Quote Originally Posted by Panomaniac View Post
It's OT, but I don't see what being able to hear up to 18K has to do with Alnico or not. Extended top end hearing may help you evaluate super tweeters, but has little to do with good perception and learning what to listen for. Yes, I prefer Alnico drivers, but I don't think I could ever hear above 18K, even in my youth. I don't think the differences are up that high, they are more in the midrange.

As for kicking the multicells out of the living room - kick my way! I sit not more than 10 feet from mine and have no problem. Neither has anyone (audiophile or not) who has visited. Quite the contrary. Sure, I'd love a bigger room, but that's more to do with room acoustics than the multicells.
Panomaniac, you are right on the 18K+, please forgive my alnico rant, I should have started another thread, I hope not many respond until move the thread, I really was just rambling. I should probably have the administrator move the post to a new thread.

Yes alnico is more noticeable from the bottom of the comp driver range as you say, but I was addressing problem of the harsh highs on the Synergy.

In conversations in the past I have come across people who actually say they can't hear a difference using alnico magnets!

It really gets to me when key industry people say this and we are left with the crap companies are shoving to us.

I easily hear the difference of alnico every time and even have done the silly level matched ab/x and get it right 100% of the time using a small piece of a music track that I learn what both a and b sound like before the test if it is close (which it is never close). My lord I realized I just opened the ab/x genie. people ignore this post until I get it moved.

I really do love the centererd driver multicells and can live with them in the living room for a while, but that "driving by a guard rail shushing" gets old after a while to me. I said kicked out of the living room, not kicked to the curb!