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    End Game Speakers - The Quest Continues

    A couple of additional thoughts: KEF R3s with a single big KEF sub were not as close to the really good stuff as I thought they might be. Not bad, just not impressive. Same caveat as above: unfamiliar source material. I also heard Stein Bobbys and they were surprisingly good, even though the...
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    End Game Speakers - The Quest Continues

    I was just at the Montreal Audiofest. I was listening (not "auditioning"- I was not trying out for a part) to several speakers and headphones, unfortunately with mostly unfamiliar source material. A few quick observations: MKR is right about Diptyques; the DP140s are very good and do some...
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    What headphone(s) do you own ?

    JVC HA-S500 - very good EQed but lots of clamping pressure on the head. That's why the bass is good, I suppose. Zero2 - no opinion yet, recent purchase Stax something or other - lost in a closet somewhere Audio Technica Electret headphones - lost in the same closet
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    Fosi Audio SK02 DAC & HP Amp Review

    What would be the effect of the 4 ohm output impedance on HE400SE headphones (25 ohm impedance, very low but also entirely flat)?
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    A Call For Humor!

    Odd, that bacon doesn't look rendered.
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    Sigberg Audio Saranna (fullrange, cardioid active floorstander) development thread

    Just a thought: Might there be a benefit in using a resistive L-pad rather than a single resistor? Having a resistor in parallel with the compression driver might make compensation for its impedance peaks easier and beneficial even with an active crossover (I do not know the circuit you are...
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    Speakers from last century that you love

    Infinity Monitor Jrs. Quite impressive for 1977.
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    Complex impedance load amp FR influence - WiiM Amp review by Erin

    Playing with EQ, I can easily hear a 1 dB broad Q change. However, that is different from having a preference. For a 1 dB change in the midrange I did not have a consistent preference across varying program material. (Note: not blind.)
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    JBL Stage A130 Review (speaker)

    Absolute polarity can be slightly audible but not night and day. Take a look at this thread: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/absolute-polarity-myth-or-important.29391/ One issue is that many recordings have it wrong as well. (If I misunderstood and you only changed...
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    Sigberg Audio Manta Cardioid active speakers: Full measurements (Spinorama)

    I've never understood paying anything beyond cursory attention to on-axis response. It is on a single line and covers zero area.
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    End Game Speakers - The Quest Continues

    For what it's worth, here's my list of speakers I am curious about at that level: Eminent Technology LFT-8c with subs (I've heard a custom larger version could be done) Sigberg Manta AudioKinesis Bohemian 215 with subs AudioKinesis Gina with "SuperStand" - don't blame me, I did not name it.
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    Budget Directiva Project

    Rick, sorry for cluttering your thread with drivers. Eagerly awaiting whatever you come up with.
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    Budget Directiva Project

    Thank you. I did not see the WOM on Solen' s site. I'll look again.
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    Budget Directiva Project

    I saw some not-too-great third party measurements on that one on Diyaudio. It might clear up enough using 10 degrees at the design axis, or not. https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/kartesian-cox165_vpa-reviews.374689/ An interesting alternative (to me at least) is replacing the DXT...
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    New ASR logo proposal

    I had exactly the same reactions to the design elements, point by point, that you did, which I find interesting. I did not think there would be that much convergence in reactions to this sort of thing. To the OP, good work and thank you!
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