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In Reply to: Which speakers are ruthlessly revealing? posted by Mesh on September 20, 2001 at 19:11:41:
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and infer that what you really want is a speaker that lets you hear everything that's going on without having to turn the volume way up.The most critical elements in getting high resolution are, first, an extremely lightweight, articulate tweeter that easily traces complex waveforms and second, freedom from boxy resonances and colorations that blur the decay of the notes. These requirements point us towards ribbons and electrostats. In my experience electrostats are the most articulate at very low volume levels, so if you have the room for it, I'd suggest you consider Quads or InnerSounds or Acoustats or Martin CLS's (I own and sell another brand of electrostat, so I do like the breed). You might also consider Maggies for their utter freedom from boxiness, though they tend to sound their best at medium and higher volumes - at low volumes, a good electrostat will be more revealing. If you don't have the room for a dipole, then consider the monopole Newform Research speakers.
In a smaller, more conventional speaker, you might consider the little Red Rose R-3 and the Cliffhanger Bulldog. Both use a very nimble, articulate ribbon tweeter and have very low levels of boxy coloration.
Good luck!
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Follow Ups
- Low-level listening - Duke 14:48:39 09/21/01 (5)
- Anyone else have more reccomendations on small speakers for low level listening ?? (nt) - woohoo59 15:10:19 09/22/01 (1)
- Re: Anyone else have more reccomendations on small speakers for low level listening ?? (nt) - Bob Neill 10:19:13 09/24/01 (0)
- You know your stuff, who are you BTW! - mesh 16:35:27 09/21/01 (2)
- Re: You know your stuff, who are you BTW! - Duke 18:30:38 09/21/01 (1)
- Thank you mostly kindly sir. - mesh 21:42:50 09/21/01 (0)
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