opaqueice;169377 Wrote: > I'm more and more sympathetic with the school of thought that says > source + powered speakers - and as little else as possible - is the way > to go. And the amp-per-driver design with active crossover also seems > ideal. > > Anyone have any experience with the Linkwitz Orions? The material on > the website and the reviews I've seen are pretty impressive. > > http://www.linkwitzlab.com/
I have built a set of Orions for my primary two channel listening rig. These displaced some MTMs that I had built earlier (which in turn displaced some old Dahlquist DQ10's). The Orions are fantastic speakers - so good that I'm in the process of building another pair for use in another setup. I listen primarily to classical instrumental music - guitar, lute, piano, etc. Bass and midrange reproduction of a well recorded piano is the best I have heard anywhere. I find the Orions ideal for that sort of source material. My MTM's were actively driven also and I tried a variety of different digital crossovers and amps driving them, including the DEQX 2.6 and the DCX2496. I also tried a variety of top quality midbass and tweeter drivers from Peerless, Seas, North Creek and LCY. I measured, optimized and tweaked using SoundEasy and a variety of other measurement tools for eight months. After all of that, I was still dissatisfied. I went to hear the Orions locally and the rest is history. -- jhenderson010759 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jhenderson010759's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=385 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31557 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
