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- From: stoc@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Alan Stockman)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
- Subject: Snell Type B -- I'm VERY satisfied
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 16:28:48 GMT
- Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
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- Approved: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
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- Summary: After a year, I still LOVE my Snell Type B speakers.
- Keywords: audio, hi-fi, speakers
- Originator: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
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- A year ago when I auditioned many speakers and chose the Snell Type B, they
- were very controversial in the audio magazines. R. Greene from the Absolute
- Sound loved them, while Stereophile said they were good but seriously flawed
- of auditioning various speakers, I chose the Snell B speakers because they
- provided me with the most satisfying emotional responses to the music that
- I love (whether classical, instrumental or vocal music, jazz, or rock).
- They also sounded to me more like actual live music sounds than other
- speakers did. In constrast to most speakers, they were not too bright (with
- an apparently hyped-up treble), and they were capable of reproducing bass
- at lower frequencies than most speakers.
- After a year, I can report that I am VERY happy I got the Snell Bs. In
- fact, I don't see why anyone would buy another speaker in this price range
- (including those costing $2000-$3000 more per pair than the Bs). I have
- heard, for extended periods, other speakers with outstanding reviews, like
- the Pro-Ac Twos and Threes, during the past year. And every time I hear
- these other speakers play music that I am familiar with and that I have
- heard on my own system, I prefer my Snell Bs. (The ProAc Threes are better
- than my Bs at soundstaging, thoug, although that may be due to my very small
- listening room.) Even in my small room, the B's are tremendous. (No, I
- don't have any connection with the company. I just love these speakers.)
- FYI, I use a Counterpoint 5000 preamp and Counterpoint 220 amp, lapis
- interconnects, and the B's are bi-wired with Audioquest jade and clear (with
- the clear on the bass path). At this point, all I need is more well-recorded
- music.
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