Buchardt Audio also uses Purifi .. tho I am not sure if they are exactly the same models. I have the Radiant at home .. and the Buchardt A10 =) ... They are both amazing.
There's quite a few with Purifi drivers. March Audio Sointuva has been around for some years with Purifi woofer + radiators (and they have Purifi amps). AsciLabs a6b will have the woofers. Buchardt has some models with Purifi woofers but different passives. Philharmonic HT has a speaker with Purifi woofers. I've seen some "boutique" expensive (like, new car price) speakers use Purifi as well
I don't get your " I don't like the XOs inside the speaker comment. " Outside of powered speakers where you can see the XOs in their own chambers, you tend to see the XO inside the speaker. Of course if you're running OBs you have no 'insides'. ;-) Also not sure how much 'vibrations' you have from an XO. Do you have any measurements? Overall, the Radiants are great speakers. I think there are others that use Purifi drivers. Buchardt A10s for example. The other cool thing about the Purifi speakers and their PRs is that you can tune the PRs by adding weight so you can control how low they go. You can build something similar using a different AMT tweeter. Good review.
@@michaelsegel8758 you have some very good points here. The truth is, I have not measured this. It is just something I’ve always assumed, meaning if you don’t have the crossovers inside, you have more volume on the inside and less things to potentially vibrate over time, easier to fix or modify plus I think they can look beautiful incorporated on the outside without taking volume inside the speaker. I have seen some very nice ones on display at the CAF show. Also making that back wall from the same material as sides and even using it to brace the cabinet might be a better use of that space. I will have to do some measurements for a brand new speaker with and without crossovers on the inside and make a video about it. You are absolutely right about the Buchardt speakers that totally slipped my mind. I also just did a search and it turns out there’s a few speakers out now such as Matilde. I do have a studio monitor project scheduled for this channel and Purifi is gonna be one of the drivers I will be auditioning. I’ll also addition quite a few tweeters and make some wave guides for testing.
@@StasAudio In terms of volume, you can compensate, or you can ignore it. Especially if you're already calculating volume loss due to a dampening layer of material. (Some say put material over the boards, others say forget about it.) For many of the speakers, they sometimes split the boards into two smaller boards that you can fit thru the Woofer's hole in the baffle. Others make the back removable. I have seen some designs where the XO is in a separate space on the back, or in its own little box like you would find in an OB. Those tend to be builds where they could either go w a passive XO, or as an active speaker. Or where the speaker shape/volume can't hold the larger components. I do like the Purifi and building something like the Radiants. (AMT Tweeter, PR and the woofer (6.5" or 8" ) would be cool. Troels has a couple of Purifi plans on his site. Good luck and have fun.
@ thank you and that totally makes sense. Also, I will check out those plans. I have this design in my head for some time now that I believe is going to be very different yet familiar . I think these purifi drivers are gonna be the right fit.
Would have liked less talk, more demo content. Lets hear some metal core on them. Or different EDM. That track by Ghost Rider is so overused and got played out real quick. These people need to use better tracks. For audiophiles, you'd think they'd be on their A-game for tracks to use.
@@dicmccoy thanks for the feedback. It is a little weird that that track was played about 1000 times in every room at CAF. Once I get the Speakers in for a review, I will play a variety of things.
@StasAudio A few tracks I use for "audiophile" level testing is - "Black Lotus" by Walton "Pillar I" by Andy Akiho/Sandbox Percussion "I Hold You" by Clann. Otherwise I just listen to everyday mainstream music. One of my favorite albums right now is Camo & Krooked, Kolonovits & Orchestra Red Bull Symphonic.
@ thank you. now that is a very good right there. I will go through each one of those and if I like it, I will add them to my audiophile listening playlist and may use in my videos,. Much appreciated for that.
@@StasAudio No problem. Are you getting any of the 2nd Gen Purifi amps in? I'm surprised how little reviews there are out there on Purifi amps in general. Same goes for the Hypex Nilai. It's all Fosi and WiiM for reviews. I have a pair of the VTV 1ET400a monoblocks and absolutely love them. The micro and macro detail is mindboggling good.
@dicmccoy that is awesome about the mono blocks. I have heard them for the first time just a few weeks ago and was very impressed myself. As far as getting the new Gen2 mono blocks, absolutely! After Thanksgiving, I’ll contact Purifi and see if I can get one or two. So the reason why I think not a lot of people are covering class D amplifiers or modules it’s because people still believe that class a or class A/B or Tube sound better. Also, the cheaper amplifiers are available on Amazon and with the ambassador program people get direct commission. Nothing wrong with that but personally, I am a lot more interested in having top-of-the-line class D modules.
@@_944audiophile he’s actually not the rep for Purifi he runs a local hi-fi group of enthusiast called DC-HiFi group. However, as soon as i can get the gen 2 module, I will A/B compare it to the original one and to the Hypex module directly. This will include technical measurements and subjective listening. I’m hoping for around February for this video.
He's not a rep. This is a community user group that put together a couple of systems. They got a shout out by couple of different YT reviewers. They also put together a system for $1500 that you could listen to and compare. That wasn't the Radiants and I think that they were some other member's personal pair. IIRC didn't Erin do a review?
Impressed they used Topping and VTV components
Buchardt Audio also uses Purifi .. tho I am not sure if they are exactly the same models.
