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From: gig@ritcv.UUCP (gordon )
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Subject: Re: Speaker Recommendations?
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 01:41:44 EST
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> > ...  I think I
> > would even prefer the ProAc Tablette (about $500pr, also mentioned in
> > above Audio article) and a small subwoofer.  The ProAc systems are
> > small 2-way systems -- clean, flat and accurate in the midrange and
> > treble, but very weak in the bass.  The are made in England and have
> > received very favorable reviews in the Absolute Sound.  I realize that
> > three piece speaker systems are not quite as popular today as they
> > once were, but if the subwoofer is carefully matched with its
> > sattelites, I find that they offer a definite price/performance
> > advantage.
> >                                       Ben Broder
> 
> I like the Tablettes quite a bit (especially for the price), but they
> definitely need a sub-woofer or two. I have found that the placement of
> the sub-woofer is very important unless the cross-over allows some sort
> of variable delay. The sound from the sub-woofer should be in phase with
> the sattelites.
> 			Marty Sasaki
> 			Havard University Science Center
> 			sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
> 			617-495-1270

If you can find someplace that has KEF 101 satellites and an Audio Pro B2-40 or
B2-50 subwoofer, its worth having a listen.  The cost new is approx. $600 for 
the KEFs and $700 for the B2-40 subwoofer but these are made for each other and
the sound is fabulous.  Placement of the subwoofer does not seem significant in
my apt.  The subwoofer's crossover, when properly adjusted to the satellites, 
cleans up the midrange of the KEF's significantly.  Since these speakers and the
subwoofer have been around for a few years and as noted above are not as popular
as they once were, used KEFs and Audio Pros are available.  The KEFs
are delightful by themselves (although a bit shy of response below 60 Hz) and I
lived with them alone until I found an AudioPro being sold as a demo by a local
shop.  My guess is that with persistence and patience, you could get the lot for
about $1000.  They also sound great with a CD player.  

Gordon @ RIT

p.s. The Audio pro subwoofer must be connected between the preamp and amp so 
that the crossover can filter out the deep bass before the signal is fed to the amp (and the satellites).  Many recievers and integrated amps have "pre-out" 
and "amp-in" jacks to let you accomplish this.  If you can't do this, the Audio
Pro's crossover doesn't do you much good and the sound would just be ok.