Another happy Constellation client of Suncoast Audio

I very much admire the courage to get that neolith fitted in the room. Now, that’s an audiophile and same reason why I’d never call myself audiophile.
 
I had Kharma Exquisite 1D's in a 12' x 18' x 10.5' room. those speakers were not tall, but were wide and dense (550 pounds each). yes, I could over-drive the room, but it sounded amazing. the room had a great shape, I did fine tune it, and it took many years in my new large dedicated room before I found the magic I had in that smaller room. it helped that my small room had a tall, stepped ceiling......which allowed it to breathe a little.

yes, a larger space has a higher ceiling (sorry for the pun) than a smaller room, but also more is happening to deal with.

and now, 15 years in, my efforts for the larger room are finally fulfilled. and my wallet fully emptied.

smaller rooms can have some magic going on. they do have to be able to handle the bass energy from the speaker reasonably. it helps with adjustable bass of some fashion. we see this in show systems all the time, just too much bass to handle for the space with much SPL's.
 
puroagave said:
i could read War and Peace in the time it takes to slog through that thread. whats the cliffNotes version?
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Then search for just my posts within the thread where I've outlined in detail my dream speaker thoughts, criteria, and reviews for Rockport, Wilson, Gamut, and YG so far. I've learned a lot through my discovery - in fact, that several of these I don't consider an actionable "upgrade" to my Devores. The YG Sonja 2.2 has by far been my biggest revelation for dynamic driver speakers - which surprised me as its a relatively inefficient speaker.

The most difficulty has been getting a suitable horn demo - they don't exist in SoCal. Cessaro is in NYC, Mike/AG in Tampa, etc. I tried to hear big Cessaros on a personal trip to NYC two weeks ago, but the distributor sorta bagged on me (sigh).

Tune Audio is showing the Anima at Long Beach and will be distributed from LA after that point - so I will have a full-fledged horn demo coming. If that floats my boat and I want to pursue horns, I will likely come to Tampa for a serious AG demo.

Mike is right that a lot of posts are people who didn't read the OP and what my criteria are which is frustrating, but that's forums for you. What I've also learned is *every* speaker even at this level has faults. Also, room and budget of course are important - or I'd just have trios w/ basshorns which continues to be my favorite demo of all time (Jim Smith take a bow).

Finally, I know what I want in a speaker and sound in general. I don't just go hearing things to hear them - I think that is what gear swappers don't get (sorry whitecamaroSS). Figure out your top 3-5 criteria and create a list of speakers that are known to go in that direction.
 
KeithR said:
Then search for just my posts within the thread where I've outlined in detail my dream speaker thoughts, criteria, and reviews for Rockport, Wilson, Gamut, and YG so far. I've learned a lot through my discovery - in fact, that several of these I don't consider an actionable "upgrade" to my Devores. The YG Sonja 2.2 has by far been my biggest revelation for dynamic driver speakers - which surprised me as its a relatively inefficient speaker.

The most difficulty has been getting a suitable horn demo - they don't exist in SoCal. Cessaro is in NYC, Mike/AG in Tampa, etc. I tried to hear big Cessaros on a personal trip to NYC two weeks ago, but the distributor sorta bagged on me (sigh).

Tune Audio is showing the Anima at Long Beach and will be distributed from LA after that point - so I will have a full-fledged horn demo coming. If that floats my boat and I want to pursue horns, I will likely come to Tampa for a serious AG demo.

Mike is right that a lot of posts are people who didn't read the OP and what my criteria are which is frustrating, but that's forums for you. What I've also learned is *every* speaker even at this level has faults. Also, room and budget of course are important - or I'd just have trios w/ basshorns which continues to be my favorite demo of all time (Jim Smith take a bow).

Finally, I know what I want in a speaker and sound in general. I don't just go hearing things to hear them - I think that is what gear swappers don't get (sorry whitecamaroSS). Figure out your top 3-5 criteria and create a list of speakers that are known to go in that direction.
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I think it's exactly what gear swappers do get. They want to hear things for the sake of hearing them in their system. More power to the gear swappers who have the cash to churn and burn through equipment, just don't expect me to give them congrats on every new piece of gear they buy that we all know will be for sale before dust has a chance to settle on it.
 
Mike Lavigne said:
yes, a larger space has a higher ceiling (sorry for the pun) than a smaller room, but also more is happening to deal with.

and now, 15 years in, my efforts for the larger room are finally fulfilled. and my wallet fully emptied.

smaller rooms can have some magic going on. they do have to be able to handle the bass energy from the speaker reasonably. it helps with adjustable bass of some fashion. we see this in show systems all the time, just too much bass to handle for the space with much SPL's.
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Yes, I cannot get the ultimate in orchestral performance in my room, but I realized over time that it does have its advantages. I can get a superb sound quality in my 24 x 12 x 8.5 ft room for which I would have to pay much, much more in a considerably larger room.

The mere fact that I can work with monitors in the room, achieving high SPLs, has considerable advantages, even though of course for ultimate performance you need (very expensive) large speakers in a large room. As for bass, I can of course easily adjust it on the subwoofer volume.
 
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