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A New Love....

6/21/2015

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  No, I didn't get another puppy.  Tempting, but no. Enough hair around here to stuff a mattress already. What I do have is currently playing as I type/you read. They are a single driver speaker from Line Magnetic, the 755EX Field Coil with a matching set of W/PR-3 power supplies, 300B tube driven. They've been here for a while on loan from Jonathan Halpern of Tone Imports, and have seen a bit of action here and there. Yet before, I have to admit, I didn't quite have the right amp for them. They do not require much power, only the correct kind. I was using my beloved LM518, a 22 w 845 tube based amp. The sound was quite nice, easily showing why the original Western Electric 755 driver this replica is based on is so revered.  This driver is current production and made by those zealots at Line Magnetic. 
  This time around things are more than a little different. I had been using a setup that consisted of the DeVore 0/93's driven by my other new love (one can never have enough love) the LM210 300B integrated.  8 watts of 300B magic. The amp was working wonders here with either Orangutan. The 0/93's disappeared for a quick local loan this past week, so I thought it might be the time to try the LM755's again with this new amp. Lo and behold, the 300B 8 watter is the key with these speakers. Detail in spades, that coherent human touch that you dream of. Now I have to say from the start, they're not for everyone. I've even talked to other dealers who say, no tweeter, not for me. The Orangutans are a bit warmer, can be played louder. This is after all a single driver speaker. And do not for a second, however, think Lowther....no Lowther will ever cross through this establishment's threshold, unless I intend to peel paint or wallpaper from these rooms. Okay, I'm being tongue in cheek here. Let's just say they're not my cup of tea, and leave it at that. 
  These Line Magnetic 755's, however, are sounding the bees knees here. I know it's finally a combination of having the right amp, in the right room. Remember the Haven motto, or one of them- a speaker can only due what an amp tells it to. And if you get the speaker and room combo right, then you've got a slice of heaven. Of course there are ways to manipulate things, which we'll cover later. Yet if one sticks to the aforementioned you'll be head and shoulders above the rest. Such is the case with these two Line Magnetic products, the LM755EX speakers and LM210 amp.

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Not just a Sunday kind of love....sans grills. Very retro wood grills do come with.
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My new lil friends, the PR3 300B power supplies for the field coil drivers...lovely dinner companions....
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and the LM210 integrated, a most charming amp, with the right speaker, of course. Like matching a great wine with the perfect dish. Once you relish it you'll want more and more....
2 Comments
Mike
11/17/2015 05:25:02 pm

Fortuitous to come across your blog since I've been thinking of getting new speakers and want to hear both the 0/93s and some LM 755s. Whatever I go for will be driven by a good pair of 300B mono blocks. You suggest there might be some reservations about the 755s, particularly with the high end. Would you be able to elaborate on that, and what the differences between the 755s and 0/93s would be in a 300B system. Thanks so much.

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Charlie
11/17/2015 08:34:31 pm

Hi Mike,
You are certainly looking at two of my favorites.
As to the highs of the LM755, being a single driver speaker, it has no tweeter, and some listeners have commented on perceived limited high frequency extension. I find the highs to be quite musically involving, as a single driver speaker often outshines others with its clarity of tone and texture. It's sort of like discussing a peach. Some would argue about the texture, the skin, the color, etc. I find the taste to be the essence of a peach. Same for the 755's. It's all about the music.
Now consider the 0/93's, with its 1" silk soft dome tweeter and large paper bass driver. It also conveys the essence of music, with a slightly different take than the 755's. Could possibly be driven louder, depending on the room.
Either would go brilliantly with a pair of 300B monos. The 0/93's could also be driven by something of higher wattage, the 755's could not.
I hope that helps.

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