very helpful to the Op's question ..
Sometimes you get answers to questions you didn’t ask. And you posted the link to the review… as for an amp: He already has an amp, it should do just fine.very helpful to the Op's question ..
"Some" models? No speaker in the actual B&W line measures good. None. What's not scientific about it?And if you 'tend' to dislike a brand because some models don't measure good, well, .. that's not very scientific
As I recall, you threw down that gauntlet.very helpful to the Op's question ..
My sincere apologiesAs I recall, you threw down that gauntlet.
If you read the review link, these are almost like the N804s but at a fraction of the price.800: More listenable, yet absolutely unremarkable for the price
My suggestion is that someone besides me will get far more joy out of them. So they can have them.So let's take a baseball bat & smash them? Is that your suggestion?
What the... ?Still have them
So let's take a baseball bat & smash them? Is that your suggestion?
You will benefit reading this website more and learning about how ASR actually evaluates loudspeakers. Brand loyalty and subjective impressions will not get you very far - objective data is king.And I have the N804s. I didn't know nor cared how the measured when I auditioned them 20 years ago - I listened to them in a studio. Still have them
So let's take a baseball bat & smash them? Is that your suggestion?
I'm no expert on speaker measurements ... but those don't look bad (ignore the subjective review) ... 'a bit polite' ... I could live with that for a while. FR is not good... but the commentary from JA discusses that. I may have missed the point though.
If oldskool is a important, this may just be the thing:
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Should just about fit the budget, and gives room correction and streaming options.
Or you just skip the subjective nonsense and go directly to the measurements sectionYou should learn how to correctly interpret reviews from Stereophile. The devil is in the details.
That’s a lot of work vs just looking at some graphsEven in the subjective section of the Stereophile review, it is possible to extract the truth by this simple rule of thumb: multiply by 10 all negative remarks and divide by 10 all positive remarks. There are exceptions, of course - some reviewers can be trusted without additional math (Kal Rubinson, ...)
What's your assessment of the measurements from Stereophile, if you don't mind me asking? I think I'm not understanding them.Or you just skip the subjective nonsense and go directly to the measurements section![]()
My “assessment” is hereWhat's your assessment of the measurements from Stereophile, if you don't mind me asking? I think I'm not understanding them.