You Don't know What You Got 'Til It's (Temporarily) Gone

[mazersteven]

SVS ships fast without Delay. Just Sayin. LOL

 

[Mpsafranski]

SVS ships fast without Delay. Just Sayin. LOL

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Yes they do. And their CS is top notch and I love my subs. Didn’t ever hear the Ultras. Heard the Pinnacles, and I would have liked em a lot had I not been direct comparing them to the MA silvers. Scratch that, I did like them. Just not as much.
@ryanosaur whats this about a new line from Dennis?

 

[Mpsafranski]

Speaking of Dennis there were a perfect condition pair of BMRs that were put up on ‘Gon for just 1000 or so. They were gone in hours. Testament to Dennis, that. Lots of great speakers sit there the full month only to be reposted.

 

[lovinthehd]

Yes they do. And their CS is top notch and I love my subs. Didn’t ever hear the Ultras. Heard the Pinnacles, and I would have liked em a lot had I not been direct comparing them to the MA silvers. Scratch that, I did like them. Just not as much.
@ryanosaur whats this about a new line from Dennis?

Since I was just looking myself, some info on Dennis' site about his return....http://philharmonicaudio.com/

 

[Kvn_Walker]

Speaking of Dennis there were a perfect condition pair of BMRs that were put up on ‘Gon for just 1000 or so. They were gone in hours. Testament to Dennis, that. Lots of great speakers sit there the full month only to be reposted.

Ha, I saw those. I was out and about, but planned to post a link to them in the "deals" forum here later that day. I didn't even get the chance.

 

[ryanosaur]

Here's a post from AVS about some of it... if interested, checkout the last 4 pages or so... a little spread out, but some interesting stuff.

Philharmonic Audio - Dennis Murphy

I just wanted to post this in case anyone is looking for speakers they would have another option to look at. Their prices range from $1,600 to $3,000 which seems to be a very nice price range especially considering who makes them. James http://philharmonicaudio.com/

www.avsforum.com

 

[Mpsafranski]

Here's a post from AVS about some of it... if interested, checkout the last 4 pages or so... a little spread out, but some interesting stuff.

Philharmonic Audio - Dennis Murphy

I just wanted to post this in case anyone is looking for speakers they would have another option to look at. Their prices range from $1,600 to $3,000 which seems to be a very nice price range especially considering who makes them. James http://philharmonicaudio.com/

www.avsforum.com

Wow. This is fantastic, so exciting. I can’t wait to see what his tower is going to look like aesthetic, price and spec wise. What fantastic news!

 

[ryanosaur]

Wow. This is fantastic, so exciting. I can’t wait to see what his tower is going to look like aesthetic, price and spec wise. What fantastic news!

I don't think it's been answered yet, but I'm thinking WW-M-T-M. I don't think he is likely to go WMTMW just because that would add a chunk to height if he tries to get the tweeter near ear level.

He had discussed working on a project involving radar theory as a potential BMR Tower option, but I think it's too expensive for any to seriously consider. I think I did the math and it would have been 2K roughly just for the drivers. Add in some complex XO work plus the cabinets and those would likely be $5-6K per pair.

From what it sounds like, the real work being done is going to revitalize the lineup with some top notch gear. I know he has praised the SBA Ceramic Woofer quite a bit.

I know for my own project, I already have some of the Zaph Audio 5" mids to play with, but I might have to test out the Ceramic as an option. Those and the Seas Curv woofers too (another one Dennis likes).

 

[VMPS-TIII]

Not to mention the extra mileage it's going to spend bouncing around in the back of a UPS truck, increasing risk of possible mishandling or damage. I'm still being nice and understanding when talking with Dina, but my patience is wearing pretty thin.

This reminds me of internet support calls when the customer's internet is down and the provider doesn't know when it will be back on... people get use to stuff and they're not happy when it's off/gone. The damage looks like a hair line crack that is rather long. It's great Ascend is fixing it for free, some other companies I've dealt with would not cover return shipping.

Hopefully the cracking in the bamboo is a rarity. Sounds like you really miss these towers.

 

[panteragstk]

@Mpsafranski, curious, were your issues with Ascend covid related or from before? I'd forgotten about Pogre's crack issue (wait, that didn't come out quite right ).....

We don't talk about that just like we don't talk about @Danzilla31 port "issues"...sort of.

 

[NINaudio]

You'll get them back before I get my Song 3's.

 

[Alex2507]

I know, I know. The ol' "my wife can hear the difference!" cliché...

Supposedly they hear better but in my experience it's the listening part that's for sh!t with them.

I don't like calling and bugging either.

You gotta figure that when the folks in a small operation start having their regular lives interrupted by wars, disease and death ... your speaker issues might not get the attention they would have gotten before Trump got into office and pissed off the Chinese ... wait, what was the question?

 

[Pogre]

Here's a post from AVS about some of it... if interested, checkout the last 4 pages or so... a little spread out, but some interesting stuff.

Philharmonic Audio - Dennis Murphy

I just wanted to post this in case anyone is looking for speakers they would have another option to look at. Their prices range from $1,600 to $3,000 which seems to be a very nice price range especially considering who makes them. James http://philharmonicaudio.com/

www.avsforum.com

Hey, last I saw from Dennis was that he's working on a SVS Ultra mod..?

 

[Pogre]

Supposedly they hear better but in my experience it's the listening part that's for sh!t with them.



You gotta figure that when the folks in a small operation start having their regular lives interrupted by wars, disease and death ... your speaker issues might not get the attention they would have gotten before Trump got into office and pissed off the Chinese ... wait, what was the question?

Yeah, I know. I've been benefitting of the doubting throughout all of this. Agree with everyone else who mentioned how nice and polite Dina is. When I saw a failed delivery attempt yesterday it was close to the last straw for me (hence steam vent), but I have better perspective today.

She must have done some frantic digging to get hold of the driver and turned on the charm to get him to turn around.

 

[ryanosaur]

You'll get them back before I get my Song 3's.

Dude, where are they at? I figured they'd be ready soon based on they were last time... Still getting Dyed and Sealed?

 

[John Parks]

Yeah, I know. I've been benefitting of the doubting throughout all of this. Agree with everyone else who mentioned how nice and polite Dina is. When I saw a failed delivery attempt yesterday it was close to the last straw for me (hence steam vent), but I have better perspective today.

She must have done some frantic digging to get hold of the driver and turned on the charm to get him to turn around.

Dave and Dina are awesome to work with and I would imagine any hiccups are out of their control. Glad you got the updates you were waiting for!

 

[slipperybidness]

@Pogre
to be fair, you did purchase these Ascends second hand, right?

So, all difficulties aside, it does speak praise to Ascend to warranty the product rather than the original purchaser!

To me, a company that will repair a faulty product with no questions asked speaks a ton about the overall quality expectations of the product!

 

[VMPS-TIII]

@Pogre
to be fair, you did purchase these Ascends second hand, right?

So, all difficulties aside, it does speak praise to Ascend to warranty the product rather than the original purchaser!

To me, a company that will repair a faulty product with no questions asked speaks a ton about the overall quality expectations of the product!

I'm pretty sure he bought the towers new from Ascend.

 

[slipperybidness]

I'm pretty sure he bought the towers new from Ascend.

Oh....I thought these were bookshelf speakers. Forgot about the towers.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

It's 100% understandable to get upset since we're only human.

But it seems a lot of things take much longer during COVID.