Arendal 1528 high end speakers

[Vacceo]

30 years? I'd give Jay a little more credit than that. He's listened to, and presumably measured, a LOT of speakers in his time on YT and while working for the store in Canada. Just cause he hasn't posted the measurements or doesn't waste his time telling us what "sucks" doesn't mean he's not credible. If you don't like his channel, keep waiting for Amir or Erin to get around to measuring them. But keep in mind that this is a hobby for Erin and Amir. Jay and the other content providers are using this as a source of income and spend a lot of time on visuals and editing with at times, a full staff. So manufacturers see a lot of value in getting them items over the "hobbyists". Like it or not, that's just the way it is. Just look at the subscriber counts and it's pretty easy to see who's getting "new" first.

Purely subjective reviewers like Darko, Robinson, Gutemberg and so on can create the most wondeful videos, but their information is entertaining at most, and an infomercial at worst.

The value of their words is as good as yours or mine.

 

[PJ 1]

Purely subjective reviewers like Darko, Robinson, Gutemberg and so on can create the most wondeful videos, but their information is entertaining at most, and an infomercial at worst.

The value of their words is as good as yours or mine.

But you watch and that's my point.

 

[PJ 1]

It's really his audiophile nonsense and snake oil he pushes that discredits him. If you don't see it now, you never will.

See what? His opinions? Obviously that's why I watch his channel. And to maybe see something/learn something. YT has a FFWD button for a reason.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Sound demo
Obviously nothing scientific but still nice

 

[MarcT]

Sound demo
Obviously nothing scientific but still nice

I listened to that last night on my audio system(should have used ear buds but was too lazy to get off the sofa and get them). I thought all his demo tracks sounded sort of "clinical" and not that much or that deep bass. Perhaps that's what accurate speakers sound like!?

 

[Vacceo]

But you watch and that's my point.

I don´t. Once is more than enough and that was years ago.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Can I have 2?
Thanks

 

[p.trianon]

Sound demo
Obviously nothing scientific but still nice

I don't understand why people post these on FB and YT. Its more of a reflection of the room and the recording equipment than a reflection of the speakers performance. What's the point of this?

 

[Pearljam5000]

I don't understand why people post these on FB and YT. Its more of a reflection of the room and the recording equipment than a reflection of the speakers performance. What's the point of this?

You get a sense of the sound
Not the sound itself

 

[Penelinfi]

Comparisons can be somewhat useful as you may have heard one of the speakers before or know their "house sound"

It can also help you with decision paralysis if the sound demo helps you pull the trigger on something you want ;-)

 

[MarcT]

You get a sense of the sound
Not the sound itself

It's hard to tell much about bass because of the room modes, but for higher frequency sounds, you can get some idea of how transient attacks are produced.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

It's hard to tell much about bass because of the room modes, but for higher frequency sounds, you can get some idea of how transient attacks are produced.

Hmm. I’d argue that recording speakers in a room doesn’t provide a reliable basis for evaluating audio characteristics, especially high-frequency transients. Room reflections will inevitably color the sound, altering its clarity and precision before it even reaches your ears through your listening setup. Plus, any recording you upload undergoes loudness normalization and compression when Google converts it to variable bit rate Opus.

 

[Penelinfi]

Hmm. I’d argue that recording speakers in a room doesn’t provide a reliable basis for evaluating audio characteristics, especially high-frequency transients. Room reflections will inevitably color the sound, altering its clarity and precision before it even reaches your ears through your listening setup. Plus, any recording you upload undergoes loudness normalization and compression when Google converts it to variable bit rate Opus.

Does it really though? Why do they have stable volume toggle? And there's many videos with very quiet audio

 

[MarcT]

Hmm. I’d argue that recording speakers in a room doesn’t provide a reliable basis for evaluating audio characteristics, especially high-frequency transients. Room reflections will inevitably color the sound, altering its clarity and precision before it even reaches your ears through your listening setup. Plus, any recording you upload undergoes loudness normalization and compression when Google converts it to variable bit rate Opus.

Yes, I think that would most commonly be the case. But in the example of this video, the first thing I noticed and was surprised at, was an absence of any sign of room reflections in the mids and highs. Did you by any chance listen to the video? I believe it was a well-treated room. Usually, I hear all kinds of echo in these YouTube equipment demo recordings. Only because of that did I feel that the video allowed some window into the general sound of the speakers in the highs and mids.

 

[p.trianon]

You get a sense of the sound
Not the sound itself

Yes, I think that would most commonly be the case. But in the example of this video, the first thing I noticed and was surprised at, was an absence of any sign of room reflections in the mids and highs. Did you by any chance listen to the video? I believe it was a well-treated room. Usually, I hear all kinds of echo in these YouTube equipment demo recordings. Only because of that did I feel that the video allowed some window into the general sound of the speakers in the highs and mids.

Assuming it was perfectly recorded which it is not (its in a room, uploaded to YT...etc) - you are judging an audio system by playing it through a different audio system. Makes no sense.

 

[Vacceo]

These days I was wondering, once we have the data in hand, It Will be interesting to consider how these Arendal speakers compare to KEF and particularly, Perlisten.

I mention those two manufacturers as they all share an incredibly well-controlled directivity and a range of speakers that covers all the needs for really good multichannel setups.

Where Arendal and Perlisten shine above KEF is in the subwoofer department, but I guess KEF could reinforce their offerings.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Doodski]

Those are some very nice looking speakers. The stand design is as good as I have seen anywhere. I'm not surprised they include bi-amping terminations. I wish speaker manufacturers would include active crossover and amping terminals as that would be worthy of the extra wire and effort.

 

[Shimrra Jamaane]

I’m really rooting for these to be great because I think they’re gorgeous and I like Arendal in general. Obviously it’ll come down to when they’re released in the wild and we can get a lot more experiences.

 

[Vacceo]

Those are some very nice looking speakers. The stand design is as good as I have seen anywhere. I'm not surprised they include bi-amping terminations. I wish speaker manufacturers would include active crossover and amping terminals as that would be worthy of the extra wire and effort.

In a Q&A session, Arendal engineers said that they're exploring active speakers.

Slowly but steadily, more manufacturers are getting into it and I think that is great news.

Mister Sigberg can argue that he started before in Norway, though.