kiddman
Responses from kiddman
| Does JBL get a bad rap? I don't know if they would sell the woofers. Beyond that, though, the woofers would have to be padded down as the bass is too strong if just a woofer switch is done, there seems to be a difference in efficiency of the new and old woofers. This was... | |
| Does JBL get a bad rap? Audiolabyrinth, the 67000 does have a pleated surround! The 66000 did not, but the 67000 does.Measurements I have seen show lower distortion at low frequencies for the pleated surround version of two identical woofers, one with pleated and one wit... | |
| Does JBL get a bad rap? Regarding pleated surrounds, JBL and Tannoy both have at least one model with pleated surrounds. It is interesting to me that the best bass I have heard seems to come from pleated surround speakers, but of course other details have to be in order ... | |
| Does JBL get a bad rap? "....at the recent San Francisco Audio Show the Pass Labs room was driving a pair of Imperials (with Tannoy drivers) with their 50 watt amp and a Technics SL 10 turntable. IMO that speaker shamed 98% of the speakers at that show." The supposed gre... | |
| Does JBL get a bad rap? To the OP, I did not direct the "do not condemn" statement to you, as you are speaking positively about them. So I am "backing you up"!Rather, I'm addressing those who would dismiss JBL or any products because they heard something by the company l... | |
| Does JBL get a bad rap? You bet they get a bad rap, and some of their speakers are truly amongst the best speakers out there, and are extremely refined in sound.However, in the USA horns became taboo, and JBL makes a lot of horns. Even when they get a great review, folks... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Audiolabrynth, it was only that one particular pair I'm talking about, original Novachrons, guessing 15 years ago. No use beating a dead horse, old history, I only weighed in due to the unfair beating it looked like Tubes 108 was starting to get. | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Congrats guys for coming about and giving Tubes 108 a fair shake. I heard of this particular set of amps. Problematic indeed. | |
| proper Tannoy Canterbury room set up Congratulations for not following typical audio herd mentality and choosing something you feel will deliver music. They will!First rule: NO RULES!Distance from the rear wall will depend on where you find your preferred listening position after exp... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm Maxh, 3 good friends have gone through similar situations, one of them going on for months and months. Amazingly, the only one of them who posts on this forum is very hesitant to chronicle his long saga with VPI for fear that they will recognize h... | |
| Wilson Audio Sasha 2 & Avalon Indra The Avalons are lower distortion.The Wilsons are less refined, higher distortion, but have more body and dynamics.Both have weaknesses. But the Avalon is more pure. | |
| Sloped baffle Proving that even those who totally believe in time and phase correct speakers can love a non-coherent speaker, read the following. The Tannoys are not time and phase coherent. The higher order crossover prevents phase coherency, and that they are... | |
| Sloped baffle Lewinskih01, your plan is great. There is so much info about making speakers in real texts, you will be surprised that it is not magic. First thing, yes, use the best drivers you can. Check out Audio Technology, they are some of the absolute best.... | |
| Sloped baffle Bombaywanker, the Vandersteen 2 are time and phase conherent.And that surely does not make it a state of the art speaker, like it makes no speaker state of the art.Yes, I do doubt your experience and you sure sound like a guy with no technical edu... | |
| Sloped baffle For a ubitiquous speaker that shows good time alignment, look no further than Vandersteen Model 2. A fair speaker for the price, but a hooded, somewhat grainy sound in the mids and highs with bass that sounds like a cardboard box. So time alignmen... |