That shows you have years of experience and know quality when you see and hear it. White van specials used to be the easiest way to get you kids a cheap system so if they ruined it, you didn't care.My vote is for some big white van speakers....
That shows you have years of experience and know quality when you see and hear it. White van specials used to be the easiest way to get you kids a cheap system so if they ruined it, you didn't care.My vote is for some big white van speakers....
Oh and...get off my lawn!Wow, old swing music must sound awesome! Nothing like a dummy load to give you crystal clear air in the highs. LOL
If you are running subs then why do the speakers need to be full range?I'm going to audition the Perlisten S7t and the Blade Two Meta side by side this week, which should be fun.
If I go the Blade Meta route, any advice on choosing between the One and Two for my medium room size? I will be running 2 - 4 subs with Anthem's ARC room correction. It seems like some people feel that the Blade One might be harder to integrate bass-wise, but having the woofers arranged symmetrically around the coaxial mid/tweeter seems attractive to me. Maybe @Kal Rubinson has thoughts?
Also, while my default assumption would be to go with KEF Reference 4 Meta center channel and the Ci5160REFM-THX for the surrounds, should I consider an active center and surrounds, such as Genelec, instead? I used to think it was important to stay with the same speaker brand for voice matching, but with sufficiently neutral speakers it seems like that might become less important.
Isn't "state of the art passive" an oxymoron?
I would be careful with mixing and matching passive and different active speakers. Active speakers use DSP which will always create some "delay". It is hard enough to get multi-channel speakers timed right without mixing passive and active.Also, while my default assumption would be to go with KEF Reference 4 Meta center channel and the Ci5160REFM-THX for the surrounds, should I consider an active center and surrounds, such as Genelec, instead? I used to think it was important to stay with the same speaker brand for voice matching, but with sufficiently neutral speakers it seems like that might become less important.
If you are running subs then why do the speakers need to be full range?
I would be careful with mixing and matching passive and different active speakers. Active speakers use DSP which will always create some "delay". It is hard enough to get multi-channel speakers timed right without mixing passive and active.
Not really, what speaker is more SOTA JBL M2 or Salon 2? Active is easier and cheaper but for ultimate performance a good passive like a Salon 2 or similar can hold it's own against any active speaker.Isn't "state of the art passive" an oxymoron?
Get the KEF Blade Meta. Everyone are impressed by these. KEF does SOTA work these days which gives them the edge over the competition.
I prefer the narrower dispersion of the S7T for imaging and less room reverb. However, 15k$ is a very good deal on Meta 2 Blades. I say it's a win-win. Which ones do you like aesthetically? Nothing wrong in this case with some subjective choice. S7T is geeky looking - like a Lego block.I'm teetering on the brink of pulling the trigger on used Blade Two Metas. At $15K it seems too easy not to give them a try.
I prefer the narrower dispersion of the S7T for imaging and less room reverb. However, 15k$ is a very good deal on Meta 2 Blades. I say it's a win-win. Which ones do you like aesthetically? Nothing wrong in this case with some subjective choice. S7T is geeky looking - like a Lego block.
The S7Ts were a bit visually imposing in my room because of the baffle width and the large number of drivers, and the Blades have a sculptural quality that I enjoy, so I prefer the Blades aesthetically. I think they are both attractive-looking speakers, and I really like the Perlistens in natural ebony.
Anyway, I just bought the Blades! I was crazy lucky to stumble upon a mint used pair, available for local pickup, in my preferred color combo of Frosted Blue/Bronze. I'm still curious to hear Magicos at some point, but am more excited to get the Blades set up and dialed in for now.
Will post my listening impressions once I have some. Yay!