phusis
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| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? @johnk --Open your mind and ears and give a horn system a unbiased extended listen.. I think most never do so before they comment negatively and rely on hearsay and bias to form opinion. +1 | |
| German Physiks - Listening Impressions Wanted [...] Omni’s cannot be beat for their large sweet spot and ability to image coherently regardless of listening positioning. If a live like presentation even on studio and/or mono recordings and coherent imaging most anywhere in the room does not a... | |
| German Physiks - Listening Impressions Wanted I heard one of the German Physiks speakers some years ago, I believe it was the HRS-120, at a dealer. He'd received a used pair as part of a trade deal (they weren't on his usual brand repertoire), and we compared them to a pair of hORNS Mummy's -... | |
| JBL everest? @ohlala phusis - are you talking about turnkey all-horn alternatives or DIY? Goodsoundclub patrons would certainly agree that better and cheeper are available than retail brands, like Avantgarde. Sounds great to me.I’ve heard mixtures of all-horns... | |
| JBL everest? @v6517413 --Obviously there are a bunch of JBL Everest DD65000-67000 owners out there, a significant portion of those being Japanese audio enthusiasts (and, I gather, Russian enthusiasts as well?), but they’re hardly representative of the general ... | |
| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers Good points made by several here. Myself I fall in the category to assert that while technology may have advanced, in more practical terms I don’t see how it really applies to speakers that have been carefully developed, implemented and constructe... | |
| Thoughts on the most difficult instruments for speakers to reproduce? If using your speakers for home theater, which sports a wide dynamic range with Blu-ray’s and UHD’s, there are some interesting sonic categories that, while not falling under acoustic instruments as such can be a challenging effort for speakers to... | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) Simon Mears Audio:http://simonmearsaudio.com/ | |
| Your Side by Side Experience With Best Vintage vs Newer Expensive Hi Tech Speakers The problem with the argument of the advance of technology and how it has been to the sonic betterment of modern speakers largely roots in how it relates to different speaker principles when comparing different eras here. Vintage speakers, certain... | |
| How do SVS subwoofers compare to REL? @bi0drain --May I remind you there are some Crazier Monsters out there now.. the Marianna 18/ 24 from Deep Sea Sound, the Quad 18 inch S-7201, JTR Capitvator 4000 ULF....We are getting into some extreme subs... single digit output for all of them.... | |
| Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker? As the OP goes:...Vandersteens have a tiny sweetspotMBL are lifeless and are not coherent at all.Ohms lack in dynamics and detail.A rather unambiguous way of stressing the importance of efficiency (i.e.: liveliness and dynamics), as well as implic... | |
| Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker? @zuio --Perhaps some older Tannoy Gold 15" dual concentric drivers would do the trick. Simon Mears Audio makes Tannoy Autograph replications with these drive units, refurbished and all, and they provide you a uniform dispersion pattern (much more ... | |
| Waiting on 802D3 to arrive -- Will I need a sub? I’m with @mr_m on the preference for a sub or two, regardless almost of whatever main-speakers may be used. And I wouldn’t skimp on the size of the sub(s) either as I feel you really can’t overdo capacity, but any sub capacity can be dialed wrongl... | |
| Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass) @taww --+1 for Belles amps. Quite a few Pass amps I've heard err on the side of a slightly dull or boring sound (though they're obviously highly resolved, refined and perhaps too smooth), whereas I feel Belles (i.e.: the SA-30 and SA-100) are more... | |
| How do SVS subwoofers compare to REL? @lowoverdrive --Using the SVS SB16-Ultra myself, but have no experience with REL. From what I’ve read of the latter they’re very musical subs, and integrate extremely well with the main speakers - depending of course also on ones ability to proper... |