Dynaudio Contour 20 review
September 14, 2018 Comments Off on Dynaudio Contour 20 review
“Things are good tonally. The Contours have a smooth, refined balance that avoids emphasising the harshness in aggressive recordings. Bass is rich but remains articulate, and is surprisingly extended for a speaker of this size. With eyes closed, it would be easy to imagine the sound coming from the 20s to be that from decently sized floorstanders.”
REVEL PERFORMA M126BE BOOKSHELF SPEAKER REVIEW
September 12, 2018 Comments Off on REVEL PERFORMA M126BE BOOKSHELF SPEAKER REVIEW
“My takeaway from the measurements is that they confirm my listening impressions. This is probably why trying to equalize these speakers (at all) provides no significant improvement. They’re designed to work just fine, thank you, right out of the box! No room correction, parametric equalizers, or bass foolery required. Now this presumes (obviously) that you have a room that is not an echo chamber, that your speaker placement in the room is symmetrical from right to left, and that you’re willing to do some “speaker dancing” to find the best position for the Revels. Should any of those conditions not be so, then you’ll probably benefit significantly from some of the room correction software available on most any AVR or HT processor.
Which brings up yet another issue. Although you CAN run the Revel Performa M126Be speakers from an AVR, I wouldn’t generally recommend it. The Revels are Lipizzaner Stallions, not dray horses. They’ll show you the best (and the worst) of the associated electronics. Unless you get very lucky, hooking up a “bargain” receiver, preamp, power amp, or integrated to the Revels will only show you the error of your ways. I consider my Arcam AVR550 an unusual enough uber-performer in the world of AV receivers that I can get away with using it with the Revels, but only barely.”
Kii THREE Loudspeaker Review
September 5, 2018 Comments Off on Kii THREE Loudspeaker Review
“I have been using computer based software DSP since 2011 to custom design digital FIR correction filters in both the frequency and time domain for loudspeakers in rooms. In my own listening tests, I prefer the tilted response from 20 Hz to -10 dB @ 20 kHz. To my ears, sounds subjectively balanced or neutral from top to bottom. Whatever your preference is, this is a good place to start, as the subjective listening tests that Sean and team have performed, multiple times, with multiple participants, does correlate to a preferred in-room measured response, assuming good loudspeaker design with smooth directivity.
I hope folks get an opportunity to hear the Kii THREE’s, as an excellent example of what accurate sound reproduction “sounds” like. If you are in Vancouver, head over to Liquid Sound for a listen. This speaker measures as good as it sounds and vice versa. Smooth frequency response from 21 Hz to 20 kHz with time aligned drivers, means the music arriving at one’s ears matches as closely as possible to the content on the recording. ”
ELAC ADANTE AS-61 STANDMOUNT LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
September 1, 2018 Comments Off on ELAC ADANTE AS-61 STANDMOUNT LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
“There is no such thing as a perfect loudspeaker. Even the very best of them trade compromises across a range of parameters. The ELAC Adante AS-61 is no different, but the step-change in technology means it’s trading compromises at a more advanced reading age than its peers. I listen to a lot of good loudspeakers, some of which have feet that cost more than these Adante standmounts, but this is the one that gives me pause. The ELAC Adante AS-61 is the loudspeaker that takes on the high-end behemoths… and wins!”
Amazing DIY Glass Speaker / Edison Lightbulb
August 30, 2018 Comments Off on Amazing DIY Glass Speaker / Edison Lightbulb
Stenheim • Reference Ultime Loudspeakers $195,000 Review
August 29, 2018 Comments Off on Stenheim • Reference Ultime Loudspeakers $195,000 Review
“Which in turn raises the question, what price the active option? Bearing in mind that the switch to the active version of the Reference Ultime involves far more than simply shelling out extra to buy the crossover itself — you need to double up on your main amplifier, as well as add a couple of levels of equipment support and some extra cables. It’s far from a straightforward or affordable option. So what does it deliver — more of the same or something different — and does it risk throwing the baby out with the technological and conceptual bath water? After all, given that the Reference Ultime passive is built around the concept of topological simplicity, doesn’t adding all that extra hardware rather undermine that philosophy?”
Kii Audio Three loudspeaker system
August 27, 2018 Comments Off on Kii Audio Three loudspeaker system
Focal • Sopra No.2 Loudspeakers $14,999 Review
August 25, 2018 Comments Off on Focal • Sopra No.2 Loudspeakers $14,999 Review
“The No.3 delivers the scale and expansive soundstaging that the No.2 struggles with. It offers greater dimensionality and intimacy, but above all it allows a greater expressive range, particularly on the subtle textures and harmonics of acoustic material. It also goes louder and does so with greater discrimination and grace. In short, it allows the music to breathe significantly more easily — at the price of a bigger cabinet and more space. So far so good, but that extra performance comes at a price, not just in monetary terms but in terms of size, domestic impact and space requirements. It’s harder to set up too.”
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