RE: Weight of speakers

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Posted by RGA (R) on September 23, 2014 at 04:45:41

In Reply to: Weight of speakers posted by middleground on September 22, 2014 at 12:18:53:

If the speakers come from the deaden resonances school of design than a big heavy dead cabinet makes sense and might inspire confidence. But speakers like my AN E, AN J, AX Two and former AN K are all very light for their size due to their largely undamped nature with the idea that resonances should be evacuated from the cabinet as fast as possible rather than stored to liner in the cabinet and clutter up the sound. OB and panels are usually quite light as well.

Amplifiers from most makers seem to get heavier as you move up the line - so you might make a case there.

Turntables - depends on the design suspended tables with light platters like the my old AN TT2 and the Voyd Reference are at least as good as anything I've heard from the ultra heavy contenders for around the same money - so my thought is why pay for the weight if it's not giving you benefits?

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Topic - Weight of speakers - middleground 12:18:53 09/22/14 (18)

I've had some pretty heavy POS in my day - airtime 06:26:56 09/23/14 (0)

I used to shop by the watt but now I buy by the pound - reuben 06:15:35 09/23/14 (0)

Density of speakers - layman 05:36:31 09/23/14 (0)

RE: Weight of speakers - RGA 04:45:41 09/23/14 (0)

RE: Weight of speakers - hahax@verizon.net 21:51:46 09/22/14 (1)

RE: Weight of speakers - middleground 03:21:53 09/23/14 (0)

Moot point with OB - MannyE 21:08:03 09/22/14 (4)

RE: Moot point with OB - Kloss 08:49:25 09/23/14 (1)

Yeah and... - MannyE 10:21:58 09/23/14 (0)

RE: Moot point with OB - middleground 03:35:52 09/23/14 (1)

RE: Moot point with OB - MannyE 03:47:32 09/23/14 (0)

RE: Weight of speakers - fantja 20:21:04 09/22/14 (0)

I used to think so... - genungo 19:48:16 09/22/14 (1)

RE: I used to think so... - middleground 03:37:11 09/23/14 (0)

RE: Weight of speakers - cloudwalker 19:16:22 09/22/14 (0)

RE: Weight of speakers - RC Daniel 13:26:12 09/22/14 (0)

It depends... - krisjan 13:06:47 09/22/14 (0)

In my warped little world.... - rlw 12:38:08 09/22/14 (0)

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RE: Weight of speakers - RGA 04:45:41 09/23/14 (0)

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