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In Reply to: RE: Kef Ls-50 vs Harbeth Monitor 30.1 posted by Chef Henry on June 28, 2015 at 04:32:06
Pros can be star struck too.
The Amphions appear to be a poor excuse for a speaker. They produce 10%THD in the midrange at 85dB and according to a british magazine sound disjointed and forward with a woolly bass. They also bemoaned the cheap finish compared to other speakers in the same category.
But star producer Bruce Swedien said he liked them. I just hope he got paid well to say that.
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Hey, Bub! Your reply is extremely interesting, as are all of your contributions to this Forum. The pros, though in general better informed than audiophiles, are just as subject to becoming fan boys.
They can also be just as bigoted-witness the impassioned denunciation of Genelecs-often, I suspect, by people who have never even heard them. This parallels the tribal excorcism of Bose 901s by audiophiles.
Do you have a link to the British magazine to which you earlier referred?
What hi-fi which practically LOVES everything reviewed the ION with one of the worst ratings that magazine has ever put out!!!!
Hearing a couple of second hand Amphions they seemed to fit the boom and sizzle mold of bad speaker sound to a tee.
They were pretty awful when I heard them
Have you HEARD Bose 901's?
Fun, but not anything like real music.
"A lie is half-way around the world before the truth can get its boots on."
-Mark Twain
Thank you Chef!
The same goes the other way: Your contribution are always welcome and well-informed.
However you possess an eloquence I can only aspire to!
The Canadians tested the Amphion Ion here:
http://www.soundstage.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1027:nrc-measurements-amphion-ion-loudspeakers&catid=77:loudspeaker-measurements&Itemid=153
Visaton sell a kit which is almost identical to the little Amphions but I suspect substantially better as they use far better drivers:
http://www.visaton.com/en/bauvorschlaege/2_wege/studio2/index.html
It costs $489 the pair in North America.
Link here:http://www.soundlabsgroup.com.au/p/V-5881-Studio2/Studio+2+Speaker+Kit
And here is the link you asked for. Amphion got a staggering 2 out of 5 stars.
do you realize that the Amphion Ions and the Amphion one18 are completely different design?the ions are much cheaper. the one18 use different drivers, different crossover and design.
It make no sense to talk about amphion ion
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So that means that Anssi Hyvönen was telling lies when he said in an interview that some of their pro and domestic models are not just similar but identical except for model name.
If they are different Amphion is still misleading the public since Bruce Swedien only heard the Ions.
Also a woolly bass can only be more woolly if one replaces a port with a passive radiator.
It's in the nature of how PRs work.
again, for the second time. please link where anssi said the ion is the same as the pro line and also the british magasine that tested the pro line and said that bass was wooly. very interested!
After all, everyone knows that ALL speakers from the same manufacturer always sound the same, regardless of components used, design features, and the price.
LOL.
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