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Joe Mac said:
They’re warm sounding with an emphasis on the mids, good bass and non fatiguing highs. They use modern materials so they are definitely more accurate that their historic predecessors would have been but as a 3 way large stand mound, yeah, I am!
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Exactly, they're built using modern drivers therefore they should have a more new-school sound based on an old-school approach no?
 
Hollywood said:
Exactly, they're built using modern drivers therefore they should have a more new-school sound based on an old-school approach no?
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Not necessarily. I don't get the impression that Wharfedale is voicing for a modern (ie bright, revealing, highly detailed) sound. Enclosure and crossover tuning make a hell of a difference.
 
Hollywood said:
Exactly, they're built using modern drivers therefore they should have a more new-school sound based on an old-school approach no?
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It’s more a modern take on an old design. They’re using all the old principles but with modern materials to make the components. All the good things about the old sound but modern materials take away the downsides. They ain’t going to sound remotely like a very modern speaker, like say a set of KEF LS50s for example, and thank god for that!
 
Joe Mac said:
It’s more a modern take on an old design. They’re using all the old principles but with modern materials to make the components. All the good things about the old sound but modern materials take away the downsides. They ain’t going to sound remotely like a very modern speaker, like say a set of KEF LS50s for example, and thank god for that!
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I guess you're not a fan of bright sounding speakers 😆
 
Hollywood said:
I guess you're not a fan of bright sounding speakers 😆
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Well I’m using a tube amp and large deep 3 way stand mounts 😂

But no I’m not, I tend to listen in long sessions and bright is fatiguing on my ears. Plus bright is exactly why I left CDs behind, if I wanted that I wouldn’t have gotten into vinyl!
 
Joe Mac said:
It’s more a modern take on an old design. They’re using all the old principles but with modern materials to make the components. All the good things about the old sound but modern materials take away the downsides. They ain’t going to sound remotely like a very modern speaker, like say a set of KEF LS50s for example, and thank god for that!
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Same ethos behind the L100s.
 
Joe Mac said:
Yeah exactly, most of the older big speaker companies are doing it at the moment with heritage lines. It seems to be the best of both worlds to me!
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Yeah I mean I LOVE the sound out of these things. They're still technical and the highs absolutely crush my Revels in terms of both accuracy and range, but the vintage warmth is just woven throughout the sound and it's wonderful.
 
This is one great aesthetic. The Japanese audiophiles know how to do classy hi fi.

Three and a half years later, Mr. Abe's JBL 4355 from KenrickSound has upgraded_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

优酷JBL4355音箱, 视频播放量 2050、弹幕量 9、点赞数 10、投硬币枚数 2、收藏人数 35、转发人数 19, 视频作者 若水2019, 作者简介 ，相关视频：金嗓子ACCUPHASE E 205功放 JBL 4315音箱，索尼 Sony SS-G7音箱，最高に贅沢な音 Mr. H bought KENRICK tuned JBL 4301B with Beryllium Tweeters driven by E，松下音箱 Technics SB-8000，胜利音箱 Victor ZERO-FX9 スピーカー，麦景图功放 乐爵士音箱 英国之宝CD机-Mcintosh...
www.bilibili.com www.bilibili.com
 
JohnnyCashFan said:
This is one great aesthetic. The Japanese audiophiles know how to do classy hi fi.

Three and a half years later, Mr. Abe's JBL 4355 from KenrickSound has upgraded_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

优酷JBL4355音箱, 视频播放量 2050、弹幕量 9、点赞数 10、投硬币枚数 2、收藏人数 35、转发人数 19, 视频作者 若水2019, 作者简介 ，相关视频：金嗓子ACCUPHASE E 205功放 JBL 4315音箱，索尼 Sony SS-G7音箱，最高に贅沢な音 Mr. H bought KENRICK tuned JBL 4301B with Beryllium Tweeters driven by E，松下音箱 Technics SB-8000，胜利音箱 Victor ZERO-FX9 スピーカー，麦景图功放 乐爵士音箱 英国之宝CD机-Mcintosh...
www.bilibili.com www.bilibili.com
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Yes absolutely, that is why I like Marantz, Rotel, Technics etc.
 
Joe Mac said:
The word is that it and the leak stereo 130 are effectively same amplifier with the only differences being slight fine tuning to suit a house sound.

Ed reviewed it a little while back.

www.avforums.com

Quad Vena II Play Streaming Amplifier Review

Quad has taken its Vena II amplifier and added network functionality to create a product that is old school at the front and cutting edge at the back.
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I have the Leak Stereo 130 for what it's worth and love it. I read the same thing that it and the Quad Vena shared a lot of the same components, etc.
 
wmeugene said:
I have the Leak Stereo 130 for what it's worth and love it. I read the same thing that it and the Quad Vena shared a lot of the same components, etc.
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With them all being divisions of IAG it really wouldn’t surprise me if it, the audiolab 6000 and the Vena were all essentially the same base unit with the differences being down to how each one chose to voice the unit! They all review really well too so none of them seems like a bad idea!
 
JohnnyCashFan said:
This is one great aesthetic. The Japanese audiophiles know how to do classy hi fi.

Three and a half years later, Mr. Abe's JBL 4355 from KenrickSound has upgraded_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

优酷JBL4355音箱, 视频播放量 2050、弹幕量 9、点赞数 10、投硬币枚数 2、收藏人数 35、转发人数 19, 视频作者 若水2019, 作者简介 ，相关视频：金嗓子ACCUPHASE E 205功放 JBL 4315音箱，索尼 Sony SS-G7音箱，最高に贅沢な音 Mr. H bought KENRICK tuned JBL 4301B with Beryllium Tweeters driven by E，松下音箱 Technics SB-8000，胜利音箱 Victor ZERO-FX9 スピーカー，麦景图功放 乐爵士音箱 英国之宝CD机-Mcintosh...
www.bilibili.com www.bilibili.com
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This is a vinyl bar in Japan and I WANT TO LIVE IN IT
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