I have the Radiant at home .. and the Buchardt A10 =) ... They are both amazing.
There's quite a few with Purifi drivers. March Audio Sointuva has been around for some years with Purifi woofer + radiators (and they have Purifi amps). AsciLabs a6b will have the woofers.
Buchardt has some models with Purifi woofers but different passives. Philharmonic HT has a speaker with Purifi woofers.
I've seen some "boutique" expensive (like, new car price) speakers use Purifi as well
You are absolutely right, thank you for pointing this out.
I don't get your " I don't like the XOs inside the speaker comment. "
Outside of powered speakers where you can see the XOs in their own chambers, you tend to see the XO inside the speaker. Of course if you're running OBs you have no 'insides'. ;-)
Also not sure how much 'vibrations' you have from an XO. Do you have any measurements?
Overall, the Radiants are great speakers. I think there are others that use Purifi drivers. Buchardt A10s for example.
The other cool thing about the Purifi speakers and their PRs is that you can tune the PRs by adding weight so you can control how low they go.
You can build something similar using a different AMT tweeter.
Good review.
@@michaelsegel8758 you have some very good points here. The truth is, I have not measured this. It is just something I’ve always assumed, meaning if you don’t have the crossovers inside, you have more volume on the inside and less things to potentially vibrate over time, easier to fix or modify plus I think they can look beautiful incorporated on the outside without taking volume inside the speaker. I have seen some very nice ones on display at the CAF show. Also making that back wall from the same material as sides and even using it to brace the cabinet might be a better use of that space. I will have to do some measurements for a brand new speaker with and without crossovers on the inside and make a video about it.
You are absolutely right about the Buchardt speakers that totally slipped my mind. I also just did a search and it turns out there’s a few speakers out now such as Matilde.
I do have a studio monitor project scheduled for this channel and Purifi is gonna be one of the drivers I will be auditioning. I’ll also addition quite a few tweeters and make some wave guides for testing.
@@StasAudio
In terms of volume, you can compensate, or you can ignore it. Especially if you're already calculating volume loss due to a dampening layer of material. (Some say put material over the boards, others say forget about it.)
For many of the speakers, they sometimes split the boards into two smaller boards that you can fit thru the Woofer's hole in the baffle. Others make the back removable.
I have seen some designs where the XO is in a separate space on the back, or in its own little box like you would find in an OB. Those tend to be builds where they could either go w a passive XO, or as an active speaker. Or where the speaker shape/volume can't hold the larger components.
I do like the Purifi and building something like the Radiants. (AMT Tweeter, PR and the woofer (6.5" or 8" ) would be cool.
Troels has a couple of Purifi plans on his site.
Good luck and have fun.
@ thank you and that totally makes sense. Also, I will check out those plans.
I have this design in my head for some time now that I believe is going to be very different yet familiar . I think these purifi drivers are gonna be the right fit.
Does anyone know the name of the last song being played?
Would have liked less talk, more demo content. Lets hear some metal core on them. Or different EDM. That track by Ghost Rider is so overused and got played out real quick. These people need to use better tracks. For audiophiles, you'd think they'd be on their A-game for tracks to use.
@@dicmccoy thanks for the feedback. It is a little weird that that track was played about 1000 times in every room at CAF. Once I get the Speakers in for a review, I will play a variety of things.
@StasAudio A few tracks I use for "audiophile" level testing is -
"Black Lotus" by Walton
"Pillar I" by Andy Akiho/Sandbox Percussion
"I Hold You" by Clann.
Otherwise I just listen to everyday mainstream music. One of my favorite albums right now is Camo & Krooked, Kolonovits & Orchestra Red Bull Symphonic.
@ thank you. now that is a very good right there. I will go through each one of those and if I like it, I will add them to my audiophile listening playlist and may use in my videos,. Much appreciated for that.
@@StasAudio No problem. Are you getting any of the 2nd Gen Purifi amps in? I'm surprised how little reviews there are out there on Purifi amps in general. Same goes for the Hypex Nilai. It's all Fosi and WiiM for reviews.
I have a pair of the VTV 1ET400a monoblocks and absolutely love them. The micro and macro detail is mindboggling good.
@dicmccoy that is awesome about the mono blocks. I have heard them for the first time just a few weeks ago and was very impressed myself.
As far as getting the new Gen2 mono blocks, absolutely! After Thanksgiving, I’ll contact Purifi and see if I can get one or two.
So the reason why I think not a lot of people are covering class D amplifiers or modules it’s because people still believe that class a or class A/B or Tube sound better. Also, the cheaper amplifiers are available on Amazon and with the ambassador program people get direct commission. Nothing wrong with that but personally, I am a lot more interested in having top-of-the-line class D modules.
Too bad the Rep doesn’t have a clue what he’s showing.
@@_944audiophile he’s actually not the rep for Purifi he runs a local hi-fi group of enthusiast called DC-HiFi group. However, as soon as i can get the gen 2 module, I will A/B compare it to the original one and to the Hypex module directly. This will include technical measurements and subjective listening. I’m hoping for around February for this video.
He's not a rep.
This is a community user group that put together a couple of systems. They got a shout out by couple of different YT reviewers. They also put together a system for $1500 that you could listen to and compare. That wasn't the Radiants and I think that they were some other member's personal pair.
IIRC didn't Erin do a review?