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| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass I hear you. Special 40 was actually one of my top choices but the bass is not every thing. Based on the reviewers I trust including Stereophile and users' feedback, Special 40 was criticized being a bit overly emphasized upper midrange and relat... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass I guess the issue I was running into is the type of bass. Let me reiterate. As Burchardt points out, they are shooting for flat / neutral response in mk ii so the bass (60-200 hz) is not boosted. As also explained by @vthokie83, the designer remov... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @vthokie83 Thank you for confirming the amp. My parasound NC 2125 v2 actually has 2-3 ohm tap and HPF with either 20hz or 40 hz cutoff. When I switch from 4-8 ohm tap to 2-3 ohm and select 20hz HPF, the bass weight seems to improve a bit. When li... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass No offense but agree. Look like a fun DIY speaker. But it might be cubersome to make by yourself. Need to have sort of precision machining tool. I wonder how deep will the bass go if the box is proportionally enlarged to house a 6.5" driver there?... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Thank you for the recommendation and advise. What a surprising bass quantity from a TL design with a tiny 4" driver, although from the demo there seems a bit artificial boominess but it maybe the effect of amplfication thru the TL or the recordin... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Thx for the recommendations. When I raised to my budget to $2k-$3k, the following speakers were on my radar. Dynaudio Contour 20i was origianlly in my list but was ruled out because Stereophile mentioned it is picky in the component matching and... | |
| Speakers sounding dull? MUST READ! The truth about speaker design! Oops, this becomes someone else's tread. K steals thunder from the Op. Need to admit so far I still did not get what the OP is trying to convey... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Interestingly, before ordering S400 mk ii, the other two bookshelfs I had in mind are Special 40 and Confidence C1. I went through various reviews and the demo tracks and chose the S400 mk ii. From the tracks in the video listened with quality ear... | |
| Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First? Don't say sellers are stupid. Look up the price over Audiogon Bluebook yourself. The pricing information is hardly available even for popular models. | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @dwest1023 Thanks but do not force it. When I tried to do the test earlier this night, I found neither woofer nor PR can be pushed in gently. I give up as I do not wish to damage the speaker. I am looking for weighty and nimble bass and I ful... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Oh, agreed @grislybutter. I would like to have @dwest1023 test on his speaker, not the Pass int 250. The Buchardt has suspected one of my S400 Mk ii's internal is NOT airtight enough to the standard to push the PR well. I just want to confirm t... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @dwest1023 I will appreciate if you could also perform the airtight / leak test as described above on your S400, and let me know how long does it take the woofer or PR to get back to its normal position / equalization of internal pressure. I ... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) Apparently, Hoffman’s iron rule plays here but the trade-off seems too steep. I am on board with @jjss49 in regards to the sensitivity and the ability to use warmer, lower power amp with SP 10. Don’t know if this is a wishful thinking that someone... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass Maybe I was over reacted to the lesser wattage of my Parasound amp. I wrote to Buchardt and they also mentioned the amp is a great one and should not be a concern/issue. They were saying S400 is a neutral speaker aiming for flat response. The ... | |
| Buchardt S400 Mk II vs Sony SSCS 5 in Bass @dwest1023 That could be it. I see Pass 250 renders 500 wpc into 4 ohm and S400 is rated a 4 ohm speaker. I had Parasound A23 and NC 2125 v2. Both are high current rated 225 wpc into 4 ohm but maybe still not powerful enough to push the woofer a... |