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Re: In a really small room, EA2 can serve HT front w/o subs?

Posted by Hyperion (A) on September 17, 2001 at 23:33:49

In Reply to: In a really small room, EA2 can serve HT front w/o subs? posted by Arnel on September 17, 2001 at 21:12:33:

The EA II's bass output is more than enough to overload a small room, never mind the GP Home's. It should be around 5' or more from the rear wall, and the two speakers should be at least 8' apart. More or less, the ideal room for them is a medium sized room around 14'x20' or larger.

There is actually another significant difference to the two's bass characteristics. The EA II's bass is a result of woofer excursion so it has to be played loud before the bass comes out. The GP Home is more of a result of its larger enclosure size so it has a lot of bass even at low volumes. In short, the GP Home would have subjectively more bass output than the EA II at any loudness level, especially well below the limits of the max excursion of the EA II's midwoofer and passive radiator.

The Levinson 383 is actually slightly soft and civilized sounding.

The Signum has higher output in the upper midrange and lower treble than the typical Sonus faber but I wont say that it is bright especially in the context that it is used correctly (listening axis below the tweeter). Sonus fabers, including the Signum has always been traditionally darker sounding than the typical speaker; presummably due to Franco Serblin's love of the Guarneri violin which does have a darker tonality compared to a typical violin. Besides, even though all Sonus fabers have enough similarities to one another that makes them easily identifiable as Serblin's handiwork - each speaker is also unique and special in its own way. There are no two identical Sonus faber speaker models. You perhaps have noticed that the Concerto Home does not exactly sound like the Concertino Home either. The Signum may have a lighter pitch, and less meaty sound than say, the EA II but the playfulness combined with grace and cheeful liveliness remains at the heart of its likable personality. The Signum's predecessor which is the Minima Amator actually sounds even brighter. Sonus fabers aside from the Guarneri Homage generally dont have well behaved treble responses; even the EA II's midtreble (5-8kHz) is actually tilted up.

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