Hey whats up,there are a few high end audio guys on this site ive met,i collect vintage hifi as well as modern gear,its a subject that has fascinated me for decades.
Are you refering to the tall slender column in this picture below as electrostats ?
If so the column is part of a Line Array speaker system,the system consists of 4 peices which are 2 bass cabinets that contain two 12 inch dual voice coil woofers & one 8 inch dual voice coil midrange,the bass cabinets are pictured in the corner of the picture above.
The other two parts of the system are the tweeter columns,one tweeter column per bass cabinet,the tweeter columns contain twenty three 1 inch silk tweeters in each column as pictured below,we liked this speaker system so much that we bought a 2nd system to run with the system in our great room.
Its funny that you mentioned electrostats because that is exactly the type presentation they give with major differences,they offer all the clarity of electrostatic speaker systems but without the negative side of electrostats,like weak bass response & placement issues,alot of electrostatic speakers need to be ran with stereo subwoofers to get adequate bass response,these line arrays do not require additional subs,the bass response from the line arrays is thunderous yet clean at the same time, they are spec'ed to respond all the way down to 20hz but ive measured their response in my room at 16hz.
Ive heard one other pair of speakers that i liked better which are the Mcintosh XR 290 but i simply cant find a pair to buy within my price range,every pair ive found in mint condition the sellers want over $20,000 a pair & thats a tad too steep for my budget,maybe one day i'll get lucky & score a pair in my price range but until then the XRT 22 line arrays i currently own are life long keepers.
These are the only speakers (below) ive ever heard that beat the sound from my Mcintosh XRT 22 Line Arrays but as i said before they are extremely hard to get hold of,people who were lucky enough to get a pair do not sell them that often & when they do they want top dollar,still i wait patiently while i try to find a pair.
Edit , as of a year ago i was lucky enough to score a pair of the XR 290 models pictured below , mine are finished in white & were from the speaker designer Roger Russell's personal hifi .
I cant post pics anymore so i had to revamp this thread to illustrate another thread post .
,get some pics up of those smoking rooms !
