Wow! I was lucky enough to work for Lyric HiFi in White Plains NY in 1985 and had a pair of these in our reference studio. The woofer towers were run on a pair of Mark Levinson 300 watt monoblock amps and a rotating array of big amps for the Tweeter/Mid towers. We also had a Teac reel-to-reel rebuilt by Mark Levinson as well as Sequerra FM tuner. I was only in high school at the time and got quite an education in HiFi. (R.I.P. Steven Zipster)
@joereney122 сағат бұрын
I bought a pair of KEF 101 in 1984. They still sound as good as the first time.
@kjell-akeapell328523 сағат бұрын
Bara det inte går den vägen.....!
@toddd7444Күн бұрын
gr research danny upgrade mod easy to do crossover upgrade kit
@SweatLaserXPКүн бұрын
It was a different era then. If you pulled yourself up by the bootstraps, you had a shot at establishing a successful company. Try getting into hifi manufacturing nowadays, and it's an international competition with production scale to match. There are great engineers in many countries, and most of them have cheaper labor than the United States. I don't mean to discourage anyone who has ideas about a new product; it's more to lay bare what you're up against if you're an American who has ambitions to break into this field.
@user-yx7hx2vo5xКүн бұрын
Only as good as the hearing anybody has
@Phaedra808Күн бұрын
Anyone who is hard of hearing will find these fantastic. Only downside is your bank balance will be deafened.
@PAINFOOL133 күн бұрын
I remember when Infinity bookshelf speakers . were Hot 🔥 These monolithic speakers are whoa 😳
@italianochannel6 күн бұрын
Such an inspiration 👍I love music ❤ I have ideas, and designed to revolutionize speakers since speakers never change for over a century but I don't have the materials and funds to start making one but I hope someday I will enter the audio entertainment industry 😊 but for now they are just on paper 😂 wish me luck 😊
@jonsingle16146 күн бұрын
I know those are old and obsolete.....tell ya what I am gunna do....I think 500$ is a fair price to unburden you of those monstrositys
@modena8549 күн бұрын
c'est ce que j'appelle "le mur du son" ça doit envoyer severe!!!!!!
@jantheuer871711 күн бұрын
T-Cut Color Fast Black Scratch Remover, Lak Restorer, Car Polish, 500 ml
@mryoureauser672312 күн бұрын
I actually heard those when I was young and could still hear high frequencies like a German Sheppard! I believe I saw a magazine advertisement showing Wilt Chamberlain standing next to one. They had them set up at Audio Research when they were still in Brooklyn Center, MN. I think they were connected to a pair of D-250's. They thought the Sota Sapphire Star Turntable was good to go as part of the overall system. Very interesting to hear other sound systems now and again. By the time I can afford something like that I'll be aged with old man hairs growing out of my ears where no hair had ever grown before.
@Harcix13 күн бұрын
Best 250$ investment ever!
@truman495614 күн бұрын
Why are the bass towers so far behind the mains?
@Stereopluss13 күн бұрын
Because it give better bassresponse in the room. And the way you place tweeter/midtrange-tower give better soundstage.
@user-ji6re8vf8h15 күн бұрын
GOOD QUALITY THRU OUT *
@michaelnaretto340915 күн бұрын
The are beautiful speakers but you would need a huge room to properly position them. Knowing me, I would blast AC/DC through them.
@douglascimarosa675319 күн бұрын
I had the RS 4.5's with 4 of them mids and tweeters. They were so clear and accurate but just couldn't handle the power for the decibels I like. I'm sure that these ones can.
