I hope my F208's don't use this grade crossover components...This is not my speaker so I can't modify it. But yes I too was surprised at the quality of the components.
I hope my F208's don't use this grade crossover components...This is not my speaker so I can't modify it. But yes I too was surprised at the quality of the components.
Thank you for testing these in-wall units. The results are surely interesting. I wonder: If someone is purchasing in-wall speakers, are they really expecting or even caring about flat frequency response, or sound comparable to traditional speakers? I doubt it. I think they are first and foremost considering aesthetics and decor. It is hard to imagine they are critical listeners. As to product price and margin, it is easy to imagine they are high household income consumers.
Thank you for testing these in-wall units. The results are surely interesting. I wonder: If someone is purchasing in-wall speakers, are they really expecting or even caring about flat frequency response, or sound comparable to traditional speakers? I doubt it. I think they are first and foremost considering aesthetics and decor. It is hard to imagine they are critical listeners. As to product price and margin, it is easy to imagine they are high household income consumers.
Isn't extensive engineering of speakers to measure and sound good through system optimization without necessarily using the most expensive individual components supposed to be one of Harman's competitive strengths? The additional investment in such careful engineering doesn't come free to consumers.
Amirm : I can see the very low grade crossover components used in this Revel loudspeaker . This would maybe be ok in a cheap loudspeaker for 200 dollars . This is an expensive loudspeaker and the ironcoils used have very high distortion , probably even more than the driveunits !
It would be really interesting if you do a test with different crossover components to show what happens if one uses ironcoils ,- very high distortion numbers appear, increasing with higher soundlevels. In this pricerange there’s simply no excuse not using better quality components . Im sure the 96 dB distortion measurement would look even better with aircoils in the crossover. Comments on that ?
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Nice, you anticipated me.But you CAN hear a clear difference for the better with better coils. Its a bigger difference in many cases, than buying a better amplifier. Every time I have done diy or modifications, it has always been beneficial to have aircoils with the same rating and resistance. Yes, -its more expensive but you can ruin the sound of a good loudspeakerdriver with iron-coils.
Here is an interesting review:
https://hificompass.com/en/projects/experiment/test-couple-iron-core-inductors
This is not my speaker so I can't modify it. But yes I too was surprised at the quality of the components.
I was out of wider panels. Ideally there would be more of a gap above and below the speaker for measurements. Here is a back shot of it:
Well...hope my F208's don't use this
Surely no!*the crossover component quality will make a difference
This is just not true. I care very much about well measuring speakers and I have Revel in-wall speakers for many reasons.
Very limited space.
Small kids.
Aesthetic (large speakers are mostly ugly)
Bang to buck ratio
Elimination of SBIR
I plan to upgrade my stereo + 2 sub system to a multichannel surround with 4 subs when I can tear out all my walls. The entire system will be in-wall.
This is my setup: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...stening-test-results-kef-jbl-revel-osd.25818/
Don’t confuse soffit mounted speakers with in-wall speakers. The former are simply large speakers mounted in a recess in the wall so that their baffle is flush with the wall. The latter are often just front baffles mounted to an opening in the wall and use the wall cavity as the enclosure. Some smaller models may have optional small enclosures.Baffle wall installations in high end recording studios and in high end home theaters often produce state of the art sound…
Thanks for posting but I have no clue what I'm looking at. Are these better quality than the in- walls measured here?Well...