Hi forum members,
just back after a memorable visit to bangalore and meeting with soundsgreat (sreekanth).
I THINK I WILL NOT FORGET THE EXPERIENCE!!!
i listened to tapered quarter wavelength transmission line loudspeakers with a 5" (IIRC) doing midbass duty and a hybrid titanium/silk tweeter (1" IIRC) - these drivers are sreekanth's design and the entire process of manufacture is under sreekanth's direct supervision (and that includes the basket, the magnets, the arrangement of the voice coils - and sreekanth uses a full length copper sleeve over the pole piece in lieu of dual faraday rings).
the cross-overs are sreekanth's own design- he winds the inductors himself!
the cabinets ( the previous pictures posted by sreekanth are not these) are designed by sreekanth - two-tone veneer with night-sky effect on the black-
absolutely first class! - very rigid - when i placed my hand on the sides while the speaker was playing, i could not feel significant excitation.
when the first two tracks were played - i was, like, STUNNED!!!
the wind instruments - i could almost see the shape of the pursed lips of the flautist!!! - the back to front depth, and the rise and fall of volume was electric in it's substance - percussion was superb and the highs were airy, easy and well spaced - the integration between the drivers was very very good (except, i thought, for a little overemphasis of the top-end of the midrange) - the bass was the best i have heard in a very long time - and perfectly suited to the room!
there is so much these speakers do right, that any short-comings need to be dis-regarded to realize the magic that they can create -
i would be very interested in listening to/reading the experience of forum members who have listened/will listen to soundsgreat's system - i am still trying to come to grips with my experience and what i heard that day! -
it is not very often that one experiences a system like this - and i would be grateful if bangalore members listened to this system and posted their critical comments - it would be a useful learning experience for me.
@ soundsgreat - thanks for the superb experience - i think you were born into this art!
edit - about the rest of the components - including the DIY preamp and the DIY tapped transformer (?) volume control - sreekanth will elaborate?
just back after a memorable visit to bangalore and meeting with soundsgreat (sreekanth).
I THINK I WILL NOT FORGET THE EXPERIENCE!!!
i listened to tapered quarter wavelength transmission line loudspeakers with a 5" (IIRC) doing midbass duty and a hybrid titanium/silk tweeter (1" IIRC) - these drivers are sreekanth's design and the entire process of manufacture is under sreekanth's direct supervision (and that includes the basket, the magnets, the arrangement of the voice coils - and sreekanth uses a full length copper sleeve over the pole piece in lieu of dual faraday rings).
the cross-overs are sreekanth's own design- he winds the inductors himself!
the cabinets ( the previous pictures posted by sreekanth are not these) are designed by sreekanth - two-tone veneer with night-sky effect on the black-
absolutely first class! - very rigid - when i placed my hand on the sides while the speaker was playing, i could not feel significant excitation.
when the first two tracks were played - i was, like, STUNNED!!!
the wind instruments - i could almost see the shape of the pursed lips of the flautist!!! - the back to front depth, and the rise and fall of volume was electric in it's substance - percussion was superb and the highs were airy, easy and well spaced - the integration between the drivers was very very good (except, i thought, for a little overemphasis of the top-end of the midrange) - the bass was the best i have heard in a very long time - and perfectly suited to the room!
there is so much these speakers do right, that any short-comings need to be dis-regarded to realize the magic that they can create -
i would be very interested in listening to/reading the experience of forum members who have listened/will listen to soundsgreat's system - i am still trying to come to grips with my experience and what i heard that day! -
it is not very often that one experiences a system like this - and i would be grateful if bangalore members listened to this system and posted their critical comments - it would be a useful learning experience for me.
@ soundsgreat - thanks for the superb experience - i think you were born into this art!
edit - about the rest of the components - including the DIY preamp and the DIY tapped transformer (?) volume control - sreekanth will elaborate?
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