TAD Laboratories Interview: Find Out More About These Speakers!
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Yes, you have to try TAD in your lab. 100 %
Surprised you never considered TAD before , one of my favorite speakers.
At this point.... no way to escape... soon in your listening room!
Yes, bring the TAD to the lab. Great speaker.
Yes bring them in the Lab
Yes, this would be a great speaker to have in your listening room.
Jay thanks for coming by and for the late night listening session that had us all enjoying the music and comparing the CR1TX and the Reference One TX
Any time!
Beautiful design...
Head the TAD reference floor standing speakers about 2 years ago. Fantastic speaker. Definitely something really special!
Indeed it is!
You are blown away💪
Simultaneous translation...cool...
Great video Jay, having the Mastermind of T.A.D. (not TAD)!
Would be great to hear the TAD stand mount speakers in the LAB get em in Jay, great video
TAD? FOR SURE! YES PLEASE! By the way, thanks for the great coverage.
You got it!
GOD BLESS YOU FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Thank you
In my opinion, tonally the closest to a studio monitor in the hi-fi scene, then you can like it or not and look for something else according to your pleasure, but for those like me who were born in the 70s and grew up with speakers very close to monitors from the studio it's a godsend, greetings from Italy
Yes, please put them in and tweak them with your gear. Knowing if they can sound better than what youve already experienced would be educational for all. Wish I could even afford the Micro Evolution 1
Jay, this is great. Very interesting.
You are on a new level.
I appreciate that!
Thanks Jay!!!
Well of course we all want to see a pair of these speakers in your lab. I have heard the previous model of the bookshelf speakers and they are definitely in the mix for the best sounds I have heard from a speaker/system. (The rest of the system I liked best was dCS front end and Constellation amps if I recall correctly.)
TAD was originaly Pioneer...interesting...
Yes, I would like to see these in your system. What is your opinion on the CE-1 bookshelf (which is more affordable) ?
Nice one Jay!!! Definitely want to check them out..
amazing company natural sound, you are right nothing but pyre music
Love all those speakers but i would get whichever ones i could afford... the smaller ones look awesome too
Go for it Jay!!!!
Maybe
...I just need to hit the lottery... lol
Japanese do not screw around with anything that they make, specially when it's a flagship... their quality is second to none!!
Would be really interested to hear how these compare to known qualities of Magico and Wilson, etc.
Hi Jay, I watch your chanel all the time and while your sysems are amazing they are not generaly to my taste, this time everything you said about TAD resonated with me so please do get them in to your lab, it would be super intersting to see how the speakers sound with your Boulder equipment as I can see in the videos they were using their own M700 reference amps which and to see if the naturalness of the sound you were getting is just down to the speakers on the synergy with their amps.
Also my 300b amps are going this month and I will be replacing them with solid state
😱
Sounds good
What's going to be the new speaker that you're going to bring in the lab ?that's the million-dollar question.. we're all waiting ??? Everybody's likes you. big fan club that's real
This Friday the members of my website will know...
If I remember correctly, Pioneer had an inexpensive pair of unusually good sounding cheap speakers in the late 90’s. Makes sense now.
Cool
Fact Japanese make great products!!! that last... From cars (lexus mine gs 350) Toyota Honda that don't break down . to tad spearkers..... Back in the day i had Nakamichi tapes deck (dragon) that i had in the 80s Awesome Put the Tad in the lab ... i love the wood on them to beautiful finish. keep up the good work JAY..
Thanks man
TAD TAD TAD Yes!!!
Lol
TAD is to speakers what Leica is to cameras. TAD tries to not exaggerate or amplify anything artificially in order to recreate the original recording. It can be disturbing at the beginning because many speakers tend to impress in some specific areas to please some audiophiles. It's like some cameras which render the pictures with the sea more blue, the grass greener, .... and make things more beautiful but not real
You nailed it with this comment. I absolutely agree
Jay thank you for the introduction of TAD , will you be bringing a pair back home with you ?
I will be very interested to hear these speakers with gryphon or Boulder electronics. I personally use them with Luxman and it is already wonderful. It is a must!
Noted!
Take it....Reference...
This would be great to get the comparison to Wilson and Magico
I've said it before, and I'll say it again; the R1TX is *the best* ported-box speaker I have ever heard!!
FYI, when meeting Japanese people; bow politely. Shaking hands is not part of their culture.
This is the typical Japanese answer:" a team effort" they always answer that and its to be expected. With all do respect, these are Andrew Jones speakers from design to look. Did the team help? Of course they did but at giving Andrew what he wanted. This is the typical concentric design which Andrew is known for and the patented béryllium vapor coating comes from TAD. Andrew worked for Kef way before he worked at TAD. They didn't bring him in on a 100K speaker for a little input. Anybody who has Jones speakers recognizes the look and sound of Andrew Jones speakers. Extremely coherent comes up all the time with not too much of any one thing and spectacular imaging. This is the Andrew Jones sound. Did they modify them with time? Yes, a little but not much. They look almost exactly the same because they new they had a winner on their hands. This is a very slightly improved Andrew Jones speaker, period.
Interesting
Jay - I believe you once said that when you find a system that is transcendent, it's end game. Is this it???
I'm curious how they compare to Magico
Try with Lamm monoblocks
Should be a match in heaven
Jay- Thanks for your coverage on these fantastic brand. Based on what you heard, would you assign greater weightage on the naturalness of the sound to the speakers or the synergy created by the partnering equipment t as well? I am assuming the partnering equipment were TAD as well.
Synergy
yes please
Ok
I would truly love to see the „smaller“ high end TAD speaker in your lab, i.e. the TAD-CR1TX.
