10 Loudspeakers Trends That Should End
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twiiii
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Anyone who says contra bass notes are unmusical is sadly mistaken and has obviously never experienced live classical organ concerts or listened to contra clarinets, bass saxophones or the lowest notes of double bass violins, double bass tubas in either Bb or C. Never heard a Contra bass trombone or contra-bassoon. But I will agree if the presentation of the low bass is not accurate the bass will cover import frequencies from C2 upward. Just listening to the harmonics of the bass is not listening to the true sound.
You really haven't lived till you have heard tight bass with a strong accurate fundamental. That why I feel its so important that a system be voiced properly only after the speakers have been placed correctly and the listening position chosen prudently. If you have not set in front of a trap set, a line of tubas or with other contra instruments or percussion instruments you have no true appreciation of what the instruments sound and how important they are as they create the foundation for the rest of the music to build on. .
You really haven't lived till you have heard tight bass with a strong accurate fundamental. That why I feel its so important that a system be voiced properly only after the speakers have been placed correctly and the listening position chosen prudently. If you have not set in front of a trap set, a line of tubas or with other contra instruments or percussion instruments you have no true appreciation of what the instruments sound and how important they are as they create the foundation for the rest of the music to build on. .
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Posted for the less enlightened.
swechsler
Frog Whisperer
I do have one nitpick with this one, though. The author says:
So one way to identify a real ribbon tweeter is that it will always come with a transformer.
Natertots
Well-Known Member
Edit: I see @JoeESP9 already answered this. There is some additional discussion on the topic here:
Starts with the 10th post in this discussion: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/how-do-i-remove-the-connection-caps-on-b-w-speakers.524514/
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WaynerN
Addicted Member
Who made this guy and expert?
#1-who cares if the smaller speaker has dual sets of inputs. I rather like it when they do.
#3- In reference to a satin finish, its referring to a surface texture.
#5 - Hardly anyone makes an acoustic suspension now days anyway.
#6 - The white speaker he is referring to may actually have a mid/tweeter coax driver.
#7 - Unless they are using Styrofoam peanuts, I don't care as long as the speakers arrive safe and sound.
#8 - Many of my eBay purchases were sent via USPS with zero causalities. Improper packing is usually not the fault of the shipping company.
#9 - This is a good one. The spacing of banana jacks standard is 3/4" center to center. The pin spacing on Eurpoean power plug, which uses round pins is 3/4" .....see the problem and understand why EU made them put the plugs in. Take them out and it's the user's problem.
#1-who cares if the smaller speaker has dual sets of inputs. I rather like it when they do.
#3- In reference to a satin finish, its referring to a surface texture.
#5 - Hardly anyone makes an acoustic suspension now days anyway.
#6 - The white speaker he is referring to may actually have a mid/tweeter coax driver.
#7 - Unless they are using Styrofoam peanuts, I don't care as long as the speakers arrive safe and sound.
#8 - Many of my eBay purchases were sent via USPS with zero causalities. Improper packing is usually not the fault of the shipping company.
#9 - This is a good one. The spacing of banana jacks standard is 3/4" center to center. The pin spacing on Eurpoean power plug, which uses round pins is 3/4" .....see the problem and understand why EU made them put the plugs in. Take them out and it's the user's problem.
Pretty disappointing that he can't think of a purpose for port plugs and simply says more sub output is more better. If you are using the sub for 2-channel music rather than (or in addition to) theater use, music performance will be much tighter when both ports are sealed.
https://www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-reviews/hsu-vtf-2-mk5/measurements and analysis
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FWIW, the KEF LS50 Metas come shipped with those stupid plugs and the space of those terminals is no where near 3/4"
David_NC
Super Member
My understanding about the plastic tabs in dual banana jacks is not to keep people from plugging appliances into speakers (or amplifiers); it's to discourage the use of dual banana plugs on speaker wires entirely. The problem is that these dual plugs will also fit into European AC mains outlets. Note that speakers (and amplifiers) that have their banana jacks spaced farther typically do not have these filler tabs.
BMWCCA
Addicted Member
Not a problem here in the US where the Pomona Plug was created.
Just, as an anecdotal point of discussion. We just finished restoring a set of Wilson WATT/PUPPY 6 speakers. Retail in 2001 was $20,000. There's one set of binding posts.
My opinion, the average end user is more likely to muck something up with imbalanced power delivery from separate amplifiers using dual binding posts.
No more so than the average user using an equalizer.
No more so than the average user using an equalizer.
TRUTH!
BMWCCA
Addicted Member
Maybe a bad one with no unity-gain control or lights or meters. You'd have to be pretty ham-fisted in either case.No more so than the average user using an equalizer.
heavymod
Active Member
I have to assume this is basically marketing. It implies it is the type of high end speaker that one might bi-amp.
Poultrygeist
Lunatic Member
I agree as most owners aren't adventurous enough to bi-amp, scrapping the passive crossover for an external active unit. That would be the way to truly maximize use of dual binding posts.
