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In Reply to: RE: Cool posted by E-Stat on January 07, 2025 at 06:06:23
Hello E-Stat:
In early December I took possession of Mark Porzilli's newest speaker masterpiece, the Grand Note.
It is bi-emissive with a separate tweeter bar with 54 - 1" drivers five inches in front of 20 - 3" midranges. The same configuration is duplicated on the back. All totaled, there are 296 drivers.
The Grand Note is a continuation of what Mark started with the Pipedreams, then the original Scaena, then the Note, then the Note SE, and now the Grand Note. They are about 5" wide, 20 or so inches deep and somewhere around seven feet tall. I may be a little off as I have yet to actually measure them.
If you are interested, call Sam Laufer for more information. What I can tell you is as good as the Pipedreams and Scaena was, the Grand Note is, in my opinion, even better.
Happy Listening,
Paul
Follow Ups:
But Mark didn't attack the deep bass situation in his new speaker as was done on the Pipe Dreams and original Scaena speakers. They used a bass system similar to one McIntosh used in the 1970s where the woofers are used significantly below bass resonance to control bass overhang.
And not to be crass, but what was the price? I can't find anything on the internet about them.
Did you go with the SVS subs?
north of $100k including subs given previous statement products.
His profile lists RELs.
As for subs, I still have REL G1 Mark II's. No longer made but still sound really great. I'm looking into whether or not I want to replace the subs. Maybe, maybe not. As far as I know, Sam will include a sub, probably an SVS model, with the purchase of a set of speakers. Since I have a stereo pair of subs already, I didn't need them nor were they ever discussed. Frankly, I'm still working on dialing the speakers in. I got them in early/mid December and almost immediately, the holidays and family visiting, going out of town, etc. So I'm really just still playing around with them.
As to the cost of the Grand Notes, I don't believe Sam has decided on a final retail price. I would not be surprised at something in the $100K neighborhood though.
But they sure are an amazing sounding speaker.
is a single sub always localizes itself in the real world. I think Duke LeJeune takes the best approach with The Swarm.
I use a pair of subs with the HT system and found that diagonal positioning works measureably better in my room and requires less corrective EQ to deal with room modes. Using Emotiva "virtual copper" eliminates signal cable and allows for greater placement freedom and experimentation.
Now that you have dipoles, you might consider more diffusion on front wall even though you have plenty of distance with which to experiment for smoothest bass. Looks like your placement is close to HP's "Rule of Thirds" as is mine. Your room benefits from non-parallel walls like mine but has an unfortunate even width vs length multiple. I completely lucked out with my 25x16 room providing a nearly Golden Ratio (or Fibonacci sequence) of 1.56 which offers nice linearity at the bottom. Third octave plot in gallery.
Like to see your new toy!
Only find a pic of the Note that sure looks like the IDS. Interesting choices with the Grand Note. I'd be curious to see and hear them.
I'm good with my full range dipolar Sound Lab U-790s . :)
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