In terms of amplification, I’d be curious about the TAD amps driving these speakers and maybe even more so the McIntosh 901 amps, which are made for biamping and should be more than powerful enough to drive these speakers. This is a combination I can see myself with within this lifetime.
Very cool
I want to see TAD in your room.
Go on, you know you want to.....
Jay thanks for exposing your channel to some less than obvious examples of great speakers. However, there is very little substance to this interview. How big are they? What is the frequency response? Nominal impedance? Price? What associated equipment do they require? Bi-wireable? What are the drivers made of? Where could they be auditioned? Etc.
All that information is available online at various sites.
Ohayo Gozaimasu!
do you recommend TAD electronics to go along with the speakers?
Yes
Asking those guys from TAD a stupid question like " is Andrew Jones involved" . If some of your listeners/viewers needed to know that I suggest they start reading. 😎
Have not heard them before I know with car audio Pioneer speakers highly efficient but not the best sound compared to other brands like MB Quart, OZ audio, Infinity, etc. These speakers look interesting. My comment based on listening to lots of speakers is that the speaker height is concerning. I often find with mid body to upper third speakers the height of the soundstage is not great. It goes up about mid wall or so and then stops. Taller speakers like Monitor Audio Platinum 500 II's and Sonus Faber Aida have taller heights to bring the soundstage more expansive not just front to back but top to bottom.
Got it
If you want to see one of the most futuristic speaker ever made take a look at the Mission Pilastro. It looks gorgeous and it sounds gorgeous. BTW, the speaker was designed in 2001.
OK
Way too many questions asking about Andrew Jones - you can see the TAD dudes don't really want to keep talking about Andrew Jones. AJ left a long time ago
As I said.. Andrew has nothing to do with the latest version and only little to do with the original version. Don't know why people think Andrew Jones is the Man behind tad.
He has everything to do with them Because he made them. He's not the man behind TAD, hes the man behind these speakers and anybody who knows Andrew knows he made these. The beryllium vapor coating comes from TAD. Hes known the world over for making these specific speakers. They have his concentric design and his typical sound. These are very slightly improved Andrew Jones speakers. Improved, not modified in any way, not even the look was modified. The spectacular imaging, extremely coherent sound are the typical comments made about Jones speakers. Hes known for exactly that, come on! This is easily verifiable stuff. Japanese people always answer that its a team effort, about any project in every circumstance. When Andrew started at KEF, then , it was a team effort, but not at TAD.
@@philippelabrecque6658Andrew Jones mentions himself that the Mofi speakers were the first speakers he has designed for another company that didn’t have a house sound that he had to abide to.
@@damonsbest Andrew Jones is known the world over for these specific speakers. You can still find videos on youtube where he presents his speakers. He made them with the help of the wonderful TAD team of course but these are Andrew Jones speakers. Dual concentric design as always. The house sound of TAD and Andrew coincide in general and is non over-bearing, just super- clean and precise and fast, same thing for Elacs in general. Andrew Jones added incredible ability and his typical super- imaging that he's known for to the mix and even critisizes himself for making this speaker a little too " look what i can do" in his interviews years after when he made the AF-61 for Elac ,he describes trying to keep the agility (of the reference one" )and adding a little sweetness to the mix. The Andrew Jones sound is always described that way and sometimes even too polite. He only makes concentric designs because of the coherence of sound and for super-imaging which is his greatest strength in my opinion. This imaging is described as "spooky" by some reviewers even. I owned 3 pairs of his designs and i can confirm. What was even better is that TAD were the only ones at that time who had a patented beryllium vapor coating technique for the drivers so the Andrew Jones sound was put on steroids and thats why Jay was so impressed. Andrew Jones remark for house sound is bizarre because Mofi asked him to make a speaker with powerfull bass, he said it himself, which is a constraint. He made that comment because Elac only makes AMT tweeters and at some point they forced him to make an AMT design but he was uneasy with that decision and it showed. The Audiophiliac even mentioned it. Andrew only makes concentric designs in higher end models. The Japanese liked the reference-1 so much that they only upgraded the fabric of the drivers and stiffer structure a little bit for new materials that are even better then what was available at the time. These speakers are exactly the same as the originals but maybe even faster and more precise with the new materials but they look exactly the same. They didn't make a whole new speaker they just upgraded it slightly from the inside. When Andrew talks about these speakers he says the speakers that "I made" not the speakers that the Japanese team and me made. He has them in his home of course.
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@ philippelabrecque6658 Thanks for all the insights. I think Andrew has the original Tad speaker at home, not R1 or CR1. When the MKII came out I read it was a color change of woofer because they couldn’t source the same materials, but sounded the same. Is there another driver change for the TX?
Andrew did state the speaker he is most proud of is the CR1, which he confirmed to me. I’ve added Velodyne DD10+ subs and stat supertweeters to mine. If you’re ever in NYC stop by for a listen Triode pictures
T.A.D. Not "Ted". OMG....
yes seriously…. It’s T.A.D even the distributor gets it wrong. Incidentally Andrew Jones was quoted as saying the speaker he is most proud of is the CR1, and I confirmed it with him. I’ve added Velodyne subs and stat supertweeters to mine to extend the bandwidth even further. Shame they have almost doubled in price since I bought mine. When I hear live acoustic music then come home to listen, you realize how close the tad gets.
So, in a nutshell, they can’t name one difference specifically from the R1 to the R1 tx.
I own the original CR1’s. I know the MKII was just a change in color for the woofer because they couldn’t source the exact formulation, but zero sonic difference. The TX I believe they did some changes in bracing, but not sure the sonic benefits.