{"id":16,"date":"2020-05-26T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/izzy-wizzy.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2020-06-09T18:20:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T18:20:59","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/izzy-wizzy.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/izzy-wizzy.com\/?page_id=60\">Tannoy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/izzy-wizzy.com\/?page_id=59\">Acoustat<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from a few early DIY speaker projects 20 years ago, I&#8217;ve been listening to my music through <a href=\"https:\/\/izzy-wizzy.com\/?page_id=59\">Acoustat ESLs<\/a> for a very long time. Hearing other systems never really made me want to change partly due to the fact I&#8217;d be getting something different but not necessarily better for the type of listening experience I was after &#8230; or thought I was after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However having built the <a href=\"https:\/\/izzy-wizzy.com\/?page_id=57\">&#8220;ultimate&#8221; amplifier<\/a> for them, realised the end of the road for the Acoustats had arrived &#8211; we&#8217;d spent a long time together. It was a great sound if the system was played loud but at lower levels, although it sounded good, it didn&#8217;t have the vividness, dynamics etc I was after at more sane levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the amplifier was just too impractical size and heat wise and in combination with the ESLs, took up too much room. If that&#8217;s what it takes to drive the ESLs properly and a direct drive amp (another possibility) would be no better then maybe a change is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like a big open sound that has an aspect of &#8220;weight&#8221; to give some illusion of reality. I find small speakers give just that &#8211; a small sound. The only other speakers that have done it for me have been compression driver based to some degree. Rear horns and\/or single driver &#8220;Lowther&#8221; or similar based systems while attractive within their limits, don&#8217;t usually have the bass or loudness I like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an ESL listener, it is easy to get addicted to the lack of &#8220;cabinet sound&#8221; and &#8220;wholeness&#8221; of the presentation however the dominant sound of a system, is for the most part, the sound of a particular speaker in a room driven by an amplifier. The rest of the system refines that basic starting point. Given that the speaker\/room interface is the single most important thing, then cabinet issues (unless gross) fall back to 2nd or maybe 3rd order effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been a pair of 15&#8243; Tannoy Monitor Gold drive units sitting round these parts for some time &#8211; a design I&#8217;d much admired over the years. If something could tear me away from the ESL experience, then this type of design could be the ticket. A quick and dirty listen on open baffles convinced me it was <a href=\"https:\/\/izzy-wizzy.com\/?page_id=60\">a journey I should go on.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speakers Tannoy Acoustat Apart from a few early DIY speaker projects 20 years ago, I&#8217;ve been listening to my music through Acoustat ESLs for a very long time. Hearing other systems never really made me want to change partly due to the fact I&#8217;d be getting something different but not necessarily better for the type of listening experience I was after &#8230; or thought I was after. 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