@Stereopluss19 күн бұрын
@@douglascimarosa6753 They can Play loud. I heard that exact same speaker here in Norway and it was stadionrock 🥳
@memcdm19 күн бұрын
I listened to a monster infinity system years ago In A high end shop in Washington DC. The system sounded terrible. It over loaded the room! No imaging. Forget sound stage. The sound was everywhere and the bass seemed disconnected from everything else. It played loud enough to damage you ears. This is a good example of how the room affects the sound. You need a hugh room and careful placement to make these things sound descent. Bigger is cool but not always better. Buyer be a ware. (Not "Buyer beware".) 😮
@memcdm19 күн бұрын
I listened to a monster infinity system years ago In A high end shop in Washington DC. The system sounded terrible. It over loaded the room! No imaging. Forget sound stage. The sound was everywhere and the bass seemed disconnected from everything else. It played loud enough to damage you ears. This is a good example of how the room affects the sound. You need a hugh room and careful placement to make these things sound descent. Bigger is cool but not always better. Buyer be a ware. (Not "Buyer beware".) 😮
@lu74wn200220 күн бұрын
I have never heard a pair but I think they should sound great. Have you ever measured what was wrong the original wiring and what was better with the new wire? As for the LP preamp, then yes it’s a great achievement but these days just use an. Op-amp, you will probably die, trying hard, before you get close to what these can achieve
@thevintageaudiolife20 күн бұрын
During the late 90’s, I was lucky enough to live near the Infinity Speaker and Amp factory in Chatsworth, CA. I remember dumpster diving and would pull out huge speaker enclosures, speakers and other stuff, most often I got things to work. Hooked up some speakers that I salvaged, boy they sounded amazing on my 1979’s radio shack stereo!
@lebojay20 күн бұрын
No way that sounds better than my Airpods. 😜
@bobbyclark-qt3em20 күн бұрын
What sort of dialect is this ?
@bartvanransbeeck134123 күн бұрын
Now I am hearing a wise man with love and passion for this music Reproduction art, we thank you dear Paul , you're a master that stays humble ❤
@richardromero491225 күн бұрын
Start talking about cables not making a difference, and people get so fired up . If Paul says wires make a difference they do . He’s not going to say anything that he can’t back up wit facts
@EndstyleGG7 күн бұрын
Can you point me to where the backed that claim up?
@joeb434925 күн бұрын
Paul: Say something about why you no longer ascribe to the use of servo-controlled woofers.
@hada956825 күн бұрын
Great videos. Very helpful procedure.
@Stereopluss25 күн бұрын
Thank you 😊
@dy668227 күн бұрын
Audiophile nirvana !
@eopal-uk26527 күн бұрын
we live in the crazy world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@dimitrikatsaros921228 күн бұрын
When Ståle came on, I thought I was listening to Werner Herzog 🙂
@Stereopluss26 күн бұрын
I’m not sure this is a compliment 😝
@dimitrikatsaros921226 күн бұрын
@@Stereopluss Oh, it is! I love his voice.
@neilmchardy906128 күн бұрын
I kind of get the feeling (as an engineer) that they are trying to use everything that is used in the high technology metals treatments right up to until they develop something like unobtainium. I wonder who they are trying to impress, I’m sure it’s a great turntable but ever so slightly over the top.
@stephanlazarz192129 күн бұрын
Just WOW!
@-Gunnarsson-29 күн бұрын
The hardest thing to replicate must be rain/wind ambience. There is always gonna be junk noise mixed in. I can relax 100% when its raining outside. But recorded ambience just stress me for some reason.
@imfloridano5448Ай бұрын
I remember those. At the tyme they were $10k
@ABC-rh7zcАй бұрын
Paul is still smokin' that wacky weed if he thinks cables make an audible difference
@mathiasjohannesson9833Ай бұрын
As a DIY speaker builder I get very inspired. Respect.
@Dave30867Ай бұрын
I have always wanted to hear Magico speakers along with some other brands i am interested in but Australia is so far behind in the Audio industry its a joke really .
@ingenfestbremsАй бұрын
Når du først var på andre siden av dammen kunne du jo tatt turen til SkyFi audio å sjekket det heftige bruktgreiene der, som ofte er 15.000-40.000$ nivået på brukte ting
@StereoplussАй бұрын
Hadde vært morsomt, men lå litt utenfor Q allfarvei når jeg bare var et halvt døgn i New York 😊
@capn_shawnАй бұрын
Hard work does pay off
@thefreestylefrEaKАй бұрын
So basically these are modified, bastardized, unoriginal speakers.
@StereoplussАй бұрын
Done in collobartion with the original designer Arnie Nudell. So I don’t think bastardized would be the right word 😊
@ThePgkesslerАй бұрын
Paul, you’re awesome. Thanks for the historic tour!
@StereoplussАй бұрын
Thank you!
@naleendemalaporuwa7967Ай бұрын
That intrusive, annoying subscribe pop-up (@0.16) is completely out of place for a sound/music-oriented KZread channel. Who's responsible for your video editing? Paul, I really appreciate your videos and their content in general.
