prestigetone
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Surprised I don’t see more chatter about this. Anyone have info on this smaller model? Supposed to be released in a week.
It really pushes the concept of a "lifestyle speaker", makes me wonder if it's still a good term. A "lifestyle business" is generally considered semi-derogatory term, meaning a business that is run inefficiently so the owners can relax or pursue other priorities. A lifestyle speaker is in my mind something similar.New era of lifestyle speakers.
Good point. Do we have pricing on the Kii 7 yet?To be fair the Kii Three and D&D 8c are much larger and reach deeper bass too, so more expensive for more capable speakers.
Yeah, especially given that it rolls off at 40hz I'm starting to rethink whether this is "not" a "lifestyle speaker"... despite the claimed excellent on-axis performance above that. That's probably harsh. But I'm more of a 20hz or GTFO guy, so don't ask me.I just noticed no subwoofer pre-out RCA, that is a shame... It would ruin the cardioid bass, but still good to have the option imo.
Would be nice to see these below 8k€ (half the actual price of Kii Three)...Do we have pricing on the Kii 7 yet?
... And you guessed absolutely right, IMHO.My guess is as Purifi is directed to be more an OEM providing drivers to other loudspeaker manufacturers and thus not directly competing with their customers.
The real question is: Why would either the Seven or the Three integrate Purifi woofers to begin with ? Nothing is telling us that their woofers may underperform Purifi ones. By the way, they probably spent a hard time to design and tweak the DSP/active crossover with their (own, I guess?) drivers, so why would they change everything and restart from scratch ?Why not wait a little more and use both in the Seven? Remember that both companies have Bruno as co-owner. I don't get it, maybe someone can explain this to me.
OK, thanks.The drivers of the Three, and presumably the Seven, are 3rd party.
Great to know, as my system has four of them.In theory the Ushindi tech in Purifi is lowest distortion in the woofer market, and the extended range with quite incredible low range and high SPL.
Could be the same reason why Mola Mola are not using Eigentakt modules, I suppose.But yes, maybe Purifi supplying Kii and competing with their customers is a good reason indeed not to use them.
Another one would be that they are owned by HypexCould be the same reason why Mola Mola are not using Eigentakt modules, I suppose.