These are not budget by any means but I would love spinoramas (and THD % please!) of the following speakers:
Harbeth P3ESR, Buchdart S400, Triangle Borea 03, Klipsh RP500M.
Company is sending S400 in for review.These are not budget by any means but I would love spinoramas (and THD % please!) of the following speakers:
Harbeth P3ESR, Buchdart S400, Triangle Borea 03, Klipsh RP500M.
An emotive has arrived for review.This! - even though a bit out of the price range stated.
I am fascinated by the powered ribbon twitter speakers like the Adam t5 and the old Emotiva Airmotiv 4/5 that seem to have a strong following as computer desktop speakers for relatively low price.
An emotive has arrived for review.
I have two relatives that both have these small Bose cube surround sound setups, makes me shudder.One thing that might be interesting to measure would be a Bose Acoustimass cube. That is, if Amir is not worried about getting sued by Bose
I purchased the original Debut 6 in a whim a few years back when it was “crowned” king of the budget bookshelves. I found it to be a strangely voiced speaker, amazing amounts of bass for the size, smooth high end, but a kind of “sucked out” midrange which is the most important frequency range for detail in music. I tried to like it, but got no feeling whatsoever. Had to sell .
It is an Airmotive 6S. What kind of reputation does it have?Awesome. The old, discontinued active Airmotivs?
It is an Airmotive 6S. What kind of reputation does it have?
It's funny how my impressions of B6s are different from yours. If anything, it's the high end which is lacking a little, and low and midrange are great. What I like about these speakers is that no matter how much I turn the volume up, they sound pleasant and controlled.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/emotiva-audio-pro-airmotiv-4s-powered-loudspeaker-measurementsIt is an Airmotive 6S. What kind of reputation does it have?
The Airmotiv 5S were often recommended on AVS as an alternative to the LSR305 for consumer (not professional use). I demoed both together at home, and I had a personal preference for the LSR305. But the Airmotiv 5S were quite nice.
I wonder if this is similar to the Dynaudio sound. I came from a bunch of very mid-focused British speakers to Dyns, and found they were very smooth and even (other than the mid-bass hump), but sounded a bit lifeless in the mids. They're not, of course, it's just a change from what I was used to.
In the world of headphones I wonder if this is the equivalent of going from AT to Senn, and why some people talk about the Senn veil. Maybe it's not veiled, it's just not forward.
On the subject of Dyns, they're a little outside the budget here, but I look forward to any coming in to test.
As I posted in that thread, the 8010 is a few years older than the 8020D/8030C and too small to advertise Genelec's signature waveguide. And it may be me, but 3" is really small, even with a subwoofer (a full-range one might have trouble crossing that high and the 8010 would be the SPL bottleneck in the whole).In response to which Genelec to purchase (from Yamaha HS5 thread):
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Google.com's predictive search for "genelec" shows:
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Youtube's predictive search for "genelec" shows:
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Genelec 8010 seems to be the most popular (and most affordable at $350usd/each).
2nd most popular seems to be 8040B, but that's $1175usd/each.
My opinion:
I think it will be good to benchmark the cheapest model first. (Genelec 8010).
Once members loan the more expensive models for measurement, we can see how much better the more expensive models are, and whether the higher cost is worth the upgrade.
That is, if Amir is looking to purchase a unit now.
If he's planning on waiting for members to loan, then review any available model.