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RE: Marten Speakers

Posted by RGA on January 19, 2017 at 17:15:54:
"lol, stevehoffman is not even close to one of the most reknown engineer in the world. on what planet do you live?"

Hmm Steve Hoffman

STEVE HOFFMAN - Award-winning Recording, Mastering and Restoration Engineer - Has compiled, mastered and released over 1,000 record albums and compact discs to critical acclaim.

"He has remastered over 500 Audiophile quality Compact Discs and LP's working with such artists as: The Eagles, The Doors, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Nat 'King' Cole, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Cream, The Cars, Blondie, Jim Croce, Linda Ronstadt, Jethro Tull, The Doobie Brothers, Jackson Browne, Steve Miller Band, Elton John, Van Halen, Bonnie Raitt, Al Green, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Rod Stewart, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Wes Montgomery and many, many, others." http://www.stevehoffman.tv/consulting/

You quote people on a little known forum website who claim to be recording engineers and yet have made recordings of no notable musician or band? But it's Hoffman that's the unknown? Try to make it a bit harder.

Your demanded lists of proof is kind of weird as well. If you read books on engineering - you will very much find out WHY corner positioning has superior effects for the propagation of sound - But all the blather and textbook references don't matter if the listening results are to the contrary.

Asking for the AN E measurements - they have been measured by several publications through the years (Stereophile, Audiophile, Hi-Fi Choice (where it won the blind level matched listening challenges - all three times) and hi-fi Critic (where one of their reviewers also owns them).

One can blather all day long about measurements - but the proof is in the listening.

Plenty of great measuring speakers for less money measured at Stereophile and none of the reviewers bought them (not wanting to listen to them for any long period of time) but the AN E in spite of measurements had 3 writers for the magazine buy them. Not too bad.

There is more to the game than frequency response. Shifting your head 1 inch shifts the frequency response you hear! So unless your head is placed in a vice - frequency response is not the most important thing to be considering in your test taking.

Harman is in the business of selling speakers and using their facilities to help sell their product - not to advance science.

5:37 seconds (Reviewer: Stereophile and TAS now AV Showrooms). Gee he didn't buy Amphion or ATC or Harbeth. And he's heard them all.

Speaker's been selling for 40 years - gee maybe there is something to them?

I'm not saying there aren't other excellent speakers because there are but it is an excellent speaker too - whether you happen to like them or not.