simonmoon
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| DIY Speakers Let me also recommend, joining DIY Audio forums.https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/index.phphttp:// Lots of great resources over there, extremely knowledgeable people, some people that will cut your wood for you, and industry people. | |
| DIY Speakers I am a huge fan of DIY speakers. It is quite easy these days, to build a high end speaker from a kit, that will rival commercially sold speakers for, quite a bit less $$. Ending up with something that sounds as good as a commercially available spe... | |
| To horn or not to horn I think that a listener’s preference for horns (assuming that they are good ones) will be in good part based on how much they value realistic dynamics, and the sense of ease that horn loudspeakers display.That is not the priority of every listener... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? Pretty much any Klipsch for me. Yes, even the Klipschorn.At every price point, there are speakers that are more accurate, more detailed, better imaging. The Klipsch's good dynamics are not nearly enough for me to overlook everything else they don'... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... It’s a compromise to have active speakers and is technology mostly embraced by the professional audio sound people. They listen for frequencies, not tonal shadings or micro dynamics...certainly not for the differences in instrument voicing or s... | |
| Beryllium Tweets Beryllium tweeters is not "the new kid on the block", Been around since the 80’s.But the real problem is, that many people (may be even the majority) that think they have heard a beryllium tweeter, have nor really heard one. https://www.youtube.co... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Pretty silly OP, for sure. Audiophiles are those that enjoy audio equipment. Those that can solder, build or test their speakers, are a subset of the greater set of audiophiles. As one who does build and test my own audiophile level speakers, I am... | |
| Speakers "Disappearing" I have read a lot about speakers "disappearing" so that one can't tell from where the sound is emanating. But, what about all the stereo tunes where the recordiing engineer intentionally pans the music to come from one side or the other? Can the... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars I think that WILSON AUDIO has "lost their marbles". For 3/4 of a million I could hire the CSO to play some private concerts, and come away more satisfied. My impression; - - - these speakers are "rich boy’s toys". I doubt if you would find more th... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars Mike: The Audiogon discussion forums have changed. The days of IMO or IMHO are gone. Several members seem to think that their opinions are fact - in a very bloviating way. Their chronic posts are as fatiguing a noisy tweeter. Not just the Audi... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars ^^^^ This is a strangely common remark made by people who scoff at very high priced audio equipment. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen it. Some say "you could hire The Stones to play for you personally with that type of money," etc. Even ... | |
| Little two-way boxes on a stand.... Add a sub and they sound just as big as a floor stander. This is pretty much what I have found. I have some incredible DIY (with close to state of the art drivers and x-over), sitting on a woofer module, and they sound as big as any 3 way floor... | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium Also check into Genesis Audio, Maestro at the top of your price range. And check out the Focal Kanta 3 at the bottom ($13,000) of your range. Really detailed and dynamic...NEVER MIND! They use Beryllium! | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium I like the Sanders, Vandersteen, Legacy, Cube Audio, recommendations. All great, all different.Also check into Genesis Audio, Maestro at the top of your price range. | |
| Putting speakers next to other speakers From experience, I know it is a compromise for both sets of speakers.Bass not be as tight on both sets, imaging and soundstage will not be as good.But if you do it, make sure you stagger them, so each pair has an inside and an outside speaker. Cha... |