erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here I don’t think Monitor Audio and Accuton are comparable in terms of build cost.Still, I am a big fan of Monitor Audio, and think that their price point is far too low for the build quality and design.Making your own drivers is also a great marketin... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering Bass is dependent on placement. The speakers have tremendous amounts of dynamic range as-is, but for movies I add a sub but run these as full-range.There never was, and never has been any "hotness" or need for the speakers to mellow out. If you ar... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering Hi Riley,My speakers are all custom made. My living room is a pair of these:https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-natural-reference-one.htmlMy desktop: https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-lm-1-bookshelf-version.ht... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering @kijanki Before they discovered Transient Intermodulation Distortions (TIM) in 70s they made quite a few horrible SS amps. Internal overshoot of transitions was so bad that output transistors were going into momentary saturation causing tiny gaps... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering @kijanki When I listen at lower volume everything is better including imaging. A little bit more volume and sound becomes tiring. To your last point, yeah, often I read exactly this and I want to suggest room acoustic fixes first, but nope, the... | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers For vintage horn/high efficiency fans, found these sites specializing in Altec Lansing reproductions:https://vintagespeakerrevival.com/https://greatplainsaudio.com/Really nice looking stuff! Best,E | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers I don't expect every audiophile to build top class speakers, even if purchased as a kit. But I do wish more audiophiles would build something themselves. If even 1% of audiophiles built their own speakers, our hobby and environment would be so muc... | |
| Opinion: Turning Off the Filtering Here is an experiment you should try to get a better idea of what your brain is doing. Record some one talking in your kitchen, or maybe your office. Then listen with headphones. Do you now hear all the room acoustics? Does that same conversation ... | |
| Thiel 7.2 - Classe, Krell or Bryston? If you must stick with linear amps, what about Parasound? Less stark than Krell, perfectly neutral and plenty of guts, less expensive. NAD and ATI are selling Class D amps based on Hypex you should also consider. Best,E | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers I now know it would take me a whole Heap of money and a long time looking to find the next best thing in the speaker market, new or used.This brings up two major reasons to build yourself:1 - Make exactly what you want2 - Price performance is unma... | |
| Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering I rather agree with Eric. Also, this BS phase / comb filter issue is easy to test two ways1. Play music. Sit in sweet spot. Stand up. Sound weird? No? No problem. 2. Play music. Walk across the sound field. Sound weird? No? Then no problem. The ba... | |
| Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering Oh, wow, this is so true, I mean, B&W, Magico and Martin Logan all publish FR graphs !!! << face-palm >> No, no they don’t. It is not common practice at all. What is with this continuing onslaught of FUD not to mention double stand... | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it I see the biggest problem the OP has is upgrade-itis. Consider building your own speakers. For several reasons: 1. Cost savings2. Infinite chances to upgrade and tweak parts yourself. Best,E | |
| Will a sub woofer mess up my tone and phase aligned speakers I've never heard a well integrated sub that didn't use EQ. I've heard subs sound decent to good, but not perfect.Fortunately this is something that can be done later. Best,E | |
| Most "Accurate/Realistic" Sounding Speakers? I was just thinking that any attribute can be too extreme to sound good. Best,E |