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Hi Troels,
It's been a while since I've started making these speakers and I haven't
sent you any feedback since I was hoping on improving the aesthetics a
bit.
First of all, I want to say thank you! These are the best speakers I
have ever listened to by a wide margin.
At first, when I finished them, I used them with my old amp, a Denon
DRA345R and I was instantly in love with them. I never knew what music
was it seems. It's just.. amazing, you can't put this in words. I then
wondered how they would sound on a better amplifier and I bought a used
Sony F590ES that I have been using until today. It sounded way better
than the Denon in all ways and it had more power. Now I've bought a new
Anthem i225 and I was blown out of the water by the sounds. I feel like
I've never actually listened to them until now.
I want to thank you for all the help and for designing such beauties!
Now I am planning on making the next pair. I was thinking of the Prelude
since I love this classic 3 way design, but I'm also thinking of the
Ekta Grande.
Best regards,
Alex
2016:
Hi Troels,
I wanted to let you know that before I started working on another
speaker kit I decided to first upgrade my capacitors from Standard Z
to Superior Z for my Discovery 3 Way Classic. I’ve bought the
upgrade from Jantzen Audio directly.
The difference that these caps make is astonishing. It’s like I’ve
changed my speakers again. I certainly wasn’t expecting such a
difference, I thought that maybe I will hear something, but this is
not just barely noticeable, this is better than when I upgraded my
amp and my amp has cost me 2000 Euros.
I now know never to buy anything < Superior Z again and I definitely
understand what you say when you recommend using these caps on your
projects. I think that the impact of these caps cannot be emphasized
enough! I now feel somewhat sorry for all the times people came to
my place to hear my speakers and everyone said they’re amazing.
After changing these caps I can say that with the Standard Z my
speakers sounded like crap!
The thing I like the most now is the depth of the sound, the
speakers sound like they have more bass (even though I don’t think
they do). Maybe it’s just better integration with the medium driver
or I don’t know, but they just sound full and amazing. It’s like
everything has a bit of an echo now and each instrument sounds like
it’s in my room. The voicing has changed to something that just
makes me smile when I listen to music.
A few months ago I listened to a pair of Monitor Audio Gold GX300
and even with my old caps in place I wasn’t very impressed by the
sound, but the speakers did have this holographic sound with more
depth. At that time I thought that it’s just the ribbon tweeter
making this, but now, with these Superio Z in place I can say that
my speakers sound even better than those.
I want to thank you again for designing these speakers and allowing
me to use the design!
Have a nice day,
Alex
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