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In Reply to: Re: My Take on These Speakers v. MF & JA posted by Mel on February 23, 2007 at 17:44:27:
>As Fremer wrote, "the Silverback's silk dome won't please everyone—sometimes I felt it sounded a bit forward or 'hashy.'" That's how I felt they sounded all the time I heard them.>At least Fremer listed a caveat for the performance area you didn't like. Many people can respectfully disagree on the treble performance of a loudspeaker.
>And they were being driven with Sim Audio electronics with which I was very familiar and which could not have been responsible for what I was hearing.>
Bad assumption. If the amp wasn't a good match with those speakers, it could sound bad no matter how it sounded with other speakers.
>To JA's credit he expresses "disappointment" with the speakers' measured performance.>
It's not unusual for a component with poor measured performance to sound good. As I said before, look at the popularity of SET amps. There isn't always a very close correlation between the two.
But even if the speakers sounded as you described - it's not unusual for two reviewers with different systems, rooms and personal listening biases to disagree on the merits of a component.
Remember back when TAS used to have comments on reviews by other reviewers - a necessary feature for thorough reviewing, IMO - there were sometimes big disagreements. I recall one back and forth comment becoming quite heated and beginning, "You ignorant slut", after the Saturday Night Live debate routine.
For you to conclude from your disagreement with Fremer that "something is amiss" is quite a stretch.
I know Fremer from his days at TAS, and while I find him very arrogant and find myself in disagreement with him at times, he has a lot of integrity and an excellent reputation to protect.
IIRC, Devore isn't even an advertiser.
You're barking up the wrong tree.
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Follow Ups
- Woof... - mkuller 10:26:28 02/24/07 (3)
- Re: Hey, I'll Keep Barking - Mel 18:08:52 02/24/07 (2)
- Re: Hey, I'll Keep Barking - Dan Banquer 05:01:12 02/26/07 (0)
- One final comment... - mkuller 21:51:59 02/24/07 (0)
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