The HiFi and Home Theater thread...what gear are you listening to?

[chuckmiller]

And a bit more.. 7 sound boxes. Speakers seems like an odd name.

[mlcor]

And a bit more.. 7 sound boxes. Speakers seems like an odd name.

I dunno, a loudspeaker emits sound. Wouldn’t a sound box be something that contained sound rather than emitting it?


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[chuckmiller]

Are you an attorney or something.

I dunno, a loudspeaker emits sound. Wouldn’t a sound box be something that contained sound rather than emitting it?


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[mlcor]

Are you an attorney or something.

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[geoffbot]

No, he's a musician.

[mlcor]

No, he's a musician.

Sort of...


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[chuckmiller]

No, he's a musician.

Pfffttt... like a musician would know anything about "speakers". LOL

[Rdenney]

The worst systems I’ve heard that were supposed to be good were owned by musicians. Maybe we musicians are skilled at hearing how it should be instead of how it is.

Rick “afraid of TRVTH” Denney

[tribe125]

I was once in the home of a famous musician and told him his hi-fi was dreadful.

His reply, effectively, was that he only needed a cue, like he only needed sheet music to hear a string quartet. With hi-fi, his ears translated what he heard into live performance.

That didn’t stop him whacking up the volume to near-distortion, though.

[Rdenney]

Just bought a vintage pair of Canton bookshelf speakers for the bedroom we use for working out. I have a SMSL chifi Bluetooth POS integrated amp (think Krell 300i but without,...well,...any...of its qualities except that it is really light and compact) that I will use until it annoys me too much—I play music from my phone. But it’s limited to plain Bluetooth from my iPhone.

Then, I’ll stick a Bluetooth receiver onto an old 40-watt Kenwood integrated amp. I’m thinking of an ifi Zen Blue receiver, which will play my high-sample files that my iPhone sends as AAC files.

If that isn’t loud enough, I’ll throw my Carver amp and a spare Adcom preamp at it. That would exceed current redhead tolerance, though, so one step at a time. She doesn’t know about the speakers yet.

I have a pair of the little Andrew Jones-designed Pioneer SP-BS22 speakers in my office that I thought about duplicating, but I don’t love how they congest in the lower mid bass. They sound just like ported speakers, and my ears seem to be calibrated for acoustic suspension. The Canton GL260 from back in the 80’s have a reputation for good enough bass not to strictly need a sub-woofer, which would be a no-go, and they are sealed cabinets (woofer’s 50% bigger, too). They have a similar 2” dome tweeter to what ADS/Braun was using at that time, which I’ve always thought sounded nice.

We shall see. Should be here Wednesday or Thursday.

Rick “just completing his tour of small, sub-$200, front-ported or sealed speakers, and missed out on a cheap pair of Polk RT25i’s” Denney