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| Best speaker brands for transient response @james633 thank you for the heads up on Voltis. @deep_333 thanks and I do enjoy / have enjoyed my JBL horns (still love my 4035Ps). The goal of this thread was for me to find the best higher-end options that give me the transients/speed o... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response I really appreciate the enthusiasm for Volti. That's a long trip and I am worried about the absence of a return policy, but I'm going to research more. And I checked out Heil but their website doesn't give any information on speakers or did I mis... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @greenngoldcheesehead thank you for your recommendation. I love that Marten names their speakers after jazz legends (huge Coltrane fan). The trios look beautiful, regretfully out of my budget range (unless I hit the lottery in the next month). Th... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @ditusa thanks for these links. I found this especially interesting: If you hear a system (hopefully not yours) that sounds "fast" or "slow" in the bass, enough that you have noticed anyway, that system has a problem. Then my KLH setup has a p... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Other speaker types might be a hit or miss depending on what the OP would subjectively accept. I agree -- I've AB tested my KLH Model 3s against my JBL 4305Ps and Studio 590s and the KLHs best them in this category even though it has dome alum... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @grislybutter yes that's it to me: lively and sharp that some may describe as bright or harsh if it's not their listening preference, with fast bass at the cost of bass extension. | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @grislybutter sorry must have missed your post earlier. It’s not a buzzword in my experience https://www.hifireport.com/understanding-transient-response-in-audio-a-beginners-guide/?utm_content=cmp-true https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article/2... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response But I’ve also heard little 3/4" doped silk dome tweeters sound every bit as fast. It always amazes me that a little soft piece of silk with rubbery goo on it can sound like a high pitched metal bell when asked to. I have two JBL horn-loaded com... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @celtic66 thank you this really helps tell me that I'm likely not quite ready for ATCs. Like the ATCs, the Spendor D7.2s are described as achieving the qualities I'm looking for most, and will be more flexible with amp matching. | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response One of the challenges with ATC is properly pairing their sealed cabinets and rather large magnets with stable current to control the drivers. I'm going to assume this is why they offer so many of their models in active designs. | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Even if you get to audition candidates, if you don’t hear them in your own room, you still have that uncertainty. Agree 100% and don’t view in-showroom auditions as the final step. I haven’t bought the amp that will drive them yet -- I wanted t... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response The interesting thing about horn systems is that they sound particularly good at lower volume levels and tend to work well in small rooms Yes in my old house I used the Studio 590s practically as near field (4 ft away) and they worked great wit... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @doyle3433 thank you that is very generous of you to offer that! I am worried about the no return policy -- I am not worried they won't sound amazing more I just worry they may overwhelm the room (12 ft from wall to listening position, low ceilin... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @phusis @james633 Yes I've considered the 4329Ps but this is where inexperience comes in -- the 4329Ps are regularly on sale for $3,500 which is way below my budget and I worry I would not be getting the same quality as something in the $5k+ ran... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @phusis: regarding active design, I know that my 4305Ps really ruined my 590s for me and I think the active design of those JBLs were a big reason -- it was taking all that I loved about the 590s and making it sound more alive. I'm down to Borres... |