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Sonab speakers

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has anyone heard these speakers, Sonab OA-12.
they seem to have a cult following and doc they are omnidirectional so right up your street,have you heard a pair?
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There seems to be some info about restoring them on the internet.

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There is much confusion. These are nothing like Cubes, omni is completely different to room interfacing semi omnis. Cubes work with the acoustics, ordinary speakers fight the acoustics, omnis are put in the room to ignore the acoustics and create their own. They only work in fairly large rooms and the can produce a very nice effect if a little artificial, you need to read the work and history of the Scandinavian designers of the 1960s who developed this style of speaker. Stig Carlsson and John Larsen.

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ta, ive just been looking at info on carlson planet,if they only work at their best in large rooms then i'll not pursue.
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I use Larsen 4s quite near field up in my attic and really enjoy what they do. Quite odd at first but once I got used to them I just wanted to listen more and more.

http://larsenhifi.com/en/larsen4.htm
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Nihil Sleighride wrote:I use Larsen 4s quite near field up in my attic and really enjoy what they do. Quite odd at first but once I got used to them I just wanted to listen more and more.

http://larsenhifi.com/en/larsen4.htm
http://www.theaudiophileapartment.com/p ... -speakers/

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It's my aim to move up the range. Trouble is the next upgrade I really need is a new house and a better room :grin:
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If you are ever in my neck of the woods (Buckinghamshire) you are welcome to visit to listen to the Doc's Cubes. They are lovely.

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Those Larsons are not omni designs like Sonab, they are semi omni like Cubes. So will work in smaller rooms.

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George Hincapie wrote:If you are ever in my neck of the woods (Buckinghamshire) you are welcome to visit to listen to the Doc's Cubes. They are lovely.
Cheers, I'll keep that in mind, if the opportunity ever arises.
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