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In Reply to: RE: A trully great system posted by ahendler on September 23, 2015 at 13:55:00
Does this look like what you heard?
It was simply the best audio system I have ever heard.
To provide a point of reference, would you kindly describe the system and room that previously held that spot?
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Yes it is the Genelec 1038B
My previous best system was at the 2015 CES. The Big Magico room
Next is my own system
JWM turntable with Ortofon 2M Black
Audio Note CDII Transport
MacBook Pro Laptop
Audio-GD Master 7 Dac
Shindo Auriges preamp with phono stage
2 Each Berning ZH270 power amps
Maggie 3.6 speakers
Alan
it is a fairly big investment swing from the half million dollar Magico/Soulution system to the others. :)
One of the best speakers I've ever heard was the Genelec S-30. Also internally tri-amped, ported, and with an amazing ribbon tweeter. Rare as hen's teeth now, and they don't play loud (at all) so they are basically big near-fields. Terrific bottom end, without any port-hump I can hear. One of the few medium-sized ported speakers I've liked. Detailed enough for mixing and mastering, *and* hugely enjoyable to listen to. Mastering great Bob Power uses them. Ah - that makes sense. I love his work.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
...and they don't play loud (at all)
According to the manual :
"The amplifiers are capable of driving the system to peak acoustic levels of 122 and 125 db SPL (per pair)"
My listening levels - even peaks - don't begin to approach rock concert levels. The few times in recent past where I've been to such (business conference events), I'm wearing earplugs!
I value my hearing more highly.
Regardless of what any marketing copy says, the pair Bob has are quite limited. Like almost all experienced engineers, he is scrupulous at keeping the average SPL around 85 dB, with peaks of course running much louder. He has never had them run out of gas, but he is listening in an extremely quiet room at a distance of about three feet. (They're on the meter bridge of his console.)
I'm not surprised at the 125 dB claim; it's probably true. An SPL of 125 dB, measured an inch in front of the driver, becomes, I'd guess, 105 dB at arm's reach. (Try it - put you ear next to your speaker drivers. It gets surprisingly loud when you get in that close.)
Or it could be that Bob's S-30s are maybe from an early production run that had lower output. There are lots of possibilities.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Try it - put you ear next to your speaker drivers. It gets surprisingly loud when you get in that close.
Actually, it doesn't with my line sources. Their output doesn't vary as much with distance like point sources.
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