steve59
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| Did I Expect too much? sns 3,561 posts 03-30-2025 at 01:14pm @steve59 I don't think need for value is the culprit here, need to keep cost of device lower and/or extract max profit margiins culprit for the labor cost part of equation.... | |
| Did I Expect too much? Our need for value has the bigger companies outsourcing to sweat shops to manage costs. There's also companies that invest in themselves, Dynaudio, KEF, Paradigm to name a few that do everything in house that has the benefit of controlling markup,... | |
| Speakers sound too bright. I've pulled some speakers 5' away from any reflective surface to bring the high fq's down. Local dealers use panels like Vicoustics or other brand panels to aid in placement, and tone controls will help attenuate hard sounds in reflective rooms, b... | |
| speaker upgrade from Magico A3 The local SF dealer near me carries the more affordable speakers and says the that the tweeter isn't as well integrated as what we would typically expect from the company. You do have a large room and the amount of reflecting surfaces will directl... | |
| Vienna Acoustics 'The Music' The Beethovens play clean to 95 db or so from the listening chair, loud enough for all but rock concert levels | |
| Vienna Acoustics 'The Music' I found a used pair that I was ready to investigate until a motorcycle collision sidelined me last november. I still have another foot surgery on the books and Dr orders to keep said foot elevated for as long as they keep working to save it(I wrot... | |
| How long should high quality speakers last? If you're not buying them out of the back of a white van legit brands will last as long as we use them within their designed purpose. | |
| I am sad I had a pair of speakers that were sensitive to source, the kef R105/3 with kube. I finally found an amp krell kav300il integrated that smoothed the rough edges in the upper mids/treble. Even with a 2nd power amp driving the woofers the krell woul... | |
| Are Merlin TSM speakers buried with their owners? I've never gotten to listen to the Merlin stand mounts, but was told that played within their limits they were hard to beat. | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? pearl jam last fall at wrigley field. | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. Salesmen that didn’t carry the brand would recite ’no highs, no lows, gotta be Bose’. Anyone that ever heard them set up decently knew better and it says more about the person labelling them than it says about the speaker. The 901 VI driven by... | |
| Kef blade 1 meta 2 years ago when I tried different amps on the Blades I noticed better dynamics at low to mid volumes right away. For me it was worth it. | |
| Advice on making a speaker change What a fun journey! I had the R 107/2 in 2014-17 and while it’s a bargain at used prices for everything it does so well the tweeter really does hold it back by modern standards. The Meridian DSP8000 with the se upgrade might be the natural succes... | |
| What speaker has the best tweeter? lol, Is winter around here so not much more to do than kick ancient threads around. | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers inna also makes a great point, To get those fancy speakers to reach their potential many of us will want the components that pull the best sound from them. |