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The Affordable Accuracy Mini Monitor (Pioneer Mod) is officially dead. Long live the Affordable Accuracy Plus Monitor. Details here, more measurements coming: philharmonicaudio.com
The Affordable Accuracy Mini Monitor (Pioneer Mod) is officially dead. Long live the Affordable Accuracy Plus Monitor. Details here, more measurements coming: philharmonicaudio.com
I’d rather have the Plus anyway. The Pioneer modded version was very good but the Plus is better across the board. Hope Amir gets one in to measure. I’m certain it will be the value leader.
Dang it. I told my wife I was done buying speakers.![]()
I suspect someone will do that for me.
Are you taking orders now? I sent an email to [email protected] a couple of days ago. My wife gave me permission (I know--but happy wife, happy life--our 48th anniversary is in June) to buy a pair for my 70th birthday. I can't wait! Thanks!I suspect someone will do that for me.
They're very much for sale. I think I replied to all of my emails. Could you please send it again? Thanks. And just to make sure there's no confusion, this is a kit, albeit a very simple one. I don't think Ikea sells anything this easy to assemble.Are you taking orders now? I sent an email to [email protected] a couple of days ago. My wife gave me permission (I know--but happy wife, happy life--our 48th anniversary is in June) to buy a pair for my 70th birthday. I can't wait! Thanks!
It is great (I can’t fathom the profit margin on these, maybe enough that Dennis can buy himself a Big Mac), but that 83.5dB sensitivity is unfortunate. The tweeter is 90dB sensitive, so it’s the woofer that’s the issue; the driver is 86dB, so 83.5dB is realistic for BSC, and it‘s rated at 50W RMS & 100W max.I’d rather have the Plus anyway. The Pioneer modded version was very good but the Plus is better across the board. Hope Amir gets one in to measure. I’m certain it will be the value leader.
Unfortunate, but perfectly compliant with the laws of nature. The woofes really do make it down into the 30's (albeit with some port noise at the very low end), so that means high mass and low sensitivity. But are watts really that expensive? Any decent and fairly inexpensive receiver can make music out of these things.It is great (I can’t fathom the profit margin on these, maybe enough that Dennis can buy himself a Big Mac), but that 83.5dB sensitivity is unfortunate. The tweeter is 90dB sensitive, so it’s the woofer that’s the issue; the driver is 86dB, so 83.5dB is realistic for BSC, and it‘s rated at 50W RMS & 100W max.
For modern music, I don’t foresee an issue, but for home theater purposes I would be hesitant.
Would the new AA+ be a good candidate for HT as 3 across for the LCR?
It depends on the AVR, but if it can put out 100 real watts per channel at low distortion in the bass, you should be fine unless you're going for reference levels, in which case you would want a whole different kind of speaker.Thanks. I don’t have external amplification, so sensitivity might be an issue with just my AVR.
Would use of a subwoofer for HT also boost output?It depends on the AVR, but if it can put out 100 real watts per channel at low distortion in the bass, you should be fine unless you're going for reference levels, in which case you would want a whole different kind of speaker.
It will increase power handling and reduce the load on the amplifier in the bass range, but it won't affect sensitivity per se. But with a sub and any decent receiver, you should be able to damage your hearing.Would use of a subwoofer for HT also boost output?
My receiver (Onkyo) is rated at 120 wpc stereo at 6ohms. I plugged in the values for these speakers in stereo and my listening area into this calculator: Peak SPL Calculator (homestead.com) and the result was a max of 97.7 db at the listening position. I rarely listen as high as 80 db, so I should have plenty of power and headroom. I'm really looking forward to hearing the AA+'s.It will increase power handling and reduce the load on the amplifier in the bass range, but it won't affect sensitivity per se. But with a sub and any decent receiver, you should be able to damage your hearing.
They're very much for sale. I think I replied to all of my emails. Could you please send it again? Thanks. And just to make sure there's no confusion, this is a kit, albeit a very simple one. I don't think Ikea sells anything this easy to assemble.
I've developed separate mods for the towers and the center channel, all using the same tweeter. Of the three AJ Pioneer designs, the towers are the most problematic. I've lost track of how many of those I've modded and sold, but the stock versions consistently measured worse than the center or monitor and sounded the murkiest. Although I have documented the mod for the 52 in fairly great detail, it's a bear to implement. I don't really recommend that anyone take it on unless they're really really bored and have an electronics background.