for a software revision for OMNIO processing for Valor for a long time now and I've just heard last week that it may be coming from Bohmer in the next week or two along with components eagerly anticipated.
Legacy had amassed large inventory quantities on many things and replenished along the way however, their order queue has been fully booked and then some for a long time now.
They are not alone....had someone I know place an order for a pair of Wilson Alexx V in the last week. His delivery date is projected as February 2024.
For speakers and components, many manufacturers are quoting 3, 4, 5, and 6 month lead times...
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July 5, 2023, 11:31 AM #73
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I have been told Revel is running a final amount of Salon 2 and when gone the Salon 2 is gone. Sounds like they are the opposite, inventory to unload. Looked like special pricing as well.
Aurender ACS10 w/Audioquest Diamond USB, Esoteric N05xd
Mark Levinson #526, 534 & JBL 4367's
Clearaudio Performance DC w/Maestro cart
Clarus Concerto & their Crimson cables
HT: Marantz AV8003, Linn 5125, JBL SAM3ha, Revel s30,
SVS PC13 Ultra
Transparent, Analysis Plus & Tributaries. PS Audio filtering
Sony XBR-75X940D & BDP
Parasound P6, MBL 8006b, Artisan speakers/subwoofer
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July 5, 2023, 12:48 PM #74
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That's great news for anyone who would prefer the sound and other attributes of that speaker.
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August 10, 2023, 06:50 PM #75
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At 17 weeks and I got the notice that my Legacy Audio Focus XD's have shipped. I am also working on getting the Wavelet II next month, I just need to place my order when I send in my trade for it.
Source: CEC TL1x Transport or Aurender N200. VAC Cla1Mk III Preamp, VAC Renaissance 70/70 Signature Amp. Dinafrips Venus II DAC, Tublus Agrentus i2s -Dinafrips Hermes DDC. Legacy Audio Focus XD speakers bi amped/ Wavelet II. DH Labs Silver Sonic cyro to speakers, Wireworld Eclipse 8 interconnects, Silversmith Fidelium Speaker wire. Wireworld Silver Electra PC's 7 on sources, BMI Whale Elite on amp, Shunyata Black Mamba, Synergistic Reference Master Coupler Power cords. Shunyata Hydra Power conditioner. LHY Switch, Enos Ethernet filter, Linear power supply on Router and first switch.
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August 11, 2023, 12:07 PM #76
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Aurender ACS10 w/Audioquest Diamond USB, Esoteric N05xd
Mark Levinson #526, 534 & JBL 4367's
Clearaudio Performance DC w/Maestro cart
Clarus Concerto & their Crimson cables
HT: Marantz AV8003, Linn 5125, JBL SAM3ha, Revel s30,
SVS PC13 Ultra
Transparent, Analysis Plus & Tributaries. PS Audio filtering
Sony XBR-75X940D & BDP
Parasound P6, MBL 8006b, Artisan speakers/subwoofer
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August 11, 2023, 03:43 PM #77
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Congratulations on your upcoming delivery!!!
Wavelet II is definitely the right upgrade...
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Travel/Rip: Apple MacBook Pro 16” 2023 M2 Max, 12-core CPU, 38-core GPU, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD for Audirvana+ v3, iTunes, REW Audio Analyzer, dbPowerAmp, DVD Audio Extractor
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August 24, 2023, 06:41 PM #78
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I have the Focus XD's up and breaking in. I ordered the Wavelet II today, not sure when that will arrive yet.XD2.jpeg
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Source: CEC TL1x Transport or Aurender N200. VAC Cla1Mk III Preamp, VAC Renaissance 70/70 Signature Amp. Dinafrips Venus II DAC, Tublus Agrentus i2s -Dinafrips Hermes DDC. Legacy Audio Focus XD speakers bi amped/ Wavelet II. DH Labs Silver Sonic cyro to speakers, Wireworld Eclipse 8 interconnects, Silversmith Fidelium Speaker wire. Wireworld Silver Electra PC's 7 on sources, BMI Whale Elite on amp, Shunyata Black Mamba, Synergistic Reference Master Coupler Power cords. Shunyata Hydra Power conditioner. LHY Switch, Enos Ethernet filter, Linear power supply on Router and first switch.
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August 24, 2023, 09:18 PM #79
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Wow
KEF Blade, Mc-611's, C49 rega jupiter, roon nucleus, revox tuner. Meridian dsp8000 se upgrade, meridian 218 zone controller VA Beethoven's, Hegel h360.
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August 24, 2023, 11:15 PM #80
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Beautiful!
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December 7, 2023, 04:45 PM #81
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Re: Legacy Audio?
Reading the replies here I'm very excited for my Signature SE's to arrive.
I ordered them with the Olive Ash Burl finish.
They will be replacing my EBEN/ADYTON X3's and a Cabasse sub in my system.
The leftovers will be ending up in my bedroom setup along with my Accuphase E-308.
