That does not bode well. Anyway, their small HTS7 is 475 pounds each, i.e. some 600 dollars including VAT. Not sure what the US price would be. If they were to sound decent it might be an attractive solution for those in small studios with solid walls, and as I said, there is preciously little choice on the market if this is what you need. A few years ago I was briefly living for work in an expensive studio in the sixth arrondissement in Paris. It was elegant and elegantly furnished, but I would not have had the space for standmount speakers. I used my Tivoli Model Two, my now faithful company on such secondments. The same neigbourhood had fancy furniture stores with expensive folding beds, ultra compact kitchenettes etc. There is a market for that sort of stuff if a small studio costs you a million. I am glad my own house in the Netherlands has a lot more space, and enough for proper speakers.
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Having any of the DALI speakers measured would be super interesting. Their design philosophy relies on extremely wide dispersion and they should be listenend to off-axis (angled straight into the room, not towards the listener). From existing measurements, they often have slightly elevated treble on-axis, which goes flat off-axis.
I would guess that this makes them quite easy to position, but also quite room-dependent. In some sense their intentions are the complete opposite of Gradient, who try to take the room out of the equation and haeavily emphasize direct sound.
I would guess that this makes them quite easy to position, but also quite room-dependent. In some sense their intentions are the complete opposite of Gradient, who try to take the room out of the equation and haeavily emphasize direct sound.
@pierre has processed measurements of some electrostats from anechoic measurements in the Spinorama collections also Harman did measure some Martin Logans with amazing results
The data is published in the spinorama index.Note, basically some electrostats are a disaster, but the good ones can be very impressive... EXCEPT they are so directional that you can only get the great sound in one and only spot in the room - could as well just wearing great headphones
+ good luck finding which ones are actually good.Riversquirrel
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I use these with my gaming pc setup. Absolutely no chance they measure well. Very sharp in the high end and the bass audibly distorts at a low volume. Good enough for youtube/podcasts if you turn down the bass and treble knobs a bit, and they dont audibly hiss like a lot of cheaper speakers as long as you keep the volume low-medium. Their best feature is their size, they don't take up much room on the desk at all.
Paradigm Mini Monitor, list is 300 a pair but on sale for 250 or sometimes. They sound amazing on cheap amps and expensive amps. I bought a pair and love them on anything I put them on and a few friends have even bought them since hearing mine.
There are a bunch of different versions of that, and of the other various Paradigm models.
I am referring to their newest lineup. The mini atom is a real value.
https://www.paradigm.com/en/passive/monitor-se-atom
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For that amount of bling, I would want something that looks good. Those things are ugly. They look like prop rejects from a 1950's flying saucer movie.
Just get the right listening chair to complete the look: https://www.thegreenhead.com/2009/05/lifesize-captain-kirks-chair-replica-star-trek.php
Not to be too politically correct, but it is actually not great to refer to people as retarded as the use of the label retarded has a very long and profound history of stigmatizing and denigrating people who suffer from developmental impairment and as such is actually offensive.
Measurements, if you listen with little toe-in it’s pretty good, otherwise the upper treble is pretty elevated.
Similar price to the ELAC Reference, would be interesting to see how it stacks up.
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I just picked a nice pair from a neighbor, would be interested to see them tested in addition to the Stereophile review. I like them so far and they likely will be replacing a pair of Klipsch Fortes which I had for a while. The RS6s are cleaner sounding but a tad boomy on some material, need to play with room correction or port plugs. They do sound surprisingly big being 1/3rd the size of the Fortes.
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I'd really like to see JBL LSR 32 reviewed or LSR6332. They are a very nice speaker for not too much money in the used market.
More accurately you could say ... some people feel they outperform the Adam T5V, Yamahas, .... I would ask who knows they outperform the other brands listed and how was this knowledge arrived at? If it is from subjective listening impressions I am not sure it has anything to do with performance as that is best assessed by measurements. Listening is so subjective anyway, but add in room effects and you are now dealing with two interactional factors.
I agree, those would be interesting to see measured.
Maybe we can get out resident JBL fan @GXAlan talked into buying them.
I will keep my eye out for a good deal
Hello,
my suggestions would be:
Adam Audio T5V
Audio Pro A36
IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor
It would also be very interesting if some speaker with much narrower directivity are tested like good PA Speaker. E.g. the JBL Eon or plenty other cheaper but good PA speaker. They should provide a different stereo signature. In mono it will suck, but at higher listening distances with stereo higher directivity does have some significant advantages. More "clear" but less "enveloping" sound.
Not exactly budget but worth the price
Musikelektronik Geithain RL 901K
Also interesting but not cheap
Devialet Phantom Premier Gold
Best
Thomas
my suggestions would be:
Adam Audio T5V
Audio Pro A36
IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor
It would also be very interesting if some speaker with much narrower directivity are tested like good PA Speaker. E.g. the JBL Eon or plenty other cheaper but good PA speaker. They should provide a different stereo signature. In mono it will suck, but at higher listening distances with stereo higher directivity does have some significant advantages. More "clear" but less "enveloping" sound.
Not exactly budget but worth the price
Musikelektronik Geithain RL 901K
Also interesting but not cheap
Devialet Phantom Premier Gold
Best
Thomas
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