In Reply to: Re: simplistic stereotyping posted by mls-stl on August 9, 2006 at 12:26:13:
I know one regular poster here (whose name will go unmentioned) who said he would never buy the speaker I owned because it had a LF driver made out of Bextrene. Everybody know Bextrene sounds lousy.Joe
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - paulfbest@cox.net 04:48:13 08/09/06 (73)
- Yeah, and metal=tinny, paper=smokey, foam=foamy?, etc. - Gregg 08:01:32 08/12/06 (0)
- FWIW... the best polycones I have heard - morricab 00:50:43 08/10/06 (2)
- The speakers I had using Aerogel... - dave123456@mail.com 14:03:41 08/11/06 (0)
- Re: FWIW... the best polycones I have heard - paulfbest@cox.net 05:44:55 08/10/06 (0)
- ALL drivers of ALL materials have their own characteristic "sound" - morricab 00:45:27 08/10/06 (0)
- A bit of an Oversimplification - Presto 22:55:45 08/09/06 (3)
- Great Post - Tom Brennan 04:04:01 08/11/06 (2)
- If you want to hear from the REAL gurus... - Presto 11:32:24 08/11/06 (1)
- Re: If you want to hear from the REAL gurus... - Andy_G 15:22:42 08/11/06 (0)
- Re: Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com 22:54:17 08/09/06 (0)
- Re: Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - klepp 19:59:55 08/09/06 (9)
- Re: Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - paulfbest@cox.net 20:10:09 08/09/06 (0)
- Re: Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - paulfbest@cox.net 20:09:38 08/09/06 (0)
- Re: Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - paulfbest@cox.net 20:08:34 08/09/06 (6)
- Re: Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - klepp 20:26:42 08/09/06 (5)
- I'm amazed that you can come to this conclusion.... - Chuck Y 20:35:54 08/09/06 (4)
- Well in fact i did hear Tyler's , yesterday... - paulfbest@cox.net 09:21:29 08/13/06 (2)
- I could have told you the Linbrook Signature System (1 Piece) was an excellent speaker.... - Chuck Y 11:07:28 08/13/06 (1)
- Re: I could have told you the Linbrook Signature System (1 Piece) was an excellent speaker.... - paulfbest@cox.net 13:29:26 08/13/06 (0)
- Re: I'm amazed that you can come to this conclusion... I just got a invitation.. - paulfbest@cox.net 20:53:53 08/09/06 (0)
- Focussing on one parameter, i.e. plastic cone.... - JimL 14:24:05 08/09/06 (13)
- There's nothing unfair about my comments on Spendor - paulfbest@cox.net 17:06:52 08/09/06 (12)
- Re: There's nothing unfair about my comments on Spendor - klepp 17:53:36 08/12/06 (2)
- I did not say the Spendor's sound fake - paulfbest@cox.net 20:58:07 08/12/06 (1)
- Re: I did not say the Spendor's sound fake - klepp 21:39:08 08/13/06 (0)
- Some interesting points about SEAS and Spendor - jmsent 18:51:02 08/09/06 (0)
- Re: There's nothing unfair about my comments on Spendor - mls-stl 18:43:00 08/09/06 (0)
- As I said, you have a perfect right not to like the Spendor sound.... - JimL 17:52:25 08/09/06 (6)
- Re: As I said, you have a perfect right not to like the Spendor sound.... - paulfbest@cox.net 19:27:55 08/09/06 (5)
- Re: evolving story... - mls-stl 20:09:46 08/09/06 (4)
- Re: evolving story...Forget the Thor/Spendor price compare - paulfbest@cox.net 20:38:10 08/09/06 (3)
- Re: evolving story... still evolving - mls-stl 04:59:18 08/10/06 (2)
- Re: evolving story... still evolving - paulfbest@cox.net 05:51:08 08/10/06 (1)
- Re: evolving story... still evolving - mls-stl 09:46:54 08/10/06 (0)
