What budget speakers you like to see reviewed?

[fredoamigo]

I haven't yet heard about the legendary Boston Lynnfield 300L ?

 

[infinitesymphony]

They are the HiVi H6, 6.5", 3-way powered speakers that also have build-in BlueTooth and Wifi receiver with DSP. Not exactly cheap at RMB5680 (~US$810 MSRP), though I see it listed at RMB4299 (US$613) for the pair.

Looks like those are marketed in the US as the Swans H6 for $799.99 MSRP.

Didn't know Swans was still around. Their M10 and M200MKII 2.1 speaker sets were a very popular flavor of the month around 10 years ago.

 

[maxxevv]

Looks like those are marketed in the US as the Swans H6 for $799.99 MSRP.

Didn't know Swans was still around. Their M10 and M200MKII 2.1 speaker sets were a very popular flavor of the month around 10 years ago.

Looks like Hivi and Swans are one and the same, the bottom of the Swans webpage reads "Hivi Inc (USA) 2020 "

 

[richard12511]

I would love to see Tekton Double Impacts measured.

Not really budget I guess, but its seems like a really controversial speaker.

Objectivist say it can't possibly sound any good with that tweeter array, yet people that have heard it say it's the best thing they've ever heard.

 

[napilopez]

Looks like those are marketed in the US as the Swans H6 for $799.99 MSRP.

Didn't know Swans was still around. Their M10 and M200MKII 2.1 speaker sets were a very popular flavor of the month around 10 years ago.

The Swan M10 was the very first speaker set I ever bought =] I'd been in the headphone world for a few years but I've been hooked ever since.

Came across these on Taobao while searching for some other stuff there.

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They are the HiVi H6, 6.5", 3-way powered speakers that also have build-in BlueTooth and Wifi receiver with DSP. Not exactly cheap at RMB5680 (~US$810 MSRP), though I see it listed at RMB4299 (US$613) for the pair.

What caught my attention really was the specified 38hz-20khz (+/-3dB Free Space) and measurement charts for FR and SPL.
Very, very curious if these are actually real measurements. If the directivity is decent, these could be great value speakers.

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Huh, manufacturer graphs seem quite detailed and don't have ridiculous scaling! Graphs don't look too smoothed but you never know what shenanigans manufacturers are pulling either.

Looks like an interesting design, and I kinda dig the simple 3-way look. I might be tempted to reach out to them too.

 

[QMuse]

Came across these on Taobao while searching for some other stuff there.

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They are the HiVi H6, 6.5", 3-way powered speakers that also have build-in BlueTooth and Wifi receiver with DSP. Not exactly cheap at RMB5680 (~US$810 MSRP), though I see it listed at RMB4299 (US$613) for the pair.

What caught my attention really was the specified 38hz-20khz (+/-3dB Free Space) and measurement charts for FR and SPL.
Very, very curious if these are actually real measurements. If the directivity is decent, these could be great value speakers.

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Judging by this graph directivity does look pretty decent:

 

[thewas]

Judging by this graph directivity does look pretty decent:

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Nice, you see a little broadening of the directivity around 3 kHz when probably the tweeter without takes over and am sure the vertical directivity won't be as great, but if these measurements are true a really nice bargain to try.

As I had written in this thread using a three way configuration with a 2" mid is a quite effective old school way to make loudspeakers with decent directivity without needing to use waveguides.

 

[QMuse]

Nice, you see a little broadening of the directivity around 3 kHz when probably the tweeter without takes over and am sure the vertical directivity won't be as great, but if these measurements are true a really nice bargain to try.

Modern ribbon tweeters have pretty decent vertical directivity, maybe this one also does.

More info about speaker here.

 

[thewas]

Modern ribbon tweeters have pretty decent vertical directivity, maybe this one also does.

Yes, if they are not too tall, but still have the inherent lobing problems of a multiway non coaxial which are luckily not perceived as strongly as horizontal problems.

 

[maxxevv]

Judging by this graph directivity does look pretty decent:

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Yes, the horizontal directivity looks pretty smooth and even up to maybe 30~40°. Indeed if its near accurate, would make for a pretty compelling buy.

Apparently Hivi makes a very similarly configured DIY kit that has rave reviews on Amazon.

 

[Cahudson42]

Put to bed the controversy whether Infinity 162s are a lower cost Revel. Test the 162 while it still is on closeout at Harmon for $160/pair

 

[Tangband]

A JBL 530 is coming for review.

When ?
Looking forward very much for the review.
This is my own measurements 1,3 meter from the loudspeaker .
(The peak at 3600 Hz depends entirely on the microphone thats been used.)

 

[gr-e]

When ?
Looking forward very much for the review.
This is my own measurements 1,3 meter from the loudspeaker .
(The peak at 3600 Hz depends entirely on the microphone thats been used.)

Here's your measurement compared with mine @1m between woofer and tweeter. However, I get a flatter FR on the tweeter axis

 

[Cahudson42]

May not be 'budget' - but potentially interesting:
http://www.grimanisystems.com/product/alpha-loudspeaker/

 

[Nordo]

I'm another poster who would like to see full reviews (spinorama, etc.) on the Chane speakers :-
A1.5 (standmount)
A2.4 (centre)
A5.5 (floorstanding)

Always in the top 2 or 3 on most comparison reviews on other sites.
And cheaper than most.

 

[Silou]

Canton GLE 416.2
Multiple of these might work well in a home theatre with an acoustic screen. Canton claims that they can play down to 45Hz, but I really doubt that.

 

[thewas]

Canton frequency limits are unfortunately given by -10dB

 

[geoemm]

BR03 seems like a favo of almost all reliable sources

 

[Crane]

BR03 seems like a favo of almost all reliable sources

Yea i sent them a message a while back to provide amir with a unit for review but they never got back to me. Maybe a local supplier would be willing to do it.

 

[vert]

Your tests so far have been extremely informative. In retrospect I'm glad I went for some Paradigms rather than Klipschs last year for a similar budget. That's assuming Paradigms are as good as their methodology promises, but I'm perfectly happy with them so far. So far JBL and Revel have held their promise. The logical upgrade for me would be in the $700-1000 range and you've already done two conclusive Revel and Elac tests in that range. Most of all you've established that $1000 can indeed get you state-of-the-art speakers, contrary to widespread audiophile legend. I'd be interested in tests of European brands such as Triangle, Focal, System Audio, Dali, Dynaudio, Piega, Phonar... simply out of curiosity, and those may not be widely available in the US. As far as I'm concerned if I decided to "upgrade" I'd simply go with some Revels, or anything equivalent you've tested at that time, and call it a day.