Thanks to both of you for your advice. I assumed this would be most people's opinions here. Usually less and simple is best. Speakers are my last upgrade to my system (Yeah, I know they should be first) but the decision and selection is more difficult than I thought. I just got back from 3 days at AXPONA again and still haven't made up my mind. The search goes on.
What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers
This seems to be a popular trend with many speaker brands. Some have internal amplification with DSP's and some have external implementations of it like Legacy. I have heard some good results with it being used but don't necessarily like the idea of everything being digitized for the sake of room/bass correction. Do you own or plan on buying a speaker like this, or have you heard any using it?
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@yyzsantabarbara I actually talked to Danny a few days ago at AXPONA. I'm not really listening to my headphones at all. I sold my VM-1a but still have my headphones. I also used convolution filters with my RAAL headphones. They were also custom made for the headphones by Accurate Sound. The purposed of my question was really just to determine what people were thinking about DSP's. I have pretty good room acoustics and do have room treatment. Really not sure what direction I will go with speakers. I'm all over the place now but really like my Planers. I'm thinking OB, Planers or electrostatics would be best for me. These types of speakers also have less interaction with side walls than boxed speakers. Love huge soundstages, transparency, and crystal-clear sound. I rarely listen to anything above 90db. Thanks for the input. |
@fthompson251 Thanks for your feedback. I just listened to the Legacy Focus SE with Wavelet II at AXPONA and it was impressive. I'm not really wanting to substitute my existing preamp and DAC for the wavelet though and that's another reason for my hesitation with the technology. I am interested in the SE version or possibly the XD version, but I need more information on them. Thanks for your opinion on this. I want to hear both sides. |
@vthokie83 There were many more rooms this year with Active/DSP based systems at AXPONA. A popular YouTube reviewer also noticed this. It seems this is going to be the future for many companies. I heard the Dutch and Dutch 8C's at AXPONA a couple years ago and was very impressed with the bass they put out. After doing some research though they down sampled everything coming in to them. I didn't really like that. They also require a physical connection between both speakers. I guess there are compromises with any speaker brand. Thanks for your comments. |