I have heard big and small Raidhos. I always found the sound to be horrendous, truly terrible, especially in the low frequencies.Raidho speakers measure quite poorly in most parameters except perhaps distortion but I've not listened to any.
I have heard big and small Raidhos. I always found the sound to be horrendous, truly terrible, especially in the low frequencies.Raidho speakers measure quite poorly in most parameters except perhaps distortion but I've not listened to any.
+1 on focal , they might be great for people with damaged hearing , but definitely not for someone who still has almost perfect hearing. I can listen to 20khz and its torture listening to sopras and utopiasFocal, Golden Ear. Bright, harsh misery speakers to my ears; at least what I’ve heard from those brands.
I have heard big and small Raidhos. I always found the sound to be horrendous, truly terrible, especially in the low frequencies.
I heard that model of speaker in Singapore at the Adelphi Mall. Anyone with a modicum of experience messing with audio gear would have known within 15 seconds that it was a broken-ass design.All Voxativ loudspeakers I have heard till now in Audio shows (by the way, not even me, but even the usual old audiophools at those shows who usually praise everything weird sounding stood up after few minutes and left the room as they sounded so weird), here some measurements of their 88000€(!) single driver top models which even got the highest ever points (!!!) in the German magazine AUDIO
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(Source: the PDF of above test used to be online on their website)
And here some Stereophile measurements of another models of theirs
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(Source: https://www.stereophile.com/content/voxativ-ampeggio-loudspeaker-measurements )
All Voxativ loudspeakers I have heard till now in Audio shows (by the way, not even me, but even the usual old audiophools at those shows who usually praise everything weird sounding stood up after few minutes and left the room as they sounded so weird), here some measurements of their 88000€(!) single driver top models which even got the highest ever points (!!!) in the German magazine AUDIO
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(Source: the PDF of above test used to be online on their website)
And here some Stereophile measurements of another models of theirs
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(Source: https://www.stereophile.com/content/voxativ-ampeggio-loudspeaker-measurements )
I found myself stopping to marvel at its brilliantly good pitch certainty. In terms of being able to simply nail a note,
Subjective audiophiles are a strange bunch but what to make of some reviewers and/or of the magazines?
Totem Forest Signature. Bought them without listening because there aren't any dealers near me, but they had a 30 day return policy. I also picked up a pair of Tannoy Dimension DC T8's to compare the two. Totem's have a sound signature, which to me wasn't being true to the source material. Were they terrible, no, but I'd argue if you spent 1/10th the money on the new Elac Reference DBR-62's, you'd be getting a better speaker.I'd be interested to know your experiences with loudspeakers which sound just bad, in any room and in whatever configuration. Those going for several k€ and that you had to sell back just after, or those you heard at an audiophile's place thinking "all those $$$ for that?".
All Voxativ loudspeakers I have heard till now in Audio shows (by the way, not even me, but even the usual old audiophools at those shows who usually praise everything weird sounding stood up after few minutes and left the room as they sounded so weird), here some measurements of their 88000€(!) single driver top models which even got the highest ever points (!!!) in the German magazine AUDIO
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(Source: the PDF of above test used to be online on their website)
And here some Stereophile measurements of another models of theirs
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(Source: https://www.stereophile.com/content/voxativ-ampeggio-loudspeaker-measurements )
I heard that model of speaker in Singapore at the Adelphi Mall. Anyone with a modicum of experience messing with audio gear would have known within 15 seconds that it was a broken-ass design.
Single-driver speakers, the speaker equivalent of a Reliant Robin... You don't need to hear/drive one to know it will fail.
Signature-line worthy material right there!Single-driver speakers, the speaker equivalent of a Reliant Robin... You don't need to hear/drive one to know it will fail.
The best super expensive demo at a show I've heard was a full MBL Xtreme system in Chicago a few years ago. The same show had a Salon2 surround rig only playing discretely recorded music that was very impressive.
I don't think B&Ws are used today in many American studios at all. Can't speak to English or Continental practice but the 800 series isn't something I see in studios anywhere around here which has a goodly studio scene. I think the studio use of B&W 800s is long ago and far away except perhaps for very specific people and circumstances. The form factor doesn't work fo most studios. Maybe for mastering? The Series 800s I was considering were big and exiting but quite bright both times I heard them.
I wouldn't say they're the worst expensive speakers I've heard though. There are a lot of contenders for that. I don't get Harbeth at all.