@StereoplussАй бұрын
This is not his channel, but the hifi-channel Stereo+. We know many people dislike anything about subscription in a video, but we have to have subscribers to get views. No views, no reason to have a KZread-channel 😊
@NotFound-ll5kcАй бұрын
You missed the part of the Monster Cable story in which the company embarked on a series of frivolous, predatory lawsuits against independent cable manufacturers.
@StereoplussАй бұрын
This is not the story about Monster Cable.
@NotFound-ll5kc29 күн бұрын
@@Stereopluss Search "Monster Cable Correspondence - Blue Jeans Cable"
@kevinmccormick419Ай бұрын
When Arnie Nudell hears Paul McGowan call their FRS-30 a "IRS Killer" he must roll over in his grave. Sorry Paul, but no comparison.
@peterrichard3706Ай бұрын
Zip cord is 22 ga. Lamp cord is 14 ga. Get it rite !!!!
@siriosstar4789Ай бұрын
those speakers cost as much as a house Who buys this stuff ?
@phelliprd6659Ай бұрын
👍
@yurifrags7564Ай бұрын
Awesome Story
@StereoplussАй бұрын
Thank you 😊
@61sigurtАй бұрын
Dynaudio er danske kvalitets højttalere 👍. Hvor er Kari dog smuk og fantastisk ❤️
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Wow! I was lucky enough to work for Lyric HiFi in White Plains NY in 1985 and had a pair of these in our reference studio. The woofer towers were run on a pair of Mark Levinson 300 watt monoblock amps and a rotating array of big amps for the Tweeter/Mid towers. We also had a Teac reel-to-reel rebuilt by Mark Levinson as well as Sequerra FM tuner. I was only in high school at the time and got quite an education in HiFi. (R.I.P. Steven Zipster)
I bought a pair of KEF 101 in 1984. They still sound as good as the first time.
Bara det inte går den vägen.....!
gr research danny upgrade mod easy to do crossover upgrade kit
It was a different era then. If you pulled yourself up by the bootstraps, you had a shot at establishing a successful company. Try getting into hifi manufacturing nowadays, and it's an international competition with production scale to match. There are great engineers in many countries, and most of them have cheaper labor than the United States. I don't mean to discourage anyone who has ideas about a new product; it's more to lay bare what you're up against if you're an American who has ambitions to break into this field.
Only as good as the hearing anybody has
Anyone who is hard of hearing will find these fantastic. Only downside is your bank balance will be deafened.
I remember when Infinity bookshelf speakers . were Hot 🔥 These monolithic speakers are whoa 😳
Such an inspiration 👍I love music ❤ I have ideas, and designed to revolutionize speakers since speakers never change for over a century but I don't have the materials and funds to start making one but I hope someday I will enter the audio entertainment industry 😊 but for now they are just on paper 😂 wish me luck 😊
I know those are old and obsolete.....tell ya what I am gunna do....I think 500$ is a fair price to unburden you of those monstrositys
c'est ce que j'appelle "le mur du son" ça doit envoyer severe!!!!!!
T-Cut Color Fast Black Scratch Remover, Lak Restorer, Car Polish, 500 ml
I actually heard those when I was young and could still hear high frequencies like a German Sheppard! I believe I saw a magazine advertisement showing Wilt Chamberlain standing next to one. They had them set up at Audio Research when they were still in Brooklyn Center, MN. I think they were connected to a pair of D-250's. They thought the Sota Sapphire Star Turntable was good to go as part of the overall system. Very interesting to hear other sound systems now and again. By the time I can afford something like that I'll be aged with old man hairs growing out of my ears where no hair had ever grown before.
Best 250$ investment ever!
Why are the bass towers so far behind the mains?
Because it give better bassresponse in the room. And the way you place tweeter/midtrange-tower give better soundstage.
GOOD QUALITY THRU OUT *
The are beautiful speakers but you would need a huge room to properly position them. Knowing me, I would blast AC/DC through them.
I had the RS 4.5's with 4 of them mids and tweeters. They were so clear and accurate but just couldn't handle the power for the decibels I like. I'm sure that these ones can.
