yes. You will see all specs on the ikea websiteWhen I go past Ikea speakers in the store, the sound is always ruined by the too dominant bass. But this is different?
Is this mono? Can two speakers be paired to stereo?
yes. You will see all specs on the ikea websiteWhen I go past Ikea speakers in the store, the sound is always ruined by the too dominant bass. But this is different?
Is this mono? Can two speakers be paired to stereo?
@amirm any chance you could try the TruePlay? Sorry to be so late in asking.Sonos' TruePlay room correction will also work with these...
Ditto for the Tivoli PAL (FM, not SW). <https://tivoliaudio.co.uk/collections/portables> Ours is the original one without BT. It does have a handy aux-in though.I have a Sangean ATS-803A PLL radio like that. It's insanely good for a shortwave radio. Fills a room.
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So,it's better than the Maggie LRS (??)
In a kitchen you'll quickly be really thankful those cloth covers are interchangeable and replaceable.sounds like a cool kitchen speaker, tucked under a cabinet, above the counter.
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How can you connect two speakers if there is no line input?Q: Can two speakers be paired to stereo?
yes. You will see all specs on the ikea website
There's a 5GHz radio in each speaker exclusively used to link to the other speaker, creating a stereo pair.How can you connect two speakers if there is no line input?
Yeah! As objectivists, we're not surprised, right?I am sure my experience is not unique: Many [High End Audio] systems sounds poorer objectively and subjectively than some car radios.
See that's where you and I are different. A speaker in the bathroom. But that's fine, I get it.
I don't even like any outdoor speakers unless it's a concert. Speakers at a BBQ, the beach or those wretched Bluetooth boom boxes people take to pristine rock pools near us and blast the rainforest.
But I guess you can sing along in the shower.
Does this speaker signal a change in reviewing direction @amirm ?
The tests results speak for themselves- it's an absolute unmitigated disaster of a HiFi speaker, but you like it subjectively enough to give it a strong reccommendation because it's a Sonos wall mounted 'lifestyle' speaker? I don't get it.
I have to disagree.Well, there's the key - personal preference and use case are individual and vary. Glad you're cool with that - but it also impacts how we look at the objective data. If these were conventional stand-mounted passive speakers priced at $500/pair, then of course Amir would not have recommended them and your assessment that they're hot garbage would be on target. But that's not what these are.
I think he would. Outside of JBL's 3 series studio monitors there are no conventional $500 standmount speakers with such wide and controlled dispersion, right?If these were conventional stand-mounted passive speakers priced at $500/pair, then of course Amir would not have recommended them and your assessment that they're hot garbage would be on target.
Not that we can ever really judge a driver by its looks, but this is doubly true when there's some competent DSP action going on under the hood. My gateway to this hobby was reviews like this one from NoAudiophile, where he transforms a pair of garbage-level $60 fartboxes into respectable performers by taking calibrated measurements and employing DSP corrections. Those cheap puny 3" Micca drivers actually put out some nice sound all the way down to 40hz after DSP correction.Looking at the drivers and enclosure, I'm very skeptical but trust the review/measurements.
Here are our in-room measurements in near-field as far as distortion:
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