kokakolia
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| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? @deep_333 This where I throw a wrench in your statement. People are going bananas over JBL, Klipsch, Yamaha, Pioneer and Marantz on the new and used market. I see pairs of JBL L26 sell for 300€ and I roll my eyes. I think that there's a huge degre... | |
| Perplexed on how single driver speakers can cover such a large Hz range @ronboco Yes, I am very much a budget-conscious consumer. I watch a lot of reviews and GR Research stood out to me. There was something appalling about seeing cheap crossover parts, drivers and flimsy cabinets on major brand speakers, some of whic... | |
| Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience? @deep_333 The Closer Acoustics OGY + Creek 4240 + Bluesound Node setup is serving me well. I like how responsive the OGY are to amplification. You can make them sound clinical with a budget class D amp or warm with a budget British A/B amplifier o... | |
| Wharfedale Lintons ... Any great amp pairings? Atoll IN80? | |
| Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience? @deep_333 Yamaha and Technics are so underrated! However, the low efficiency of Technics speakers in general made me look the other way. The story of old manufacturers recycling old designs is best exemplified by Focal. Their drivers have even g... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? @grislybutter Castle is UK based. So these speakers show up on the local classfields in Europe for rock-bottom prices because the brand recognition is low (you can thank Castle for that). | |
| Perplexed on how single driver speakers can cover such a large Hz range My 2 cents: - Most speakers under $2k have junk crossovers, resonant cabinets and mismatched drivers. You're losing a lot of detail in the midrange and you don't even know it. It's only clear after you listen to a decent pair of single driver spe... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? If you find Castle speakers on the used market for a few hundred bucks, then get that. That may as well be my final answer. You'll get real veneer and decent drivers/parts. Some sellers are so desperate that they even give away the optional woode... | |
| Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience? I don't know. Maybe the benefits of coaxial speakers are overstated. I liked the KEF LS50 Meta, but I also enjoyed many other 2-way speakers from the likes of Castle or Atohm. I'm talking about the $2k price bracket. I'm saying that if you try a d... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium I am certain of one thing about this hobby: recognition from peers is the most important thing! Brand image. I'm just fascinated by these cheap class D mini-amps which get hyped to infinity due to excellent measurements but sound "meh" at best a... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Closer Acoustics OGY ~1500€. They're transparent AF and 91db sensitive. Better than KEF LS50 Meta in every way for not much more money and any amp under the sun will power them fine. | |
| Is there a list of full-range speakers (20-20kHz) somewhere on the internet? Yeah! It's called the Audiogon marketplace. There are plenty of promising full-range speakers in good condition around $5k. | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers @ghdprentice The list perplexes me. Does the author of the list have any experience with the items? Furthermore, technical specs for speakers are bogus. Mr. Devore said that himself, and his speakers are typically high efficiency. You may as well ... | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers Easy! The Closer Acoustics OGY. They’re so criminally underrated that nobody mentioned them in this thread. You get the high efficiency, the point source and the front port. | |
| KEF Reference 1 or LS60 I listened to the KEF LS60 in a perfectly treated room (at a shop). I also listened to the KEF LS50 Meta Wireless. So... I gotta say that the LS60 does it all, especially deep and clear bass. But the LS50 Meta Wireless was like 80% there. The mi... |