Adventures at SoundHounds today - good times

[RGA]

That's a pretty good price - err that's the exact same price soundhounds charges. Their 4 pillar stand would still be less than the Audio Note stand - so I may look at that. Trouble is I would have my current stands being ather useless. Perhaps I can trade the Skylans in for something else at soundhounds - like wiring *shudder* and then order the 15 inch stands direct from Skylan. Hmm. Things now to think about.

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You think the stand will be heavy enough to support the speaker?
I guess I can go get lead shot to make it heavier than only sand
You have any idea how much lead shot is?

[RGA]

Don't laugh but I am such a NON builder that I had Paul put together the stand when I bough the K/Spe. They filled it with some weird blue sand(for free). The stands are heavier than the speakers by a lot.

5 inches lower is not very much - it reduces the height by 1/4 and will reduce the weight of the stand - but the base is the heaviest part.

I would ask Woochifer what he paid for his stands - his are adjustable which is nice and heavier than the Skylans - Pretty sure they're high mass. They may cost the same or more than the Audio Note's though - and really I would not want the hassle of buying from the States and getting nailed a bunch of other costs.

I just think it's ludicrous to spend $500.00Cdn on a stand.

I think the skylan stands ire heavy enough because the Audio Note's while large for standmounts really are not that heavy. Indeed the instruction manual on the J states that you can get good results from an open frame stand provided that it is is rigid and has spikes - but they then go on to say that a spiked high mass stand will give best results.

The speakers will come with blue tak so you don't need to buy it. After reading through the manual - not exciting just photo-copied pages with a staple in the corner - LOL talk about not wasting money these are actually Infinite baffle designs.

I think I get how they match speakers so closely

"The individual adjustment, and matching to a reference, of each crossover network to each pair of drive units allows an unparalleled degree of sample to sample consistency not only within pairs of loudspeakers, but also from one pair to another. This adjustment, carried out under dynamic opertaing conditions compensates for the slight variations that always exist in drive units and assures precise uniformity of sonic performance. Complete quality assurance can only be achieved by such a system of 100% sample testing."

As to your question about vinyl versus veneered.

"We recommend that you occasionally (perhaps once a year) was the veneered surface of your speakers."

The speakers have a 5 year warranty but unlike many companies the warranty is fully transferable.

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Paul said I could get the AN stands for 4 bills.
50 bux more shouldnt be a problem
So I would be looking into 350.
I think Wooch's sound anchors are something like 400 or so US, which would work out to be way too much for me.

Blue sand you say? I think maybe that is playground sandbox sand. A nice sanitary stuff rather than some of the stuff you can buy in large loads extracted from a river or something.

Well, its not like a real wood veneer matters too much anyways. Afterall, black will always look black anyways. Too bad they didnt have any of the nice stuff left over. I wouldnt mind a nice Cherry or something like that.

Another thing about the skylan is that it has 2 posts. The J is quite a bit wider than most speakers. In fact, it's dimentions are close to that of the early 70s technics my old man got a long time ago. Wonder if that would make a difference in stability.

[RGA]

Well I'm using the J's right now on Skylan's and without a proper top plate and they're fine stability wise.

$400.00CDN? That is not too bad I guess - depends what they'll give me for my Skylan's.

[RGA]

Hey - you might be interested if you're following that guy ranting against Audio Note on AA (people need to listen before ranting) that the E/LX was given a Best Buy in Hi-fi Choice's August issue(technically that is the highest award they give). They reviewed E's in 1992 and 2000 and recommended them then and they are still chosen best against new competition - shows you that speaker design has really come a long way over that time when a a 1940's inspired speaker is still pounding the competition eh? And to my mind what is more impressive is that this is despite being positioned 1 meter into the room and described by Peter as about the worst place you could put them Paul Messenger has apparently not returned the speakers to boot.

I have asked to get the full review scanned and e-mailed to me - I have page one but my hotmail can only take 1 at a time for some bizarre reason.

Why they don't let you buy the issue in the from of a PDF I don't know. You're in Vancouver so maybe the bigger Chapters stores carry the magazine.

[46minaudio]

Hey - you might be interested if you're following that guy ranting against Audio Note on AA (people need to listen before ranting) that the E/LX was given a Best Buy in Hi-fi Choice's August issue(technically that is the highest award they give). They reviewed E's in 1992 and 2000 and recommended them then and they are still chosen best against new competition - shows you that speaker design has really come a long way over that time when a a 1940's inspired speaker is still pounding the competition eh? And to my mind what is more impressive is that this is despite being positioned 1 meter into the room and described by Peter as about the worst place you could put them Paul Messenger has apparently not returned the speakers to boot.

I have asked to get the full review scanned and e-mailed to me - I have page one but my hotmail can only take 1 at a time for some bizarre reason.

Why they don't let you buy the issue in the from of a PDF I don't know. You're in Vancouver so maybe the bigger Chapters stores carry the magazine.

RGA I went to the AN web sitet and looked up the AN ks and I read this
"The AN-K is a bookshelf-sized loudspeaker capable of a bandwidth from 50 Hz to 20 Hz (-6 dB) with an efficiency of around 90 dB/m. "
Where are you gitting these 16 HZ figures from?And if you would please give me the 8" driver specks thats in This woofer..?

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Hey - you might be interested if you're following that guy ranting against Audio Note on AA (people need to listen before ranting) that the E/LX was given a Best Buy in Hi-fi Choice's August issue(technically that is the highest award they give). They reviewed E's in 1992 and 2000 and recommended them then and they are still chosen best against new competition - shows you that speaker design has really come a long way over that time when a a 1940's inspired speaker is still pounding the competition eh? And to my mind what is more impressive is that this is despite being positioned 1 meter into the room and described by Peter as about the worst place you could put them Paul Messenger has apparently not returned the speakers to boot.

I have asked to get the full review scanned and e-mailed to me - I have page one but my hotmail can only take 1 at a time for some bizarre reason.

Why they don't let you buy the issue in the from of a PDF I don't know. You're in Vancouver so maybe the bigger Chapters stores carry the magazine.

Yeah, the downtown Chapters has all the audio magazines like hifi choice, hifi world, UHF, stereophile, and the other big names. Could you possibly send me to review too?

BTW, 46minaudio, the 16hz is for the AN/E not the K.