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Palmer ORBIT 11 Cardioid Coaxial 3-way studio monitor (MSRP 799€/899$)

@UffdiePalme are there plans or considerations to expand the line-up?
like a smaller one with 5.25mid and 6.5bass drivers for ultra-nearfield / small rooms?

i think this design has a great potential for a small desktop version.
 
DavidEdwinAston said:
Ruark's, on steroids! :cool: Daft question. Smartphone, and a pair of these, good to go?
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The Orbit 11 don't have USB or network connectivity, so not quite.

Best to buy a WiiM Pro and do WiiM->SPDIF Coax to AES3 Cable->Left Orbit 11->AES3 Cable->Right Orbit 11.

You can send all your audio to the WiiM via Chromecast/AirPlay/UPnP/Spotify Connect/etc and if you're after the best possible SQ, use the WiiM's PEQ to apply room correction to knock down constructive room modes.

An example:
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staticV3 said:
The Orbit 11 don't have USB or network connectivity, so not quite.

Buy a WiiM Pro and do WiiM->SPDIF Coax to AES3 Cable->Left Orbit 11->AES3 Cable->Right Orbit 11.

You can send all your audio to the WiiM via Chromecast/AirPlay/UPnP/Spotify Connect/etc and if you're after the best possible SQ, use the WiiM's PEQ to apply room correction to knock down constructive room modes.

An example:
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Brilliant static. Thank you.
 
staticV3 said:
The Orbit 11 don't have USB or network connectivity, so not quite.

Best to buy a WiiM Pro and do WiiM->SPDIF Coax to AES3 Cable->Left Orbit 11->AES3 Cable->Right Orbit 11.

You can send all your audio to the WiiM via Chromecast/AirPlay/UPnP/Spotify Connect/etc and if you're after the best possible SQ, use the WiiM's PEQ to apply room correction to knock down constructive room modes.

An example:
View attachment 511660
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Instead of Wiim Pro, we could also use MiniDSP HD with Dirac Live, right?
 
Would also work fine, but thrice the price of the WiiM Pro, no streaming support, and increased hiss due to the redundant double conversion.
 
At the other end, would a speaker like this be worth a look for budget conscious peeps -

www.thomann.co.uk

Palmer STUDIMON 5

Active 5" Nearfield Studio Monitor Drivers: 5" woofer and 0.75" soft dome tweeter, Power: 60 W RMS bi-amping power amplifier, Bass reflex design, Material: birch plywood and MDF, Frequency range: 70 - 20,000 Hz, Max. sound pressure level: 110 dB @...
www.thomann.co.uk www.thomann.co.uk

Note the orange trim ring..... (I'll get me coat :D )
 
Frank Dernie said:
Ha-ha but joking apart English is English.
"British English" is in common usage in the US but it makes no sense if you know anything about language or Britain.
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With my now sh*t hearing, I'm more concerned about 'Received English' as NOT spoken by too many so-called 'presenters' on UK TV and radio (got to be inclusive and have all manner of dialects from the extremes of the UK). No disrespect to such people, but they can be incredibly difficult to understand, even for those with good hearing....

As you were fellas :)
 
Paul7777x said:
Well they look a good size. And the black is excellent to my eyes. Best I’ve seen on monitors.

But the absurd orange is even more so.

What a pain ‘brand recognition’ drivel truly is.
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I have to admit that in the actual recording they don't look as bad as in the photos.
 
Any option to adjust volume by remote if AES3 is used?

I assume that analog input will be always digitized so pure analog playback is not possible?
 
staticV3 said:
Plenty of SPDIF/AES3 sources exist with remote controlled volume, e.g. WiiM Pro, SHD Studio.
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Yes, but reducing digital volume before dsp is not perfect place to do that? Just wondering if manufacturer has any recommendation how to make sure that enought bits are available in low level listening?
 
Moti said:
Yes, but reducing digital volume before dsp is not perfect place to do that? Just wondering if manufacturer has any recommendation how to make sure that enought bits are available in low level listening?
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As long as there's no hiss at your MLP, enough bits are reaching the drivers no matter how much you attenuate.
 
UffdiePalme said:
Good Morning everyone,

I see you had a nice weekend with a lot of discussions about the color orange ;).
It reminds me a little of the meeting I had with Thomann last week, when we joked that the white speaker probably has more highs.
After that meeting I can also confirm, as it was asked: Thomann will be live with the white and black models this week.

And don't get me started on Aluminium! Every time we shoot a video, I have to remind myself how to pronounce it... :rolleyes:

Also: We're starting to ship out Orbit 11 in Europe this week. The US will follow a little later (expected March). For you guys and the test of Amir, we're trying to send out a pair on a faster way.

Regarding the discussion about how many reviews and tests are necessary, I personally think it's good to have lots of tests and opinions. One part is the measurement itself. The other part is the interpretation and alignment with personal taste. As we all know, taste plays a big role (I'm looking at you, orange lovers ;) ).
So, there will be more reviews only shortly. (Maybe a studio-focused one will be up today)

I've worked through all the pages and hope I didn't lose some questions. But, here are my replies:

Orbit 11 will handle your SPDIF signal as well. Only issue could be too little output from your SPDIF Source.

Yes, that is the service port I've mentioned before.

Because many of you were asking for more measurements of Harmonic Distortion at higher SPL I upload one for 94dB SPL and one for 104dB SPL (no smoothing applied):
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Orbit 11 is designed to be a near-field studio monitor. This is usually the best way to use it. It should work well at distances under 1 metre. Regarding more mid-field applications: You could use it for those as well, as the level and dispersion should be suitable.


We achieve directivity down to 250 Hz with the cardioid front baffle. However, it is not important how high this goes, because at higher frequencies, the sound becomes more directional anyway. You can see that quite good in the isobaric diagrams.
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Again: Thanks for all the discussions. It's great to see the hard work that went into developing this product being recognised, and it was worth all the years of effort.
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Thankyou for sharing this info.
Do you have any specs for Self-generated noise? It would be helpful to know this when measured 10cm from driver with input gain set to 100dB spl for 0dBu.
 
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