A visit to the Beach and hearing LeGrande Speakers
Nov 3, 2024 7:16:01 GMT
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Post by John on Nov 3, 2024 7:16:01 GMT
I have not seen Steve for a good few years. Steve runs a small speaker company called Electricbeach. His latest build that he is tweaking is the LeGrande Performance speakers. Steve has a pretty straight forward setup.
Oppo Player
Duncan Tube DAC
An Audio Note Amplifier
LeGrande speakers
Intially he played a different model. They are anylitical in comparsion but also open sounding speakers.
However Steve quickly moved to the model he is currently developing. The LeGrande.
The speakers uses either Fostex 4” or the MA 6” drivers - using Sonido 7” with AlNico magnets.
In the past I have not been a fan of the these full range drivers in the configurations I heard them. So my expecations were that I would hear the whizzer tweaters as I usually do. What they do create is a sense of natural tone and timbre. The sound is open and can fill the room with music. With the track Paris, Texas by the Goten Project we both was transported to an intiamate venue with the musicans a few meters in front of you.
I could not test with any of my torture tracks. like the start of In the Prescence of Enemies part 2 to test if they could capture the dark sense of fear, or the Deepness by Those who ride with giants to see if it would capture the whale song, without getting distorted.
Overall what I heard was a musical performance that could with the right recorded track fully emerse you in the music.
All of this without fancy cables or complex network soloutions.
They don't do really deep impactful bass, but the do give you the natural timbre of bass. They can be ruthless with the wrong recording and will ahow faults in your system if it has any flaws. However they can transport you to a different space and time.
flic.kr/p/2qrHZaL
Thanks Steve a fasicinating experience as always.
Oppo Player
Duncan Tube DAC
An Audio Note Amplifier
LeGrande speakers
Intially he played a different model. They are anylitical in comparsion but also open sounding speakers.
However Steve quickly moved to the model he is currently developing. The LeGrande.
The speakers uses either Fostex 4” or the MA 6” drivers - using Sonido 7” with AlNico magnets.
In the past I have not been a fan of the these full range drivers in the configurations I heard them. So my expecations were that I would hear the whizzer tweaters as I usually do. What they do create is a sense of natural tone and timbre. The sound is open and can fill the room with music. With the track Paris, Texas by the Goten Project we both was transported to an intiamate venue with the musicans a few meters in front of you.
I could not test with any of my torture tracks. like the start of In the Prescence of Enemies part 2 to test if they could capture the dark sense of fear, or the Deepness by Those who ride with giants to see if it would capture the whale song, without getting distorted.
Overall what I heard was a musical performance that could with the right recorded track fully emerse you in the music.
All of this without fancy cables or complex network soloutions.
They don't do really deep impactful bass, but the do give you the natural timbre of bass. They can be ruthless with the wrong recording and will ahow faults in your system if it has any flaws. However they can transport you to a different space and time.
flic.kr/p/2qrHZaL
Thanks Steve a fasicinating experience as always.
