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| Volti Razz Loudspeakers @fsonicsmith --... I would like to know fwiw where Greg sources the drivers. There is a reference both on Greg's site and repeated again in the review that these are "one hundred year speakers". Is that referencing the cabinet or the drivers? ... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” @newtoncr --Interesting choice with the Charney Excalibur's - congrats on your purchase. Please let us know what you think of them once you're ready to share some impressions. | |
| Active Speaker Choice @high-amp --Some interesting choices out there with active all-in-one speakers. I can certainly vouch for active ATC's - they're very good, honest sounding, no nonsense speakers. There also the intriguing Geithain RL901K that emulates a point sour... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” @atmasphere -- As far as 'shouty' goes, this is an artifact of distortion. Horns can exhibit it if the throat interface to the mouth of the horn isn't designed properly. These days with computer optimization that really shouldn't be an issue. ...... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” @alexberger -- Great set-up and overall philosophy. | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” @daledeee1 -- I personally like immediacy, dynamics, clear, effortless sound. Set up properly, horns are quite smooth and relaxing to listen to.Indeed, completely agree. Good horn-loaded speakers are both uninhibitedly present and relaxed sounding... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” @jjss49 -- i have been looking for 30 years, haven't found em yet - let me know when you do ok? Have you been trying to deliberately avoid horns these last 3 decades, or.. @asctim -- I think we need a technical description of "shouty." A lot of... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? Tom Danley on the Synergy horn (emulating a perfect point source per channel/speaker), which will see a domesticized version in the shape of the Signature Series:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl5lhmzRKA | |
| Bass Vs speaker efficiency @atmasphere --... I've just not heard 'tight bass' in real life, only in stereos.I agree. Maybe it's at least partially grounded in the fact that a more natural, fuller bass isn't readily achievable with typical, anemic subs/bass capacity and less... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? Very important observation....Thanks....Which observation make me able to say that imaging is important soundwise but LESS difficult to obtain than natural timbre perception in an acoustic settings which perception and experience are the benchma... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? @ieales -- I doubt I’ve ever moved my head 8-10 inches either side at a live performance. Or stood up.But I gather you’re not handed the same, specific seat that says "Reserved to Mr./Ms. [insert name]" as the one and only place to have a proper c... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? @audiokinesis /Duke -- What I’m going to suggest is sometimes called "time-intensity trading", as the off-centerline listening locations which have a later arrival from one speaker compensate by having greater intensity (loudness) from that speak... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? I'm positioned in the sweet spot when listening and usually keep being seated there for the duration of the session, and yet I went for a pair of speakers that have a wider sweet spot compared to my previous speakers, because of what it does to th... | |
| Low power- transparency, dimension, dynamics and bass, or... Have heard great sounding combinations of low powered SET’s and high sensitivity speakers (make that horns; all-horns or horn hybrids), not in the least lacking transparency, dynamics, "ignition," tonality and what have you - on the contrary. To m... | |
| What makes speaker's sound big? @mijostyn -- Image density? That is a new one. I suppose if you put the speakers closer together you get a "denser" image, farther apart less dense but larger. Yes, the distance between the speakers can change the image size as long as the listen... |