The Sanken CO-100K is the first 100kHz microphone in the world designed for actual professional recording. Michael Bishop used the Sanken CO-100K microphones as the main orchestra pickup on the final Telarc orchestral SACDs, and is still using it but alas no SACD versions. CO-100K User's Report from Michael Bishop, Recording Engineer & Producer of Five Four Productions Ltd.
Adam Audio's X-ART tweeter supposedly accurately reproduces out to 50 KHz. Add an active subwoofer to a pair of their small, affordable biamped monitors, and you'll have a wideband system. Or, if you're filthy rich, you could shell out $10,000 bucks for a pair of their mid-line speakers with some bass.
ReplyDeleteThe TAD Reference One's have extended high frequency response to 100kHz -10dB but cost $37,000 a pair.
ReplyDeleteAn affordable option would be a used pair of Infinity speakers from the 1970's to the early 1990's which used the EMIT tweeters whose high end extends to 45kHz +/-3dB. I have owned the Infinity Reference Kappa 7 since 1992 and to my ears it sounds as good or better than most speakers made today, especially in its price range,
Another factor which I was unable to find on your site is the Bedini Clarifier. I just got the McCoy Tyner SACD Land of Giants by Telarc, and put it on the Bedini. It didn't spin as freely as it should, so I ran it at the speed it was able to achieve, and then played the SACD while I fiddled with the clarifier. I was really disappointed in how muffled the SACD sounded, consididering that it's a Telarc and that it got rave reviews. I eventually realized that the clarifier's spindle was rubbing against the case, so I pulled it up a tad. I then reran the SACD on the clarifier, at full speed, slapped it back in the player, and was amazed at the improvement. It was night and day. This is no gimmick!
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