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| Speakers The single most critical component @mahgister -- The room is the cake, you must design a room with all the passive and active acoustical controls necessary to help your speakers... I would go so far to say the room is certainly part of the cake as the main dish - in conjunction wit... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component @Millercarbon -- When in reality: Imagine the perfect speaker Sounds like an oxymoron to me, certainly the premise it forms:... with the perfect speaker the speaker itself no longer matters. It is the components feeding it the signal that matters.... | |
| Sound quality of Newer versus Older speakers @speakermaster -- New speakers do one thing that the old ones will not do, they look real pretty, the old way of making speakers was all about the sound and performance and not the looks.To me a speaker is "pretty" when its looks is a clear refle... | |
| high sensitivity + low impedance vs. low sensitivity + high impedance @atmasphere --One thing not mentioned is phase angles. Oh, I did that in a reply to you just recently, in another thread.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/the-two-most-common-mistakes-are-bass-and-trebleTake out the passive cross-over from ... | |
| The two most common mistakes are bass and treble Inefficient and low impedance speakers are IMO/IME a mistake.All amps make more distortion playing into lower impedance. If you want the amp to sound smoother and more detailed, set it up to drive a higher impedance.Inefficient speakers need rea... | |
| No free lunch @oldhvymec --So 101 on speaker building for me is know what your talking about..My terminology may not be the as eloquent as the word salad connoisseurs, BUT my personal observation and understanding of "bass distortion" seems to conflict with mos... | |
| No free lunch Miller: the "no free lunch" side of things is introduced in the comments section by Mr. Chris Brunhaver of PS Audio, to counter the views of Sean Casey of Zu on his take on (the advantage of) higher sensitivity speakers. Not meant as a comment on ... | |
| All NEW Klipsch Jubilee Horn Speakers !... Game Changer ?... What's really noteworthy about the upcoming domestic Jubilee's is their size, not to speak with diminishment of the MF/HF compression driver used (a seemingly modified version of the Celestion Axi2050) and its accompanying tractrix horn that contr... | |
| 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... |