Sunday Update.

The Sansui AU-9500 has gone to a very appreciative new owner. I didn't spend as much time with it as I would have liked on its return, but am very impressed by it (and did spend a lot of time with it initially).

The Burhoes were listened to a lot last night, driven by the Harman/Kardon A -402 and then the Sony TA-F5, one side of vinyl after another 'til late. They are powerful yet delicate, full range speakers. I bought them because they were available and I'd wanted them for a long time, but also because I've known for a while that the JBL 4312Bs will not be here forever, and needed to know what my next go to speaker would/could be. These are it.

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THE BLUES.

I'd briefly heard these rare and fabulous speakers from Winslow Burhoe's eponymous company, founded after EPI (which spawned Genesis Physics Corporation) about a year ago. That pair had been 'refoamed' with rings of linen cut from a bedsheet by someone who didn't have speaker foam on their radar, but was a craftsman who did a skillful job with what he had. They sounded good. My pair has full wood veneer front baffles and look much prettier than the brochure picture I post. I haven't listened for an hour yet, but I can tell you that the inverted dome midrange driver, which looks like a larger version of Burhoe's famous inverted dome tweeter, is superb, and that the ten inch woofer in a large ported enclosure yields detailed and deep bass. Much more to come about these!

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