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RndJeff

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I would argue that the distortion advantage is minimal at low volumes while the smaller woofer will tend to beam less and therefore have better dispersion. Here are samples from Amir's tests of models from the same line.

Distortion @ 80hz

KEF Q100 5.25 inch woofer
1.3% @ 95db

Q350 6.5 inch woofer
> 5% @95 db
4.3% @85db

Ascend Sierra Luna 4.5 inch woofer
> 5% @95 db
3.0% @85db

Ascend Sierra Luna Duo Center 2x 4.5 inch woofers (~ equivalent to 5.5 inch woofer)
> 5% @95 db
2.4% @85db

The KEF with the smaller woofer actually performs better than the 6.5 inch while the Ascend's show fairly modest differences between the single and double woofers at least with respect to the 85 db distortion spec's. The results are inconclusive, but it was fun researching the data.:cool:
Thank you for taking the time!
 

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Hi,

I'm contributing to this list by adding some Monitor Audio speakers like the Bronze 50, Bronze 100 or the Silver 50, Silver 100. Or maybe the floorstanders of the two ranges, I don't know what is feasible !

Those speakers have pretty good measured performance on other websites, so they would really be interesting to measure here with the NFS :

Bronze 100 : https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/i...rements-monitor-audio-bronze-100-loudspeakers

Silver 300 : https://www.stereophile.com/content/monitor-audio-silver-300-loudspeaker-measurements

I've always been curious to see a review of them on ASR.
 

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Focal Chora 806
 

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Does anyone still have one of these?

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Monitor Audio Silver 100...
 

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@amirm Any chance to get your hands on RCF Ayra Pro 5/6 sometime? Unfortunately seems no one has measured this series and would be interesting to see how they compete with other speakers in the budget category.
 
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@amirm Any chance to get your hands on RCF Ayra Pro 5/6 sometime? Unfortunately seems no one has measured this series and would be interesting to see how they compete with other speakers in the budget category.
Sure. You donate one third and I will pay the rest to buy and test it. :)
 

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KEF Muons. You didn’t say whose budget.
 

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a full range driver speaker would be intresting to see
Avantone MixCube Active

ok, the Avantone seams to be all over the place FR wise and falls after 10Khz, but this one could actualy be realy intresting:


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on-axis, 30 and 60



EDIT: here is a "cheap" used one in mint condition https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/802393245-USE/fostex_6301ne_4_active.html
 
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I got gaming lights in my PC case.
Truth to be told, mine also has it since it is a gaming motherboard. I even have a clear side to see through it!!! :D
 
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