@@douglascimarosa6753 They can Play loud. I heard that exact same speaker here in Norway and it was stadionrock 🥳
I listened to a monster infinity system years ago In A high end shop in Washington DC. The system sounded terrible. It over loaded the room! No imaging. Forget sound stage. The sound was everywhere and the bass seemed disconnected from everything else. It played loud enough to damage you ears. This is a good example of how the room affects the sound. You need a hugh room and careful placement to make these things sound descent. Bigger is cool but not always better. Buyer be a ware. (Not "Buyer beware".) 😮
I listened to a monster infinity system years ago In A high end shop in Washington DC. The system sounded terrible. It over loaded the room! No imaging. Forget sound stage. The sound was everywhere and the bass seemed disconnected from everything else. It played loud enough to damage you ears. This is a good example of how the room affects the sound. You need a hugh room and careful placement to make these things sound descent. Bigger is cool but not always better. Buyer be a ware. (Not "Buyer beware".) 😮
I have never heard a pair but I think they should sound great. Have you ever measured what was wrong the original wiring and what was better with the new wire? As for the LP preamp, then yes it’s a great achievement but these days just use an. Op-amp, you will probably die, trying hard, before you get close to what these can achieve
During the late 90’s, I was lucky enough to live near the Infinity Speaker and Amp factory in Chatsworth, CA. I remember dumpster diving and would pull out huge speaker enclosures, speakers and other stuff, most often I got things to work. Hooked up some speakers that I salvaged, boy they sounded amazing on my 1979’s radio shack stereo!
No way that sounds better than my Airpods. 😜
What sort of dialect is this ?
Now I am hearing a wise man with love and passion for this music Reproduction art, we thank you dear Paul , you're a master that stays humble ❤
Start talking about cables not making a difference, and people get so fired up . If Paul says wires make a difference they do . He’s not going to say anything that he can’t back up wit facts
Can you point me to where the backed that claim up?
Paul: Say something about why you no longer ascribe to the use of servo-controlled woofers.
Great videos. Very helpful procedure.
Thank you 😊
Audiophile nirvana !
we live in the crazy world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When Ståle came on, I thought I was listening to Werner Herzog 🙂
I’m not sure this is a compliment 😝
@@Stereopluss Oh, it is! I love his voice.
I kind of get the feeling (as an engineer) that they are trying to use everything that is used in the high technology metals treatments right up to until they develop something like unobtainium. I wonder who they are trying to impress, I’m sure it’s a great turntable but ever so slightly over the top.
Just WOW!
The hardest thing to replicate must be rain/wind ambience. There is always gonna be junk noise mixed in. I can relax 100% when its raining outside. But recorded ambience just stress me for some reason.
I remember those. At the tyme they were $10k
Paul is still smokin' that wacky weed if he thinks cables make an audible difference
As a DIY speaker builder I get very inspired. Respect.
I have always wanted to hear Magico speakers along with some other brands i am interested in but Australia is so far behind in the Audio industry its a joke really .
Når du først var på andre siden av dammen kunne du jo tatt turen til SkyFi audio å sjekket det heftige bruktgreiene der, som ofte er 15.000-40.000$ nivået på brukte ting
Hadde vært morsomt, men lå litt utenfor Q allfarvei når jeg bare var et halvt døgn i New York 😊
Hard work does pay off
So basically these are modified, bastardized, unoriginal speakers.
Done in collobartion with the original designer Arnie Nudell. So I don’t think bastardized would be the right word 😊
Paul, you’re awesome. Thanks for the historic tour!
Thank you!
That intrusive, annoying subscribe pop-up (@0.16) is completely out of place for a sound/music-oriented KZread channel. Who's responsible for your video editing? Paul, I really appreciate your videos and their content in general.
This is not his channel, but the hifi-channel Stereo+. We know many people dislike anything about subscription in a video, but we have to have subscribers to get views. No views, no reason to have a KZread-channel 😊
You missed the part of the Monster Cable story in which the company embarked on a series of frivolous, predatory lawsuits against independent cable manufacturers.
This is not the story about Monster Cable.
@@Stereopluss Search "Monster Cable Correspondence - Blue Jeans Cable"
When Arnie Nudell hears Paul McGowan call their FRS-30 a "IRS Killer" he must roll over in his grave. Sorry Paul, but no comparison.
Zip cord is 22 ga. Lamp cord is 14 ga. Get it rite !!!!
those speakers cost as much as a house Who buys this stuff ?
👍
Awesome Story
Thank you 😊
Dynaudio er danske kvalitets højttalere 👍. Hvor er Kari dog smuk og fantastisk ❤️