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In Reply to: recommendations for floorstanders to replace Spendor sp2/3 posted by BRab on March 23, 2007 at 19:01:09:
I used 2/3s for about 2 years and really loved their easy-to-listen-to sound. Non-fatiguing and all that yada, yada, yada. I too wanted to get a more dynamic "kick" from my music (rock, accoustic/electric blues, jazz, etc). I had 'upgraded" from some '78 Klipsch Cornwalls, which were certainly dynamic, but a little bit shrill and harsh with some music. I really liked most of what I heard, but that, coupled with the fact that they were pretty large and detracted from my significant other's decor, I decided to get the Spendors and be done with speaker changes. O.K., back to why I eventually sold the Spendors...
I started looking into Altec, mainly from reading all of Tom Brennan's (and a public "Thank You" goes out to you) posts praising them so highly. I specifically started to search for the Duplex series, which was a highly regarded monitor for decades. I found a few, but with so many model designations, and considering the age of most offered for sale, I decided to look into the Iconic Mfg. company.
Iconic sources their drivers from Great Plains Audio, located in Oklahoma, and who, as chance would have it, is run by several of the original Altec folks from the Anaheim days. They have all the Original tooling and are currently producing, among several other products, new "604-H II" which is supposed to better even the original Duplexs of any era. The Iconic version of this driver is called a 704-8A. It is the same driver, just re-named. It essentially is a 515 woofer with an 802 HF compression driver in one package.
Steve Burger at Iconic (located in Bellingham, WA) contracts out to have cabinets made to suit your taste. He also is affiliated with Jim Dickinson, who does the crossovers, which are made from very high quality components and eliminate the need for the old high and low filters for the Duplex. You can get a Stonehenge V (9 c.f.) or a Stonehenge III (6 c.f.) tower built for you. Excellent worksmanship, too.
My Stonehenge IIIs are great, getting the most from ANY type of music. 100db sensitive, they have dynamics to get the power of a kick-drum or any other percussive wave out of the speaker and into the room. The bass doesn't do sub-notes; it's probably only down to the 40hz range. But what is there is there in its entirety, and has a "rightness" to it that has to be heard to be believed. The midrange is full, meaty, and is fully deserved of the legendary Altec type of midrange. Highs are sweet and never grating; they go to the limits of human hearing.
To close, I would say you owe it to yourself to listen to some Altec Duplexes; you can judge for yourself if they're for you. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Happy Hunting!Here's a link:
www.iconicskrs.com
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Follow Ups
- Re: recommendations for floorstanders to replace Spendor sp2/3 - jester 07:45:05 03/24/07 (2)
- The IIIs are rated down to 50 hz. nt - Duilawyer 09:37:22 03/24/07 (1)
- Re: The IIIs are rated down to 50 hz. nt - jester 10:09:03 03/24/07 (0)
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