Danny Richie, GR Research, doesn't recommend a speaker he can't sell an "upgrade" kit for

[MrOtto]

Danny Richie from GR Research doesn't recommend a speaker (KEF LS50 Meta) which he can't sell an "upgrade" kit, which costs "half the price" of the speaker. I know, "shocking".

 

[cochlea]

Is GR Research like “The Onion” of audio?

 

[abdo123]

Don’t want to click on the video, why can’t he make a kit for it?

 

[MrOtto]

Because it's hard to put back together.

 

[Jmudrick]

Same with JBL 530.

 

[thewas]

Aha, now we know better, the caps on the woofer and binding posts part take away some clarity and the meta absorber doesn't absorb but diffuses.

 

[Ageve]

Because it's hard to put back together.

 

[tomtoo]

Didnt see the video, but i can imagine that its hard to make it better with a passive xover mod. . Look at the measuerements, no big foults. Direcivity is great, linearity is good. Messing with this passive xover is bringing owls to athen.

 

[jaydillyo]

To be fair, he said its good for the price point and he doesn't recommend UPGRADING it.

No need to misrepresent.

 

[Ageve]

Aha, now we know better, the caps on the woofer and binding posts part take away some clarity and the meta absorber doesn't absorb but diffuses.

His insight is invaluable. KEF should know better than to put cheese inside a loudspeaker, and tube connectors are essential.

(sarcasm)

 

[Shazb0t]

He's a charlatan. Don't support his channel.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Does he have an aluminum kit for the Neumann KH150?

 

[HooStat]

The best upgrade for the LS50 is a subwoofer.

 

[Pearljam5000]

The best upgrade for the LS50 is a subwoofer.

Or the LS60

 

[Vacceo]

Or you can go to the active version and bypass all the crossover issues at once.

 

[Chrispy]

I know he produces some actually useful audio products (speaker kits/drivers), but seems in his quest to remain relevant or expand sales he has adopted some goofy ideas. I wouldn't give him the time of day personally.

 

[mSpot]

To be fair, he said its good for the price point and he doesn't recommend UPGRADING it.

No need to misrepresent.

Agreed. The OP misrepresented what Richie said. Most of his comments about the speaker were very positive.

There were some upgrades he suggested but he thought the effort wouldn't be worth it because of how the speaker is put together.

 

[amirm]

Interesting to compare his measurement:

To mine:

 

[MZKM]

Interesting to compare his measurement:

Not as different when using a similar scale:

His obviously doesn‘t capture the resonances as well. Also doesn’t properly capture the upper bass.

He no doubt usesl a more zoomed in view in order to emphasis any changes his mods make.

 

[formula 977]

If you eq'd your FR vs Richie's FR graph which do you think would end up being more accurate (sound better?). That is, your multiple frquency high Q attempt or the low Q, couple of frequency attempt to just basically smooth the trend line?