Graham chartwell speakers
By Happy Listener , October 29, in 2 Channel. Wonder if any of you here has experience with Graham Audio? I have two amps I'm using at the moment. Graham recommends 50 watts or more with the LS6 and LS6f so I would probably change my amplifiers as well if I chose one of them. I have another post on the Astin Trew AT
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GRAHAM CHARTWELL LS6/F
The design principles behind them swim against the tide. Forget Fort Knox solidity, forget 25mm side walls. Say hello to thin cabinet walls that oscillate with the music. The trick is in the cabinet damping and bracing. It shifts resonances out of the way, leaving a natural tone. With skilled design, the thin-wall approach works well. That he managed to design such iconic speakers is remarkable. Reverse that for the sonics though, the LS6 sounds big. Singled wired only.
On the back, a flared port, on the front a switch to add 1 or 2dB to the top end. Being able to adjust the treble was useful — for much of my listening I upped it 1dB. There were also times when I adjusted things for a specific recording — some of those from the Telarc label needing taming on top.
Everything is flat and lifeless in comparison. The Harbeths look portly in comparison. Positioning and bass A rear port usually means we need to put some daylight behind the speakers, right? Back in audiophile-Phil world — the LS6 on stands again — I settled on angling them in slightly with the rears 75cm from the wall. Any further out and the adjacent wood burner might have had something to say about it.
Over to Roon again, where a subtle EQ trim brought things into balance beautifully. No bass adjustment was needed with other gear. Magnetic grills are supplied. Sonically they made little if any difference. I preferred the aesthetics with them on — the look was sharpened up a bit. Towards the end of the listening period, the Ayre EX-8 streaming amplifier also got a run — one box to rule them all.
First impression: same sonic signature as the Harbeth but better in every respect. And that was from 3 metres left of the left-hand speaker and virtually in the same plane as them. Against the Harbeths, the Graham Audio LS6 delivered greater clarity, more detail, a bigger soundstage and clearer bass. Tonally everything was similar, just considerably tighter, as if the Harbeths had been refreshed.
Which they have been — mine are the MK2 version. Against the MK2 Compact 7, the Grahams won a first-round knockout — they got me more intimate with the performers, something readily apparent throughout extended listening. Not just on intimate music either. Bass is strong when appropriate. True the Neat Explorers go even lower but not much more. The Neat Explorers shared this trait — it was a key characteristic — but the LS6 improved on them with greater depth.
Add to that surprisingly strong dynamics for a small speaker and you have a big sound that can really boogie. Vocals retain their characteristic warmth and there was detail aplenty meaning the LS6 places performers clearly within a large acoustic space.
Ultimately with the right partners, the LS6 focuses us on performance nuance, not just its sound. Graham offers dedicated stereo subs for those who simply cannot do without. The price is also attractive. I hesitate to use the word bargain here but the value quotient is certainly high. It ports frontward at the bottom of the speaker as well and should therefore be easier to place.
Thinwall sound advocates can have their cake and eat it, the LS6s ceding none of the benefits whilst also sounding faster, dynamic, and more controlled. Their appeal will be much wider than that though, particularly given that they cover many music genres with aplomb. Phil is a Brit living in deepest Devon. Think: Tolkien's Shire but with killer cream teas.
He's been around since digital audio's inception - he even wrote his dissertation on the introduction of the CD - but today's developments in both music and audio gear make him think 'we have never had it so good'. Phil is a Music-First audiophile with wide ranging tastes Trad Jazz excepted : albums in his local library with the remainder coming from Tidal. Audio Studio.
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Graham Audio, Chartwell LS3/5 Bookshelf Monitor Speakers
Quick Links Download this manual. Chartwell LS6 Monitor Loudspeakers. Thank you for purchasing this loudspeaker system from. Graham Audio, which was hand-built using the finest materials.
Graham Chartwell LS6/f
LOG IN. In this video, the uploader uses an ambient electro music to demonstrate the speakers performance. It is absolutely stunning to my ears, but I do not know if this is close to real life experience. One interesting thing about the Spendors new Classic series, the company played EDMs on their Classic s and s in audio shows. I only saw a few youtube demos from the shows, but Spendor must had confidence in their speakers playing fast paced EDMs. Nevertheless, from what I see, the speaker sounds amazing with Jazz. Here is a link music starting at I hope to learn about the differences of these speakers, which one would be less fatiguing, why you think one of them would be your choice, and more. Edit Delete.
Graham Audio Chartwell LS6 Owner's Manual
It was a Rogers design and the Chartwell-badged floorstanders shares little bar the name. This is probably a good thing; although it was a popular design of the s and went through a couple of revisions during its life and was reasonably popular, the LS6 had a reputation for being deceptively difficult to drive well for a Rogers design, with a flaccid sounding bass whenever the amp was not up to snuff. However, the Derek Hughes-derived design has no such flaw in this respect, and the loudspeaker — whether in stand-mount LS6 or floorstanding LS6f form — reflects what a difference a generation makes in speaker design and technology. As the drive units for these BBC-derived monitors are now all long gone, this task becomes ever more complex. It still remains a ported two-way, however.
Chartwell LS3/5A Main / Stereo Speakers
We use the very best materials and industry-renowned experts to produce neutral yet highly revealing loudspeakers that work equally well in the recording studio or your listening room at home. We use BBC "thin wall" cabinets and bespoke hand-made drive units which result in levels of transparency and realism that are hard to find elsewhere today. Our loudspeakers are available throughout the world, and come with a 5 year warranty. The original classic. An ideal near-field monitor that is equally suited to small to medium sized listening rooms. The floorstanding version of the sucessful LS6; a modern take on a traditional aesethetic that will fit into any room while retaining all the sonic qualities of the stand-mounting version.
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Housed in an idyllic country setting in Devon England, Graham Audio is a family owned company dedicated to preserving and expanding the legacy of the world famous BBC Loudspeakers designs. As much as possible Graham Loudspeakers are manufactured exactly as they were in the late s and early s using thin wall birch cabinets design. AS an example it is well known that The air enclosed by the cabinet must be considered. With no additional treatment, standing waves will establish themselves between opposite panels, and these will have a ruinous effect on the sound quality, especially in the mid-range. This approach is more expensive than foam, both in terms of material costs and time taken during construction, but Rockwool has proven itself to be extremely consistent over many decades so that is what Graham uses.
Harbeth vs Graham Audio
Log in or Sign up. Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Location: poland. The m30 and hl5 became the idols of many audiophiles.
The speaker was purposely designed this way to allow for critical listening in odd environments while maintaining sonic neutrality. Recently however the Graham Audio Company has taken over the Chartwell name and given it a new lease on life. The entire cabinet is made with 9mm Birch plywood. The real wood veneer of the cabinet is finished beautifully and comes complete with a thin metal grill for that semi industrial, vintage look.
Chartwell LS6. The LS6 combines old-school BBC-style monitor design with modern driver technology to deliver a very classy loudspeaker indeed. So, the LS6 is an original monitor design that obviously benefits from four decades of driver development, but in many respects it has roots planted firmly back in the s. Is that a bad thing? Read on.
I say: just listen for yourself! The case for the SUB3 subwoofers is not at all ambiguous. Christian Punter.
This is doubtful.