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I'm not sure where JLM is coming from calling B&W speakers mid-fi. Yes, they make mid-fi speakers, but the 800 series aren't among them. I also remember hearing a pair of B&W 805s at a dealer back in the 90s and was awed by the effortless sound coming out of them. Never owned them though.The recommendations on this site tend to run toward the cottage industry products, especially speakers. I've tried a few of them and sold them pretty quick as they weren't what I like. Or I should say, they didn't better my Revel monitors. If you're looking for recommendations for speakers for a small room, I suggest you listen to a pair of KEF LS50s. And welcome to AudioCircle.
We're all kidding ourselves to a certain extent, and if our speakers were the glorious windows onto the original sound we like to think they are, it wouldn't matter what music we happen to be feeding them.
We're all kidding ourselves to a certain extent, and if our speakers were the glorious windows onto the original sound we like to think they are, it wouldn't matter what music we happen to be feeding them.BTW here's a video showing where 'paper cone sound' and its lovely 'harmonics' come from- and it isn't from the original music. Note the cone breakup as low as 1.4kHz, very close to the ear's most sensitive point.stevenr, the contenders you list are all credible performers. Buy what you like. "Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one, and they all stink." That goes for me too.
The video actually is a real time test of two midranges of similar dimensions, not a CGI video as alleged. Laser interferometer technology has been around for quite awhile now, as has cone breakup. Cone breakup has in fact been known since the earliest days of dynamic drivers, but until these tools were developed it wasn't possible to know exactly what was actually happening. Ironically, B&W- the subject of the original post- was among the first to employ this technology. The 'competition' driver is nameless probably due to legal reasons. Here is more information on the technology on which this 'opinion' is based: https://www.klippel.de/products/rd-system.htmlMy main point though is that despite 90+ years of technological advances, the dynamic drivers of today would be instantly recognizable to Kellogg & Rice; the improvements have been in manufacturing precision and materials technology- cone materials, magnet materials, and structural materials.