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In the Thread: High End 2012 in Germany

Post Subject: Amplifier designPosted by guy sergeant on: 5/9/2012

As I understand it the Silbatone amplifiers are, in part, the work of JC Morrison. Although very nicely made, its hard to judge if they have any serious intention of selling them. I don't think there is any commercial imperative to do that just as there doesn't seem to be any in freighting WE15's half way around the world. I get the impression that the owner just enjoys doing it and he can. I appreciated the opportunity to hear the system. Never at any point did you sense that you were being sold anything. It was almost making the point that, 'you are unlikely to own this or even have the space for it but here it is anyway'. Certainly while I was in the room, and I went in a few times, they never made mention of the electronics and focussed entirely on the speakers. Most of the time they played the WE15, augmented by a large subwoofer carrying 2 x 30" EV units and 2 x 15". Each WE15 was being used with original WE555 units and carried a 597 above. They said the WE15 was originally intended to run between around 90 Hz and 7 KHz.

The rest of the time they played the smaller system whcih used newly produced GIP 594 mid drivers and new 597 replicas above. I'm not sure what the bass drivers were in those speaker or how they were loaded. The GIP drivers sounded fine although I think their implementation could be more interesting.

They played a wide range of music from Led Zeppelin to Maria Callas.

Also at the show were the LM Audio drivers another company (from China) making replica WE units. Sadly these weren't being played.

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