TheHighContemplator
Active Member
Wow. Hopefully, they create a sub $10k option for production.They are breathtaking. My educated guess is $100k+. Custom, one off, lots of R&D, Built in DSP.
Thanks for responding.
Wow. Hopefully, they create a sub $10k option for production.They are breathtaking. My educated guess is $100k+. Custom, one off, lots of R&D, Built in DSP.
Missed this post before.But you claimed that a well designed speaker didn't sound good, it often sounded bright and harsh.
As a speaker designer, the desirable outcome for any speaker I design, is that it sounds good. If it measures well and also sounds good, great! If it measures well but doesn't sound good, then the outcome is not achieved. From my perspective it is then not a well designed speaker.
I spent over 3 hours listening to the various speakers. All are excellent just different for different use cases. Their R&D and engineering are excellent and the speakers all look very good.Wow. Hopefully, they create a sub $10k option for production.
Thanks for responding.
Until then we have the C6C, S6C and F6C. Whenever the smaller D&D model comes out, that will be an interesting competition.I spent over 3 hours listening to the various speakers. All are excellent just different for different use cases. Their R&D and engineering are excellent and the speakers all look very good.
The speaker you're referring to is a one off over 12 months in production and tweaking. Full dsp. No cost spared.
If you're looking for a all in fully active cardioid speaker that plays 105db+ spl and flat 20 to 20khz, I wouldn't hold my breath. Just the parts are close to or more than that. Even without the Purifi drivers. I'm guessing you might get close with a passive tower but they haven't released the design and cost yet.
If anyone is interested, Erin's write up and extra graphs are up.Also at this level the score can change quite a bit with small improvements or variations in the measurements.
Once Erin's measurements are uploaded, I bet the score will exceed the F6Cs. They look brtter than the measurements that ascilabs uploaded.
Probably it’s simply that good measuring floor standers sound more open and clear.I'm lucky enough to own a pair of salon2's and whenever I put a (good measuring) speaker next to it, the salon sounds so much more open. I'm not sure if this is the result of the very wide (almost constant up to 8khz) directivity. I do have a very reflective room.
Can someone upload sound samples on youtube for the F6B and the C6B speakers with a good mic?
I know you can not hear the real sound on a YT recording.
But i want to hear if there is a difference noticable between the 2 speakers with some good headphones.
I have both here, tonally they sound very similar as you would expect, unfortunately due to Eversolo amp failure ( brand new amp, one channel dead) I wasn’t able to switch quickly between, I have another Boxem delivery this week which are simply superb amps and utterly reliable so I will try again.Can someone upload sound samples on youtube for the F6B and the C6B speakers with a good mic?
I know you can not hear the real sound on a YT recording.
But i want to hear if there is a difference noticable between the 2 speakers with some good headphones.
Missed this post before.
Speakers are a tool for music. You design the tool, and then whoever is using it prepares it for use in a particular circumstance (through measurement and EQ).
Andrew Jones has said, if you design a speaker assuming it will sit nearly flush against the front wall next to a television, and the listener will hear the direct sound sound off-axis, then invariably you will have listeners who toe in the speakers so they face the on-axis. CD speakers, to some extent, don't have this problem and so his latest efforts have CD characteristics.
Designing speakers with too narrow of a use case, or imagining listeners to have the same taste in sound as you do, limits what and who the speaker will fit.
The best guides we have about the characteristics possessed by the most flexible kind of speaker produce, for some like me, a slightly bright signature. In all other aspects such speakers are as perfect as current skill, technology and effort allow. I don't see a contradiction here. Speakers can't anticipate the kind of room they will be in. The density or strength of reflections will impact the average tonal balance just as much as the speaker itself does. Outside of treatment, EQ is the best answer at the moment. And remember we are talking about very minor EQ. The complicated work of the speaker designer in integrating drivers and shaping directivity is not in question here.
We see the similar, but more severe problems in headphones. The best research suggests that the Harman curve is the best starting point. However, every individual's HRTF is produces fairly significant differences above 1kHz and leakage is not predictable, impacting bass. I bought the classic HD800S, which is free of resonance other than in the HF and therefore will respond well to EQ. Once I learned to measure and EQ speakers to taste, I simply could not listen to headphones. They sounded wrong, and I could not fix them satisfactorily by ear or when following, for example, Oratory's measurements. Not until I bought in-ear microphones and created individual LR curves for my ears. I would just note that many other people like the stock sound of the HD800s with their HRTFs. I don't think this is an issue of varying preference. It is more a question of uncontrollable circumstantial factors, HRTFs, and whether or not the result when combined with the headphone in question is subjectively objectionable or not.
Speaker designers have an easier time in that sense, since you don't have to wonder about individual humans so much as individual rooms.
This is just a step, AsciLab is already thinking about a 3-way speaker, so the question remains...The upcoming combination of S6C (all Purifi driver active cardioid design) and BX10C (Purifi driver cardioid bass extension module). Targeted for Q4 this year.
Yes, with beryllium drivers...This is just a step, AsciLab is already thinking about a 3-way speaker, so the question remains...![]()
You guys react quickly and take the right decisions!Audiophonics will be our designated dealer for the EU region.For detailed information regarding sales in Europe, please contact Audiophonics directly.
I couldn't even hope for better!! I will be able to wait in peace for the c6cAudiophonics will be our designated dealer for the EU region.For detailed information regarding sales in Europe, please contact Audiophonics directly.
Well, then you question will have no answer until AsciLab decides to cease development on any future products.This is just a step, AsciLab is already thinking about a 3-way speaker, so the question remains...![]()