Those 5000 loudspeakers were absolute beasts. I always lusted after them as a callow teenager, but never saw nor heard a pair.
Didn’t they purport to incorporate some bullshit technology - said to improve bass performance - called something like ‘Bucket Brigade Device’? (Which never conveyed any sort of sense to me.)
Thank you so much, IB… As I’ve written elsewhere, I haven’t listened to the system since I got home a few days ago, but I hope to change that tomorrow.
Yes I think I remember reading about their bucket brigade tech. I do remember they promoted this new speaker line as having a phased linear design to better time align the drivers…don’t know if it worked but as a teenager I thought they looked cool.
It’s funny how companies are now bringing back retro looking design aka Yamaha, NAD, JBL even Technics others have just evolved from their original designs without straying too far…and still sound great.
I’m sure I’ve forgotten some, and there may even be another pair of Kans somewhere in here…
Celestion DL4, when my separates journey began around 1988
Linn Kan
Acoustic Energy AE109
Dynaudio Contour 1.8
ATC SCM11
Linn Kan
Naim SBL mk1 (passive, then active)
Linn Kan
ATC SCM50ASL
Linn Kan
Naim SBL mk2
ATC SCM7
Linn Kan
Different each time, I realised where the missing pair were in the list just now too…
Every time I upgrade I promise myself I won’t sell them because I’ll go back to them again in the future or they’ll come in handy for a second system somewhere in the house but each time I do, then regret it
This time around I’ve gone back to basics, albeit with a great source in the CDS2, and they came up trumps again
It seems to me that you just haven’t yet found the speaker that is right for you, despite the wide range of levels and models of speaker you’ve had. I was going to suggest that maybe what is needed is a full analysis of everything you’ve liked and disliked about every speaker, and from that draw up a more considered and extensive auditioning list…. But given your speaker history it might just be that you can never settle, and need two pairs of speakers to satisfy you, Kans and ???, and switch between them depending on your mood or on the music…