erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering @stringreen For those who can afford an ideal listening environment, I think the Magico listening room should be the gold standard. But for anyone who has to make compromises, it may be overly optimistic. In one case it has me scratching my head. ... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering Riley, the point of this thread was to share what I like about high end. :) Not to ask for advice, sorry if there was confusion. Best,E | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering I have no issues really Riley. :) Erik | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers There is a most excellent DIY speaker forum here:http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/loudspeakers/Best,E | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering I should also point out that Magico’s approach is unapologetically expensive. They test for and listen in IDEAL acoustic environments. Hence, my biggest criticism of the S1 Mk II speakers is having a dispersion that is too wide for a "mini" speake... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering Here is an article with several good pictures of the Magico room:"Most of the time, when you listen to a loudspeaker, you're listening to the room," Wolf said at the start of our exploration. "It's very easy to measure a speaker above 800Hz, regar... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering Hi Riley,Sorry, I should have been MUCH more specific. :) I was specifically talking about the room and room acoustics, not the equipment or the speakers I heard. But the tube pre/amp I heard were pretty damn good too. I think it was CAT pre and a... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here I wish I knew more about driver manufacturing. I mean, is there a show where I can go and buy a woofer press? :) Erik | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here Oooh, no. As a manufacturer, I need to sell these speakers for $30k / pair, which means I must spend no more than around $10k to make them, including labor and packaging. Let’s not even get into top end Copper Foil capacitors! Of course, my goal i... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here @shadorne That’s fine, but vertical integration: - No guarantee of best parts- No more or less incentive to have spares on hand than driver makers IMHO. Pros:- Hides cost and makes comparisons with other makers much harder. - Increases profit marg... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here Also, sorry should have been more clear:I've never listened to Tektons. I meant the price/parts ratio is very good.I'm talking about consumer parts here. JBL/ATC/TAD have what we may consider outrageous priced drivers intended for high power/conti... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here I wanted to emphasize, this thread was just to talk about one way to get to a $60k price point. Not that it would sound good, of 30X better than a $2k pair of speakers. :) | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here Shadorne,Making your own drivers can go either way. Magico's hybrid approach is a very good one I think. They get very good motors from top tier makers, and apply innovative materials. For sure, it helps keep you out of the commodity speaker marke... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here While I did want to talk about prices of drivers, and how this drives speaker cost (more or less) I think we need to be very careful in ascribing quality or worthiness to a driver based on this alone. While Accuton has amazing tech, I have never l... | |
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here About Tekton - I really really wish people would stop attacking them. I think their price point is good and design innovative. I can point to at least one store brand that IMHO sucks, uses cheaper parts than Tekton and is the absolute darling of S... |