I've been told they should arrive in my country mid December so hopefully I can spend Christmas listening to some great music on a great system.Main stereo
Accuphase E-800
Bryston BDA 3.14
Accuphase DP-65V
EBEN/ADYTON X3 (Coming soon, Legacy Audio Signature SE Olive Ash Burl Veneer finish)
Source MSI GS66 Stealth
Bedroom Stereo
Accuphase E-308
NAD M51 DAC
Focal Chorus 706 (Will be using EBEN/ADYTON X3 speakers on this as soon as my Legacy Audio Signature SE cabs arrive)
Source 2020 Macbook Air M1
Head-Fi system
Smythe Realizer A16
Stax SRM 352
Stax L500 MK2
Focal Clear
Source HP ENVY X360
Nordost, Burmeister, Accuphase and Wireworld cables
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December 9, 2023, 11:12 AM #82
Re: Legacy Audio?
If you can, drop us a pic or 2 of the system.
KEF Blade, Mc-611's, C49 rega jupiter, roon nucleus, revox tuner. Meridian dsp8000 se upgrade, meridian 218 zone controller VA Beethoven's, Hegel h360.
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February 9, 2024, 08:29 PM #83
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I have owned several pairs of Legacy Audio Speakers. The list would be:
Studio
Silhouette mains
Silhouette center channel
Focus (several models)
The Vs
And looks like Valors might arrive at my new home.
Bill Duddleston is probably one of the easiest high end designers to work with. His speakers are used to master many classic albums that we all love today.
I guess they don’t enjoy enough snob appeal as many audiophiles seem to avoid them like a plague. They would rather spend 3-4 times the money for Wilson, Magico, Tidal and plenty more high priced goods. I’m not knocking any of the above brands or others because I think they almost any high end speaker system today can sound excellent.
I could never have afforded a system like I own if it weren’t for Legacy Audio.
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February 9, 2024, 08:48 PM #84
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No, the ones that know better avoid them. My experience was a nightmare, the first pair of speakers I received after almost 9 months were absolute garbage. A fight ensued and replacements were eventually sent with the shipping cost left for me to bear, they were considerably better but certainly fit and finish was simply to the standard of their cost, nothing more. Anyone with a router could cut out a better fitting cabinet. If youve ever owned a refined pair of speakers their sonic flaws are immediately apparent.
I can see their appeal for their cost, but I know and have owned much better... at higher cost of course.
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February 9, 2024, 08:57 PM #85
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February 10, 2024, 11:38 AM #86
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February 10, 2024, 12:10 PM #87
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Each to their own. IÂ’ve been privileged to audition and own other well considered speakers which includes Magnepan 3 and 3.6, Tympani and 3.6, Acoustat 4 and Two plus Two, B+W, Wilson, Magico, Spendor, Snell Type A, Dahlquist DQ 10, Dynaudio, Tekton, and many others at home, in friendÂ’s homes and while working for a high end dealer.
IÂ’ve never heard any speaker system that outperforms my Legacy Vs and JL Audio 6 pack of F 113 V2 subs..IÂ’m sure the Wavelret processor, Every audio fiend thatÂ’s heard it are pretty amazed.
I can assure you that all except for Magico and Wilson, had occasional fit and finish problems or blemishes in the finish. Usually these things happen in shipping.
I have visited Legacy Audio many times. IÂ’ve watched their CNC machines perform their magic and I watched as Mr. Duddleston listened to and checked each driver and then painstakingly voiced each speaker before getting them crated and shipped. IÂ’ve also visited when Bill was busy spraying coats of lacquer and hand rubbing the finish. I canÂ’t say the system is perfect for he does have occasional B stock where some problem occurred and a new speaker was built and the B stock sold to others.
While I canÂ’t account for what happened to your speakers or all the conversations you had about them with Legacy personnel, I would say your experience seems very unusual. IÂ’ve always found Bill to be more than fair and very helpful.
For instance last year I had a very strange problem with my system. I tried every trick I knew to solve the problem. I really concluded it was the Legacy Wavelet at fault. Mr. Duddleston and one of his employees came to my home and helped problem solve the issue. It turned out to be a bad solder joint in my DAC it was intermittent and difficult to diagnose. Was I in any way charged for this service? No.
Mr. Duddleston has delivered all my Legacy speakers himself and helped set them up.
I really hate to read about any high end manufacturer having problems as youÂ’ve outlined above. All the speaker and electronic manufacturers I know absolutely cringe when something goes wrong. But sometimes things happen.
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February 10, 2024, 01:00 PM #88
Re: Legacy Audio?
Legacy Audio Valor+Wavelet v2, Esoteric S-02 Amps HDPlex 300W, RevAudio Labs DC Umbilical, Esoteric Grandioso P1, P1PSU & dual D1 DACs, Cybershaft Prem Ltd OP21A 10 MHz Clock, Esoteric C-02X, Shunyata Everest 8000 & Altaira SG-NR hubs, Sigma SGC/CGC ground cables, VTX-Ag ground tails, AfterBurner8 duplexes, CSP Inc Q4B, S2B IEC plates, Shunyata Omega CLOCK-50 cables, Tubulus Concentus HDMI, Elrod Master Series Diamond SE & Masters Series Gold Power cords and Statement Gold XLRs, Diamond XLRs & Master Series Diamond XLRs, Shunyata OMEGA QR-s power cable, Anaconda Z-tron XLR, Elrod Statement Gold speaker cables, Adona Zero GX3, GX2, GX racks, Composite Audio CF-2010, Townshend Audio Podiums, HRS DPX Damping Plates, Stillpoints Ultra SS w/Ultra Bases, pArtScience 64-well, 2D QRD 3-inch SpaceArray Diffusors
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