[net.audio] Speaker Recommendations? net.audio

marantz@null.DEC (Josh HL01-1/S09 DTN 225-4394) (02/20/85)

> Posted: Mon Feb 18 18:22:56 1985
> 
> Summary: 
> 
> [We don't need your fascist groove thang.]
> 
> In the continuing search for audio excellence, I ran into yet another
> interesting speaker, the ITC 1. These are small (I would say less than half
> the volume of the Celestion SL-6/600) three-way speakers (5" midrange, 1
> 1/2" tweeter, 1" 'super-tweeter').
> 
> The image depth is incredible. When I pumped sound through them, the
> speakers proper dissapeared from the audio image. I've never run into that
> effect before (well, Bose does it, but they don't image at all), but I like
> it.
> 
> So, questions: 1) Does anybody know anything about the ITC 1? The dealer
> claimed that there had been rave reviews in the underground press. 2) Is
> the dissapearing act (spaciousness?) liable to dissapear when I move those
> speakers into my house.
> 
> Oh, yeah, the price: $800/pair, with stands.
> 

How was the bass response?  Let us know what happens if you try
them in your house.
			    -Josh