Gobel Divin Monarque

I personally love the look … they look imposing and I’m sure the sound is incredible.

George
 
BendingWave said:
Oliver is a brilliant designer and nothing is done without a very specific reason. Form follows function and is never a form of imitation.
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I didn't mean to imply anything was imitated. It was meant as a compliment... that the speaker has obviously been engineered with considerable effort and thought.

Although, the mid / woofer drivers are round, and there is a waveguide for the tweeter - obviously imitating many other great speakers.

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jmimac351 said:
I didn't mean to imply anything was imitated. It was meant as a compliment... that the speaker has obviously been engineered with considerable effort and thought.

Although, the mid / woofer drivers are round, and there is a waveguide for the tweeter - obviously imitating many other great speakers.

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I have the Noblesse in my system and I have spent a lot of time listening to the Majestic in Germany. I very much look forwarded to hearing the Monarques when we set them up at client in July. I am trying to figure out how to get a pair for my place and the Capital Audio Fest later this year. I hope that I can swing it but we shall see.
I personally expect this to be his best ever!
 
Impressive looking speaker. I like the sound qualities of Gobel speakers. Maybe I missed it, how much are these per pair?
 
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I spend money on parts, particularly for the tweeter. It can be quite expensive. There are various options. Right now I have a pile of copper film / foil caps from REL-CAP, i.e., "Wilson Audio Caps". I didn't buy them because of "Wilson", I bought them because it's copper foil, custom made in the values I need, and the pricing was very good - as far as "copper foil" goes. Although... they are copper foil and poly, not copper foil and paper. We will see how they work out.

The 10uF Copper Film / Poly caps from REL weigh 1 Pound EACH. COPPER.

I like soft dome tweeters and paper cone woofers... and also planar magnetic tweeters - I'm listening to 12 of them right now in a pair of Line Arrays. With the resolution from the planar magnetic tweeters I have and the likely resolution from that tweeter in the Gobel Divin Monarque, I suspect it may very well like some copper foil too. At a minimum, I've found bypassing the tweeter caps in any network with a .1uF Duelund CAST-PIO cap is helpful. "Organic Detail". That's something anyone can do, if they can get access to the network for their speaker. It's an easy thing to try. A picture of the .1uF caps I use for bypass are below.

I am sure Gobel has spent PLENTY of money on parts, and it would be interesting to know what was chosen for the inside, especially given the obvious attention to detail by the designer.

I have pair of Wilson Audio Duette with a custom network... No idea what was inside the OEM network, as it's potted.

Wilson likes to try and keep it all a mystery... but they will also sell the same caps they use in their speakers. I don't have the Duette because they are "Wilson Audio"... I'm not a "Wilson Audio Guy". I have them because they are a well built, kick ass 8" 2-way with Scan-Speak paper cone woofer and Scan-Speak soft dome tweeter. They just needed a new network to be "right", and I use copper foil on those too.

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The Tweeters are from Mundorf and I do now that he uses Mundorf parts. I do not know if they are all Mundorf or which ones simply because it makes no difference to me . I am not the guy designing them and wouldn't understand.
If this is important to you I suggest that after the show this week you drop a line to Oliver at the factory and aask what it is you would like to know and He should answer you. He's a very smart guy and a very nice man as well.
 
Here's my take on a custom passive crossover (tweeter/mid range) on my Magnepan 3.6 speakers. The results far exceeded my expectations. The Duelund Cast parts needed 4 days on a cable cooker and that was after 300 hours of playing as it wasn't enough to break them in. These parts cost as much as the speakers 15 years ago and they are much more expensive now.
 

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BendingWave said:
The Tweeters are from Mundorf and I do now that he uses Mundorf parts. I do not know if they are all Mundorf or which ones simply because it makes no difference to me . I am not the guy designing them and wouldn't understand.
If this is important to you I suggest that after the show this week you drop a line to Oliver at the factory and aask what it is you would like to know and He should answer you. He's a very smart guy and a very nice man as well.
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Thanks Elliot, no need to take up his time, other than just being curious about what someone who pays attention to details chose. Stuff like this interests me, because I am actively building / playing with some fun stuff. More importantly, I am actually experiencing differences - and I'm putting money where my mouth is for what I am finding.

I figured he was either using Clarity Cap or Mundorf, and being German, it's no surprise that he's using Mundorf. Certainly nothing "wrong" with that by any means, and I'm sure they sound great. I think Dynaudio uses Mundorf as well. (y)

I hope the speakers are well received, and I will certainly consider your offer at $10k on the demo pair. :p
 
jmimac351 said:
Thanks Elliot, no need to take up his time, other than just being curious about what someone who pays attention to details chose. Stuff like this interests me, because I am actively building / playing with some fun stuff. More importantly, I am actually experiencing differences - and I'm putting money where my mouth is for what I am finding.

I figured he was either using Clarity Cap or Mundorf, and being German, it's no surprise that he's using Mundorf. Certainly nothing "wrong" with that by any means, and I'm sure they sound great. I think Dynaudio uses Mundorf as well. (y)

I hope the speakers are well received, and I will certainly consider your offer at $10k on the demo pair. :p
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Lol
 
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