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In Reply to: RE: A fair shake? posted by mkuller on December 20, 2014 at 21:08:15
I have been able to read the online edition of the January 2015 Stereophile. As you may remember, I like to use measurements to screen out speakers from my audition list. The measurements of this speaker are mediocre enough to convince me not to bother looking for it.
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"A fool and his money are soon parted." --- Thomas Tusser
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As Jim Croft, the speaker's designer, said in his post on this thread, JA did NOT measure the speakers correctly. (the clue) depends on there being at least three room boundaries for correct bass reinforcement; JA had only one for his testing. JA measured the tweeter on-axis, whereas, on the recommended 18"-22" stand, the tweeter will be below ear level. When measured at ear level, the tweeter is exceedingly smooth - as is the midrange/tweeter when measured in-room with adequate boundary reinforcement.
I am not much concerned about the bass response. It is the large peaks and dips above 600 Hz that bother me and the dip in the off axis dispersion, though as JA said, this would ameliorate one of those peaks off-axis.
I certainly appreciate the importance of vertical dispersion, but I am not much interested in a speaker that is so sensitive to listening height.
The measurements and your remarks indicate to me a speaker that is not very room friendly.
I cannot possibly audition every available speaker and I prefer to screen out some from my audition list based on measurements.
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