Focal had this setup at 2019 AXPONA. I spent a fair amount of time listening. It was nice, but I wasn't blown away.
Yeah but this is Focal, and they put all their technology and knowledge into one speaker, it has to be something special.
I agree with you in most cases these Uber expensive speakers are garbage, like Beolab 90
Money does not equate good sound... I’ve listened to uber expensive systems in private dedicated rooms in the NYC area when I was more actively engaged as an audiophile and was never wowed... I always felt these systems sounded colored, hyped or masked some musical information... They were loud for sure and impressive visually, but never sounded quite neutral the way I was looking for myself.
Here’s an example from YouTube (binaural recording):
All that money...
That is a very good looking setup which I'm sure gives great enjoyment to the owner (at least I hope so), however one deal killer here is the room, which even though good dispersion is provided, is still essentially an echo chamber. That would be totally unacceptable to me, no matter how many zillions of dollars everything cost. Perhaps the owner overlooks this or likes it, but to me, why muck up the sound of the speaker by such a live room? In a room such as this, almost any speaker would sound acceptable.Money does not equate good sound... I’ve listened to uber expensive systems in private dedicated rooms in the NYC area when I was more actively engaged as an audiophile and was never wowed... I always felt these systems sounded colored, hyped or masked some musical information... They were loud for sure and impressive visually, but never sounded quite neutral the way I was looking for myself.
Here’s an example from YouTube (binaural recording):
All that money...
I have an Eumig super-8 movie camera and projector dating from the late 1960ies. I got them from my grandmother for my 15th birthday, I fear they no longer work, I last used them aged 20 when I made a movie of archeological digs I was participating in.I have a Paillard-Bolex 8mm rig that belonged to my dad. I don't think it's been used for at least 40 years.
For a couple of donuts .Here’s an example from YouTube (binaural recording):
All that money...
Time-keeping wise, yes. However, you or your heirs might be able to recoup the million dollars sunk in the Patek. Sometimes one can even hope to make a tidy profit. Not so with a Casio. I've never heard of anyone recouping their "investment" in high-end speakers.
Can you describe the sound?Focal had this setup at 2019 AXPONA. I spent a fair amount of time listening. It was nice, but I wasn't blown away.View attachment 89700
What's wrong with the Beolab 90 in your opinion?
Yeah but this is Focal, and they put all their technology and knowledge into one speaker, it has to be something special.
I agree with you in most cases these Uber expensive speakers are garbage, like Beolab 90
By the way, in building my own dedicated listening room (which is about 6000 cubic feet), I first designed it to make it as good of an 'echo chamber' as possible - meaning that the decay of sound was completely clean with no slap echoes and well behaved frequency response in the low / high ends. Then I added room treatments to bring down the decay time to what I wanted with no overt reverberation - just enough ambience to keep the room from sounding 'dead'. That's what the room in the video needs.That is a very good looking setup which I'm sure gives great enjoyment to the owner (at least I hope so), however one deal killer here is the room, which even though good dispersion is provided, is still essentially an echo chamber. That would be totally unacceptable to me, no matter how many zillions of dollars everything cost. Perhaps the owner overlooks this or likes it, but to me, why muck up the sound of the speaker by such a live room? In a room such as this, almost any speaker would sound acceptable.
I had a huge collection of Leica, rangefinder Nikon and Canon cameras and lense which I sold a couple of years ago. They were my pension!I have a Paillard-Bolex 8mm rig that belonged to my dad. I don't think it's been used for at least 40 years. Another cool camera I have is a Kodak Model B. George Mallory had one on Mt Everest when he perished.
I do have an old Pentax SP500 with a story I won't go into here.
Aries Cerat are pure bollox on every level IMEMoney does not equate good sound... I’ve listened to uber expensive systems in private dedicated rooms in the NYC area when I was more actively engaged as an audiophile and was never wowed... I always felt these systems sounded colored, hyped or masked some musical information... They were loud, for sure, and impressive visually, but never sounded quite neutral the way I was looking for myself.
Here’s an example from YouTube (binaural recording):
All that money...
B&O is not on the same level as Focal, also there's no way they're worth that much.
I've seen them compared to speakers costing $10K
Overall Im not a fan of weird designs with a billion drivers.
Can you describe the sound?