U-Turn Audio is Now Building Speakers - Ethos

[silentt29]

I see that U-Turn is now in the powered speaker business. They're selling them for $399. As a U-Turn Orbit owner, I'm curious as to how they'll measure.

Speakers

U-Turn powered speakers deliver rich, analog sound in a simple, elegant package. Designed for serious listening and assembled in the USA.

uturnaudio.com

 

[Hilltop]

Hmm.

 

[JRS]

Another reasonably priced active mini monitor. Interesting that mid-fi is much more accepting (and willing to exploit the advantages) of the coming revolution when almost all speakers will be active/DSP.

 

[SwampYankee]

Why use Class AB amplification in these? It's a shame they didn't recess the drivers flush with the baffle.

 

[sajgre]

Why use Class AB amplification in these? It's a shame they didn't recess the drivers flush with the baffle.

One model has recess drivers, I guess it is a design feature.

 

[Jim Matthews]

Another reasonably priced active mini monitor. Interesting that mid-fi is much more accepting (and willing to exploit the advantages) of the coming revolution when almost all speakers will be active/DSP.

It will arrive, if and only if, the cost of production is cheaper than passive components.

 

[mhardy6647]

Hmm.

or hssss as the case may be...

 

[EJ3]

Another reasonably priced active mini monitor. Interesting that mid-fi is much more accepting (and willing to exploit the advantages) of the coming revolution when almost all speakers will be active/DSP.

Have you heard HSSSS yet? I haven't not yet heard it in powered speakers. And I have a good use case for some smaller ones.

 

[JRS]

It will arrive, if and only if, the cost of production is cheaper than passive components.

Or when it is simply outclassed at the same price point and your average Joe knows it. I'd say outclassed in this price range has occurred, just a matter of time before average Joe knows it.

And consider that with a pair of rechargeable speakers and a phone, one is ready to go. No wires, no fuss, no muss. That's what I put in the backyard and it sounded good. Just link to Sirius or your favorite streamer playlist, and you have an entire library at your finger tips w/o a single external connector to anything, except the PS used to charge.

 

[pjug]

Another reasonably priced active mini monitor. Interesting that mid-fi is much more accepting (and willing to exploit the advantages) of the coming revolution when almost all speakers will be active/DSP.

Isn't it "all analog signal path" powered speaker paired with a passive speaker? Funny to be preaching about active/DSP revolution here.

 

[JRS]

Isn't it "all analog signal path" powered speaker paired with a passive speaker? Funny to be preaching about active/DSP revolution here.

My bad. I assumed if one were to make a powered speaker, one would use digital XO's. Silly me.

 

[Hiten]

I like this company. I came to know about them when they started by crowd funding long back. Probably not top notch audiophile stuff but nice nifty electronics. Their speaker seems to be having class AB amplifier wtih passive crossover. So I doubt it will have any hiss.
Regards.

 

[Jim Matthews]

My bad. I assumed if one were to make a powered speaker, one would use digital XO's. Silly me.

If it's an active amplifier inside, an active crossover is easily incorporated.

 

[JRS]

If it's an active amplifier inside, an active crossover is easily incorporated.

Of course, and it's a shame they chose not to do so. I can't understand why if adding an amp you would then choose to put it through a passive xover, hence my wrong assumption at the outset. Oh well, opportunity lost to some wooly notion about big coils and caps adding to fidelity.

 

[LearningToSmile]

That surround looks beefy, makes the driver look smaller than 4 inch. I'm kinda getting conflicting messaging from their website, on one hand we have

Ethos stays true to the original recording by maintaining perfectly flat frequency response, down to the deepest bass

Which is nice, but then

Ethos utilizes smart acoustic design instead of digital signal processing to accurately reproduce your music. This means no detail is lost along the way.

we have questionable claims like digital = losing details. I guess to be expected from a turntable company.

 

[ta240]

Another reasonably priced active mini monitor. Interesting that mid-fi is much more accepting (and willing to exploit the advantages) of the coming revolution when almost all speakers will be active/DSP.

I'm guessing a large percentage of the mid-fi crowd buys them based on convenience and price rather than being part of the coming revolution.

For the Hi-Fi crowd it is less convenient to replace expensive, amps that are functioning perfectly and likely will for decades for new speakers that include amps.

 

[pjug]

Of course, and it's a shame they chose not to do so. I can't understand why if adding an amp you would then choose to put it through a passive xover, hence my wrong assumption at the outset. Oh well, opportunity lost to some wooly notion about big coils and caps adding to fidelity.

I think there was one main instruction to the designers: make it all analog to go with the turntables. And then they said: make sure it has bluetooth too. Ha ha.