- I think this is silly. Just my opinion, of course. - jsm 11:37:04 08/09/06 (16)
- Sorry, that was Kef 105.2, not Spendor. (nt) - jsm 15:10:25 08/09/06 (1)
- "Silly" is being kind - plantsman 04:51:33 08/10/06 (0)
- If you think this is silly just read his threads and posts on Audiogon. - Chuck Y 13:31:18 08/09/06 (9)
- Ahh, now it makes perfect sense.... - Ozzy 08:33:27 08/10/06 (0)
- Jeff I'm not looking for any trouble here - paulfbest@cox.net 16:33:19 08/09/06 (7)
- Since you asked, a somewhat typical hatchet job occurred.... - Chuck Y 17:30:22 08/09/06 (5)
- The acoustic Research sound/The spendor8 - paulfbest@cox.net 19:17:55 08/09/06 (4)
- Re: Spendor/Tyler Issues - drseid 02:31:50 08/10/06 (3)
- Re: Spendor/Tyler Issues...and my opinion - paulfbest@cox.net 13:10:08 08/10/06 (1)
- Re: Spendor/Tyler Issues...and my opinion - chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com 17:50:54 08/10/06 (0)
- Dave, - Ozzy 08:39:01 08/10/06 (0)
- Re: Jeff I'm not looking for any trouble here..I mean to say Chuck - paulfbest@cox.net 16:35:56 08/09/06 (0)
- Re: simplistic stereotyping - mls-stl 12:26:13 08/09/06 (1)
- Re: simplistic stereotyping - jsm 15:09:07 08/09/06 (0)
- I will ONLY by balsa wood drivers, which is why I don't own any speakers! - JoshT 12:20:13 08/09/06 (1)
- Re: I will ONLY by balsa wood drivers, which is why I don't own any speakers! - hahax@verizon.net 20:28:04 08/09/06 (0)
- Re: Poly cone drivers = cheap/plastic sound - NLJohnson 09:58:15 08/09/06 (1)
- Nate, excellent reply! - paulfbest@cox.net 11:15:34 08/09/06 (0)
- All drivers have a sound.... - John Ashman 09:01:27 08/09/06 (14)
- Re: All drivers have a sound.... - paulfbest@cox.net 14:34:06 08/15/06 (0)
- Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - paulfbest@cox.net 11:25:41 08/09/06 (12)
- Re: Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - hahax@verizon.net 20:31:41 08/09/06 (6)
- Re: Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - paulfbest@cox.net 15:33:37 08/14/06 (0)
- Re: Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - paulfbest@cox.net 21:57:51 08/09/06 (4)
- Re: Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - hahax@verizon.net 13:01:00 08/10/06 (3)
- Re: Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - paulfbest@cox.net 13:21:17 08/10/06 (2)
- Re: Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - hahax@verizon.net 20:20:10 08/10/06 (1)
- Look at tyler's Woodmere design, uses dual 10's PER - paulfbest@cox.net 20:43:05 08/12/06 (0)
- Linkwitz Orion, NHT Xd, Krell, Salk, many others (nt) - John Ashman 13:31:58 08/09/06 (2)
- Look at Salk's page - paulfbest@cox.net 16:41:22 08/09/06 (1)
- My daughter calls that a "brand whore". There's more than one good driver (nt) - John Ashman 17:17:42 08/09/06 (1)
- Re: Which other speaker uses Seas Excel? - jkaschyk 13:26:59 08/09/06 (1)
- Selah and linkwitz are not in my interest. - paulfbest@cox.net 16:38:03 08/09/06 (0)
- cannae beat paper for sound IMNSHO (nt) - mhardy6647 07:26:53 08/09/06 (3)
- Re: cannae beat paper for sound IMNSHO (nt) - Hornlover 11:31:49 08/09/06 (0)
- Re: cannae beat paper for sound IMNSHO (nt) - paulfbest@cox.net 07:36:23 08/09/06 (1)
- EV "Wolverine" LS-8 fullrange (and I am not kidding) - mhardy6647 11:44:43 08/09/06 (0)
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- Re: simplistic stereotyping - jsm 15:09:07 08/09/06 (0)