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| Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble? Some of it probably comes down to semantics and ascribing different meanings to chosen terms, but to me "detailed" in sound reproduction often reads as something that draws attention to itself apart from or outside of a holistic aspect of the pres... | |
| Biwiring make any sense? @lonemountain -- +1 @lanx0003 wrote: Bi-amping indeed offers a practical and effective way to optimize the performance of your speakers by dedicating different amplifiers to the high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency (LF) compartments. By using... | |
| JBL's Marketing Blunder.. @deep_333 wrote: At the least, Greg is one guy who’ll laugh hysterically at the recent audiobool trend of "huge cable, huge dac, huge everything except for the tiny lousy lil crappy lil speaker". +10 Or, Mr. Timbers may be very sad about it (... | |
| Building Resonance Free Subwoofers @mijostyn -- Looks to be excellent craftsmanship. Size is always an issue for aesthetic reasons. It is, with all that typically entails. However, large size subs (or speakers in general) is not an insurmountable challenge to the minority who... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? @tannoy56 wrote: Only rich and dumb cowboy will spend $50,000.00 on a pair of speakers without any knowledge and experience ... And yet previously you wrote: Do you really asking this forum for an advise of how to spend $50,000.00 on pair o... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? @unreceivedogma wrote: It seems to me, judging from some of his comments in the thread, that he is trying to coax a discussion about the political economy of audio. Not in so many words, but that’s sort of it in a nutshell and that’s why I respo... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? @tannoy56 wrote: However, at this level of pricy equipment, you should be knowledgable enough to decide for yourself. This says it all: have the money at hand, and your knowledge automatically follows 🙄 | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @deep_333 wrote: It’s about the optics, prestige, brand name snobbery and what not (other bizarre stuff)...or they heard 300 dollar plastic trash PA at the bar and made up their minds. Play anything full tilt and all their "prestigious" audiophi... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? The speakers I’ve bought used have always been from dealers I know very well and trust. Never had an issue here; those speaker all performed flawlessly and looked mostly new. My current EV pro cinema speakers I bought used from a cinema technician... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @deep_333 wrote: I think my last comment was fairly self explanatory. There are several metrics that play into audiophile nirvana, transients being one of them. No disagreement here, but what I did disagree with was your take on how large hor... | |
| Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker? Provided a high power amp source with multiple times the output of a quality speaker’s power handling capacity, it would usually take quite the beating for longer durations for the speaker to actually fail thermally and/or mechanically. Before tha... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response deep_333 wrote: It appears that some big horn speakers mentioned on this thread have defied all physics, engg design, material science, etc and achieved unmatchable transients, as per the sales crew. No, they did not, but, whatever helps to sell... | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? steve59 wrote: I don’t believe my typical boxes will match the spl or dynamic capability of a lascala or K horn by adding a couple 2 kilowatt monoblocks to them, only that adding headroom helps bridge the gap. This may come down to semantics, ... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response tommyuchicago wrote: regarding active design, I know that my 4305Ps really ruined my 590s for me and I think the active design of those JBLs were a big reason -- it was taking all that I loved about the 590s and making it sound more alive. I'm ... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response mapman wrote: I’ve always found ATC to be a very unique, zippy kind of sound. Is that transient response? That's not least a trait of their 3" "superdome" midrange driver, a fantastic piece of engineering with its massive magnet structure und... |