martykl
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| Aerial 5b and subs Bob, I'll do my best to climb out of my shell and voice an opinion.Marty | |
| Aerial 5b and subs Just a note regarding REL. Judging from test results at AVTalk.com and HTshack.com (look under "forums" for "subwoofer tests"), REL subs perform very well on Group Delay tests ("fast or tight") but generally poorly for clean output at high levels ... | |
| Are Ohm Walsh Speakers the Poor Man's MBLs? Map,MBL likes to demo the 101 at trade shows with an electric blues recording (don't know the title) played at ear shattering volumes. Standing in the crowd about 15 ft from the speakers, the entrance of the solo guitar jumps forward in a "touch i... | |
| Are Ohm Walsh Speakers the Poor Man's MBLs? Map,I haven't. I want to be clear, the front to back imaging from the Ohms is very good, relative to most speakers that I've heard. In this respect, the little ProAc Tablettes and MBLs are more striking, great fun and really dramatic, but not esse... | |
| Aerial 5b and subs BTW,To be clear, my comments on subwoofer controllers are based on my own experience, while those on the Rythmik and SVS subs are based on feedback I've read and test results alone. When I receive the Rythmiks, I'll be able to comment from experie... | |
| Aerial 5b and subs True high performance subs are likely to require an enclosure closer to 2 cu ft (or more). (See htshack.com or AVTalk.com, "subwoofer tests" under threads). The SVS subs and Rythmik audio subs seem to provide great value. The former are a bit larg... | |
| Sibilance in recordings: your experience the same? Sibilance in recording is also a function of the singer's mic technique. If you see a singer who looks like they're about to swallow the mic, there's a good chance that you're looking at a singer who'll make sibilant recordings. I've hear the befo... | |
| Recommend speakers for a restaurant sound system There's a local business that combines -odd as it seems- a high end audio dealership with a Yoga studio. He sells Vandys and has model 1s (if I recall correctly) suspended from the ceiling of his Yoga studio. It's always sounded nice (and suitably... | |
| Can you get "bookshelf sound" from a floorstander? Sorry all.Got involved in the debate at the expense of the OP, but won't go any further. At $1k, I'll defer to Tvad, the Prelude is a good call.Marty | |
| Are Ohm Walsh Speakers the Poor Man's MBLs? I own Ohm 100s and have extensively auditioned every MBL except for the new extremes. They sound almost nothing alike. MBLs are a more dynamic, exciting speaker that can startle with sheer SPLs and 3d imaging. Ohms are actually far more neutral in... | |
| Can you get "bookshelf sound" from a floorstander? 9rw,I'd say that frequency response is FOR ME much, much more than half the story, but your point is taken...to an extent. The idea that any single deviation from thoretically perfect neutrality in any ONE respect can be deemed equal to another de... | |
| Can you get "bookshelf sound" from a floorstander? 9rw,I tend to agree with you re: accuracy...to an extent.I've measured the VSMs @ +/- 4db from 120hz to 15khz in my last room, and -3db at 33hz, -10db at 25hz: which is pretty good in my book. (There was some unappetizing lumpiness between 35hz an... | |
| Can you get "bookshelf sound" from a floorstander? 9rw,I do like some pro audio gear, but I've never owned/lived with any at home. OTOH, I have lived with Thiel (3.x, late '90s can't recall the precise designation, probably because they belonged to girlfriend's former boyfriend). I've also heard t... | |
| Velodyne's Dim View IMHO, Velodyne's DD software/interface is great, the actual subs maybe less so. The Velo SMS-1 controller provides the benefits of the digital drive interface (at Good LuckMartyPS: Since the SMS - 1 works in the digital domain, its high pass will ... | |
| Has anyone hear the Anthony Gallo 5LS Towers? I heard them here in LA's western suburbs and would agree with Dopogue. Very good sounding, but so are the Gallo 3.X. These look a helluva lot nicer, however. The setup was in a large room with tube mono amps (can't recall which) and Integra SS pr... |