I have now the D3V get and measure it. hiss is not hearable far then 10 cm away . so this is great. in low bass the d3v can really keep up with a 5 inch speaker and have also more low bass as the JBL 104 4.5 inch
In the forum it should possible to see all screenshots image uploads of a user profile to compare easy with older speakers. because results depend on room you can judge which is the best speaker only with the speakers i test. I notice the D3V is very low on distortion compare to my other speakers. the DIP in bass on left speaker is a room mode which happen only on left. the bass is very good, deeper as 5 inch speakers and down to 48 hz same as 6,5 inch speakers. i think d3v speaker is the best . it can when hear loud and arc correct also low freq bass feeling. Only the focal alpha evo 65 can this do too without huge Port noise. but the focal miss clarity. without EQ sound very muddy. I do later record on all my speakers new testsongs. now i have only d3v record.
its the first speaker in my room that i think with default setting and no speaker correction EQ it sound great(when not do direkt compare), desktop with stative at ear height or desktop with desk large. It bring more clarity as others i have and no bass port noise or noise of passive speakers. maybe i am too distortion sensible, i see on speaker no clipping lights and kickdrum or bass sound not good when hear near the limits of d3v SPL and loud. time align of woofer to tweeter get better when tilt 15 degree with the stand and it enhance clarity even more
this arc 4 measure is do when they stand on desktop on the 15 degree stand they have. the stand have rubber so it do some decoupling. because the low bass they can do, the desk do nice low bass vibration for bass feeling when have arms on desk.
i have all switches to linear(all switches up) in the measures.
this is measure when they stand on a stative higher and tweeter is on ear height. in the 15 degree angle measure they stand on stative with the builtin 15 degree stative which is includet. see manual how easy you can use them with or without this. I tilt only 10 degree inside in all measures. less tilt in give larger stereo width noticible
distortion look really few, maybe this help for the better clarity and stereo location in the 100 upto 400 hz range in compare to my other speakers. the levels of this range are always higher but i think it sound good and not muddy on the D3V as the other speakers when do no EQ. the d3v is also the only speaker i have that i get much less strange feeling in ear when i rotate head left or right or move in front or back or sit a little higher or lower in bass range. maybe the 2 passive speakers help really or the less distortion help. because when can hear ITD of 20 µsec then distortion of woofer should be low enough to bring the time diffrence exact between left and right speaker on current time
I have 2 diffrent types of ribbon tweater and i think the ART sound best. the ribbon tweeters i have, have a little better transients but sound hard as calottes do too(in compare to headphones). the ART really sound smooth and transients are good as in headphones too. The directivity is also great in D3V. When i rotate the speakers not inside it have much less high freq reduce as my other speakers.
attached are the audio records. I hear good that the 15 degree tilt with better time align between woofer and tweeter sound better and more near to original . The other have some strange flanger effect and miss clarity. the kali LP6 audio(old record) i attach too. the tweeter is very delay and have even more flange effect miss clarity, also on snare drum. original of audio test is too attached. I do new audio tests pf ther later so i have them all with the beyerdynamic MM1 measure microphone
abx result. that 15 degree change the woofer to tweeter time so much i did not expect. A 15 degree tilt on kali should have more influence because tweeter and woofer are more far away .