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RE: It was 1974

Posted by BDP24 (A) on June 8, 2016 at 16:00:58

In Reply to: It was 1974 posted by E-Stat on April 15, 2015 at 09:08:28:

Okay, I'm over a year late getting here, but the mention above of John Garland Audio and Fulton speakers impels me to speak!

I bought my first "big" system in 1972 from Livermore, CA retailer Walt Davies at his new shop, Audio Arts. I had just discovered J. Gordon Holt and his Stereophile Magazine, and was visiting every Hi-Fi shop within driving distance of my home in San Jose. I showed up at Audio Arts on the day that Bill Johnson just happened to be installing a complete ARC system in his new retailer's soundroom. I had intended to listen to Quad ESL's, but that was not to be. Hearing a pair of Tympani T-IU's bi-amped with a Dual 75 and 51, fed by a Thorens TD-125/Decca Int./Decca Blue into an ARC SP-3 pre, was a mind-blowing experience for this 21 year old. I needed one of my own, and soon did. By the way, Walt Johnson is responsible for the Last Record Care products---a great guy!

I enjoyed that system immensely for over a year, but found myself longing for the transparency of an ESL and the bass of a transmissionline loaded woofer (I had heard the ESS Transtatic I, which possessed both---RTR ESL tweeters and a TL loaded KEF B-139 woofer). There was new High End shop opening in San Jose, right on Stevens Creek Blvd., only a couple of miles from me. It was John Garland's new place. He had the Fulton Modular-J loudspeaker, which just happened to also contain the fantastic RTR ESL tweeter (six of them) and a big bass bin. I went for them, selling my Tympani's to finance their purchase. It didn't take me long to regret it. Yes, I had gotten the greater transparency and bass I craved, but at too high a cost. I ended up selling the Fultons, and sometime later got another pair of Tympani's---T-ID's. Unfortuntely, they needed a lot of work, so I got into Quads---the originals, single and stacked. Then a pair of Infinity RS-1b's. Transparency and bass, right? Then a pair of ET LFT-8b's (still have them).

But now I'm back, baby! Older and wiser, this time with already restored Tympani T-IV's. With the T-IV's and Saties NEO 8 mod, maybe I can finally have it all: transparency and bass, plus the Maggie magic!

Edits: 06/08/16 06/08/16 06/08/16

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