Thanks. I am not the first owner but I have to applaud to thank the previous owner, him or her for the extreme care about the Patricians for over 45 years. The Patricians condition is excellent, just like to place order 50 years ago and delivered last week.
Thanks Esotheric. Could you please provide me the link that I can look. Yes, I agree with you. Setting up the system is very time consuming. One of my HiFi friends came to my place to try Goto drivers with the active crossover. At the end, I still like the passive crossover better. It's very musical. Active crossover delivers very precise and dynamic sound but less music.
Hi Esotheric. Yes, its' a bit of challenges. I was using Patrician IV 4 ways before I switched to WEs mid/high. Patrician sounds fabulous, WE's mid/high is much swetter and musical. Patrician IV used to be sitting right behind the mid driver then the timing seems to be matched but less bass due to lack of the extension of the wall at the corner. Now, the set up is very musical. I may need to put the mid range closer to the back wall. I need to try it anyway. Any comments are welcome. At this moment, there is no DSP yet for the set up.
Thanks Shadome. I've experienced many modern built expensive speakers, from $20K to $50K+, they are very Hi-Fi and dynamic but weak at such beautiful voice range from mid to mid-hi. WE 555W and 597A are performing very sweet and beautifully in that range even at very low volume. Definitely, AN Shinri and the vintage WE300B tubes contribute a lot too. I also used WE vintage condensers to build the crossover myself. I can provide some original WE crossover schematics if someone is interested in.
