Same feeling. At this price we need ruler flat response on and off axis. Distortion is amazing though.
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Radiant Acoustics Clarity 66
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They’re going after the audiophile crowd who expect elevated treble because they love “air” and “leading-edge” emphasis.
The elevated HF also offsets the audiophile trend the aim the speakers straight ahead (big toe-out)
PristineSound
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I wonder what the reason is that Radiant aren't using the Purifi tweeter. I know for their first speaker, the Purifi tweeter wasn't out yet, but it's out now.
our tweeter was first available in volumes a bit too late for this Clarity 66
where do you see elevated treble?
I think it’s bit wavy(slightly at the end) but it’s not very much elevated.
Please think about a coaxial driver. As much as we love enognieering done by KEF, Mofi and Genelec, we would love to see more options. And knowing purifi, we are not expecting anything less than state of the art
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Yes, I would love to see a coaxial driver.Please think about a coaxial driver. As much as we love enognieering done by KEF, Mofi and Genelec, we would love to see more options. And knowing purifi, we are not expecting anything less than state of the art
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Very good point! I was referring to the comment above without rechecking the FR posted on page 1.
Looks alright to me!
Maybe a bit elevated from 150Hz, but I suspect that's to help boundary matching?yes, its the usual taking the bass a little down below 200Hz due to that most have a wall behind. but difficult to do a one size fits all tuning. the room adaptation is better handled by a DSP
We specify in our quick start guides exactly how we recommend placing the speakers in relation to your listening position to get the flattest frequency response. So this comment puzzles me.
In fact, I was shocked to see some reviewers saying our 6.2 sounded a bit bright (until we realized they had neglected to read the guide and had toed them in). In relation to most other hi-fi speaker brands, I’d say our speakers sound extremely neutral in comparison. Exactly as intended.
We welcome them, of course, but no, we’re not “chasing” that crowd
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Your one of a few audio designers that put a setup guide for their speakers, most recommend experimentation which always baffled me.We specify in our quick start guides exactly how we recommend placing the speakers in relation to your listening position to get the flattest frequency response. So this comment puzzles me.
In fact, I was shocked to see some reviewers saying our 6.2 sounded a bit bright (until we realized they had neglected to read the guide and had toed them in). In relation to most other hi-fi speaker brands, I’d say our speakers sound extremely neutral in comparison. Exactly as intended.
We welcome them, of course, but no, we’re not “chasing” that crowd
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Hello Henz.We specify in our quick start guides exactly how we recommend placing the speakers in relation to your listening position to get the flattest frequency response. So this comment puzzles me.
In fact, I was shocked to see some reviewers saying our 6.2 sounded a bit bright (until we realized they had neglected to read the guide and had toed them in). In relation to most other hi-fi speaker brands, I’d say our speakers sound extremely neutral in comparison. Exactly as intended.
We welcome them, of course, but no, we’re not “chasing” that crowd
Apologies for my rather cynical previous comment. For some reason I imagined a different FR with more elevated HF.
Good for you for not voicing it to be too hyped so as to stand out under certain demo conditions.
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No worries! Just wanted to state quite clearly for posterity that we don’t design our speakers like that
I’m not at all sure why anyone would design like that. If they’re honest.
And, strictly personally, it bugs me to have to have massive toe in toward the LP.
I have a preference for as far as possible to stereo speakers facing into the room on the same plane as the wall they’re against.
Because since there is a huge market for such speakers the marketing department asked for it. Speaker companies make the speakers their customer base is asking for, there is nothing dishonest doing so.
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Not quite a dedicated center, no… we’d like to do it but it depends on the global success of this speaker I think. Center channels are just inherently a smaller category/market so MOQs become problematic…
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I think it should be noted, that there's a lot of different rooms and setup variations playing a role here too. And wider tweeter radiations can sound brighter sometimes - even elevated - when in fact it might just be a reflective room pointing more of the wider tweeters energy towards the listerner.
I once tried the Seas DXT vs the Bliesma T34B, where on-axis was flat on both, but the Seas DXT definitely had the advantage in a much more precise imaging, whereas the Bliesma radiated the energy all over the place, creating a diffuse sound which could be experienced as elevated too.
So I believe there's more than one thing at play here. This tweeter might sound elevated compared to others, even though a simple on axis do not show this.
But cool that they included a user manual to get the best of it.
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