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Fascinated By GR Research Channel

Lately I've watched a number of the videos on GR Research's youtube channel and been very intrigued. If you aren't familiar with them, they design and sell some speakers, but most of their business is DIY speaker kits, and doing upgrades on customer's speakers. In the videos, they show how they measure the performance characteristics of speakers sent in and then explain the thought process and methodology of choosing improvements. 

If nothing else, anyone wanting to better understand the technical section of reviews (e.g. John Atkinson's in Stereophile), would likely learn something watching.

Another interesting aspect of these videos is the clear untangling of various manufacturers' choices in balancing cost for performance and the sonic impact of various compromises. 

Get your popcorn and check it out. 

I'm also curious to hear of your experiences with any of their kits or products and if your findings match their messaging. I've always understood that better parts quality will improve sonics, but this channel demonstrates exactly how with great clarity...fascinating! Cheers,

Spencer 

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piaudiol
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"I've watched a few on recommendation. Mostly rubbish for the ignorant."

ieales: coming out from under the bridge, eh?

 

There are reasons the GR Research rooms at RMAF were constantly receiving Best of show comments from reviewers like Steven Stone and others.  The man absolutely knows what he is doing.  He has done consulting work for Usher, Tyler Acoustics, Hawthorne, Emerald Physics, and the list goes on...  

 

His NX-series of speakers are stunners for the money.  The NXtreme line arrays with open baffle bass modules are the most dynamic, coherent and sonically invisible loudspeakers I have ever heard.

 

Rubbish is commenting without basis.

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