Here's a fun one, in my second (study/home office) system.
Perhaps amongst the least exalted speakers ever connected to an Expert, and at 48 years, certainly amongst the oldest. They became mine for the princely sum of £100, used, in 1992. Original drivers and cabinets, but modern crossovers as original capacitors are by now wildly out-of-spec.
D-Premier + Celestion Ditton 44 + REL Storm I
Previous amp was a Quad 77 which is a solid, musical, class AB design from the 1990s.
My expectation was the speakers would be opaque to the far superior amp and the whole setup would sound much the same.
Entirely wrong!! There is a massive improvement and the speakers truly come alive with the ADH; there is much more bass (but 60Hz + only, hence the subwoofer) and actual clarity in the midrange! They even do a little - just a little - imaging now. Box resonances aplenty, and woolliness everywhere, but still a delight to listen to, even if it's obviously "hi-fi" and not "reality".
For that the big system in the next room awaits...
Perhaps amongst the least exalted speakers ever connected to an Expert, and at 48 years, certainly amongst the oldest. They became mine for the princely sum of £100, used, in 1992. Original drivers and cabinets, but modern crossovers as original capacitors are by now wildly out-of-spec.
D-Premier + Celestion Ditton 44 + REL Storm I
Previous amp was a Quad 77 which is a solid, musical, class AB design from the 1990s.
My expectation was the speakers would be opaque to the far superior amp and the whole setup would sound much the same.
Entirely wrong!! There is a massive improvement and the speakers truly come alive with the ADH; there is much more bass (but 60Hz + only, hence the subwoofer) and actual clarity in the midrange! They even do a little - just a little - imaging now. Box resonances aplenty, and woolliness everywhere, but still a delight to listen to, even if it's obviously "hi-fi" and not "reality".
For that the big system in the next room awaits...
1000 Pro / Magico A5 / REL Studio III
