Do you prefer the sound of the Fives over the LSX?
You need to listen to both, they sound different. The LSX will need a sub, the Klipsch may not.
Do you prefer the sound of the Fives over the LSX?
For nearfield on a desk I prefer the LSX though I know many who prefer the larger system due to deeper bass.Which do you think sound better? I found the LSX to sound better in some instances, which was surprising ( albeit in a 12m sq room )
I must also add that the grilles on the 8030's have saved their drivers from my, then, 5 year old many times since their purchase.
this looks like a mess with diffractions due to the thick frames.I have seen a few photos in “google image search” of KEF LS50 customers making and applying their own DIY grilles. . .
They look absolutely horrid. . .
I forgot the search term I used, so I found them artificially this time but. . .
Prepare yourself. . .
this looks like a mess with diffractions due to the thick frames.
better to buy some acoustically transparent cloth and wrap the front face. won't provide any physical protection but may prevent kids from poking the tweeter.
Yes in room, but very near field, mic is 70cm from speakersIn room? Looks reasonable to me!
Thank you Amir for this review. I am using the lsxs on a desktop set up for very near-field listening (about 0.7m), with a kc62 crossed over at 100 Hz.
I have had these speakers just for a few weeks now but I am struggling to measure them properly. I am getting quite variable and unpredictable (at least, by me) frequency response above 7-8k. Some sweeps look ok, some come up with a dip, some come up with a bump. There could be small differences in the position of the mic, and there is me holding the mic just behind it. Could this be due to random reflections/comb-filtering due to me being there and the big computer screen, 50cm in front of me, in between the speakers?
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Thank you Amir for this review. I am using the lsxs on a desktop set up for very near-field listening (about 0.7m), with a kc62 crossed over at 100 Hz.
I have had these speakers just for a few weeks now but I am struggling to measure them properly. I am getting quite variable and unpredictable (at least, by me) frequency response above 7-8k. Some sweeps look ok, some come up with a dip, some come up with a bump. There could be small differences in the position of the mic, and there is me holding the mic just behind it. Could this be due to random reflections/comb-filtering due to me being there and the big computer screen, 50cm in front of me, in between the speakers?
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its probably me being there, I should have stepped away from the mic. Side walls are very far awaySome of that curve looks to me to be reflection artifact- a repeating pattern is usually a telltale sign of reflection artifact.
There's a reason that measurements of speakers attempt to emulate an anechoic response - if the speaker has a good anechoic response, it's a good starting point for using it to reproduce sound. Yes, it will interact with the environment, but that's inevitable. If the speaker starts out with an even amplitude response to begin with, the chances are good that it will sound good in use. Our brain-based hearing mechanism can hear "room sound" and can compensate for this while listening, to some degree. This seems to be true unless there are really strong room effects. The room situation is always going to place it's imprint upon the sound, the only way around that is to use headphones. Room treatments can deal with some problems to some degree, and electronic room correction can as well- to a degree- especially in terms of amplitude response. But time domain problems - ringing, delays from bad reflections, etc- these are hard or impossible to correct.
Interesting how even simple towels have a notable effect- might play around with them sometimeI did some testing. The variability of measurements around 10k Hz was simply due to being too much off-axis and was fixed by pointing the speakers straight to my ears. Fair enough, we are talking 8 to 10k Hz.
Most of the oscillations throughout the mid-band became much smaller after I threw a towel on my desk, so these are likely desk reflections.
After changing the orientation of the speakers, measurements were consistent and it was easy enough to eq via REW. Very happy with the result, see below the measured response (blue = before EQ, green = target, red = after EQ). Distortion is also quite good, the KC62 does very well for its size.
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KinkyInteresting how even simple towels have a notable effect- might play around with them sometime
-_-Kinky