Begagnade, privatägd
i-versionen borde kommit i början 80-tal.
Ligger prismässigt på allt mellan 15-45,000kr.
Peter Snell (1946-1984) började utveckla A3 1976, då med en 10" bas. Senare kom A3i med en 12" bas och bakåtriktade super-tweeters.
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Detta är en högtalare jag såg och beundrade när den kom, dock långt över min budget på den tiden. Jag har också beundrat alla högtalare från Snell, hade ett på E-series på 80-talet.
Sedan fick jag en chock, näör jag fick höra dem i närtid, på mässa i Polen. (Vet inte om ev modifieringar, ännu). Tillsammans med fin elektronik, Audio Note KONDO Ongaku, så var detta mässans klart bästa ljud. Så bra, att jag fick ideer om att försöka nå dit själv.
När jag sedan fick tillfälle byta in ett par, så slog jag till. Även, som de står nu, med b ara enkel Vintage-elektronik så låter de gudomligt bra.
Dessa vill jag eg inte sälja, men vi får se, problem hinna med allt
Summing Up
It should be obvious by now that I really like the Snell A/IIIs. In fact, they're the best speakers I've had in my house, maybe the best I've heard anywhere. But any time a critic is exposed to a component that sounds dramatically different and berer than its predecessors, his critical faculties tend to be shortcircuited. In other words, there may be problems with the A/IIIs which will show up after very extended listening. On the other hand, I've had them' for two months now, and just like them more and more! You should alSo be warned that I favor bass-rich speakers—I used to leave my Dynaco loudness control on when I listened to my KLH6s! (footnote 5)—and the Snell's powerful bass response tends to enhance the bass characteristics of all music—which means it's a speaker I would be almost certain sure to like. In further listening I found' this bass richness to be centered around 100Hz, although the impression of profound low end is not a false one it's really there. Other listeners may react differentlyto the A/Ills' bass presentation than I did.
The one area in which I find the Snells to be somewhat deficient is soundstage depth. Although the imaging has been improved over the A/II, the Snells continue to produce a shallower field than the best available, and listeners for whom this is especially crucial should carefully audition the Snells before buying.
That one criticism notwithstanding, I feel the A/III is destined to be one of the two or three outstanding loudspeakers of the 1980s, regardless of driver design or price. For many years, electrostatics and planar drivers (such as the Magnepans) have excelled as the most transparent, realistic loudspeakers. Now the Type III offers a large-signal, dynamic alternative for the audiophile interested in the best sound and able to pay for it.—Larry Greenhill
