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That's Ralph Glasgal's Ambiophonics listening room. Been in that room several times. The ceiling is at least 30 feet high.
I agree on the hours, but not the last part. Amateurs are actually less constrained in some ways than professionals, and not subject to marketing, transport requirements, etc.
And if a great single driver speaker exist, I haven't run across it.Scott
Omega and Feastrex... both incredible speakers. Omega is the best value for money, Feastex has some of the best drivers ever made regardless of "full range" or not. I guess it depends on what you value and what music you like. I will say that in terms of the speakers disappearing, imaging and soundstage, there is no speaker that will beat a 5" Omega or Feastrex regardless of price.
"it depends on what music you like". Sorry but this is no excuse. Regardless of the music played, classical or reggae, the characteristics of these speakers should not make any difference because if they do, those are bad speakers, period.
I will have to disagree. There are very few systems out there that can do a good job recreating a rock or hip-hop concert, regardless of price. Also, full scale symphonies.... if you choose to have a system that can perform at these kind of volumes and dynamics, you will need to make compromises. Also, there is the fact that the less you spend, the more you will need to compromise. I do not have money (or space in my living room) to build a system that can sound like a rock concert even if I wanted to while maintaining any sort of claim to be "hi-fi". In fact, GR research's humongous line arrays are the only hi fi speaker I have ever experienced that could do this really well, and I have heard many 6-figure systems that would be a failure in this regard.
I will have to disagree. There are very few systems out there that can do a good job recreating a rock or hip-hop concert, regardless of price. Also, full scale symphonies.... if you choose to have a system that can perform at these kind of volumes and dynamics, you will need to make compromises. Also, there is the fact that the less you spend, the more you will need to compromise. I do not have money (or space in my living room) to build a system that can sound like a rock concert even if I wanted to while maintaining any sort of claim to be "hi-fi". In fact, GR research's humongous line arrays are the only hi fi speaker I have ever experienced that could do this really well, and I have heard many 6-figure systems that would be a failure in this regard. I think that according to your definition, ALL speakers are bad speakers, period.
As an example, the 2 way 4320 featured in the video from Kenrick I posted precedently is certainly not humongous and short of deep infra bass will blow away most products with such a natural, clear, precise and dynamic voice impossible with woofers sensitivity at 88dB/w/m at best as per GR ad... BTW active speakers with dedicated amp for each driver is the way to go: flexibility (frequency/phase/level), superior dynamics, lower intermodulation. And again, one can build a profesional quality system for much less than hyped HiFi gear and keep it for years!
However, when you string a bunch of 88 dB woofers together in a line array it changes things. The GR LS-9s absolutely have the best dynamics I have ever heard outside a concert venue. IMO, there is no possible way those 4320s will even come close, it is a physical impossibility at higher volumes. I heard an uncompressed drum track through the LS-9s that would have destroyed most other speakers. I agree with the active speaker thing, that's what a single driver is. BTW, my 5" single drivers hit under 50 Hz and are x'ed over to a sub at 50 Hz, 24 dB/Octave (which also is an active speaker). I guess it's not a "true" single driver system. Also, you might be surprised at how versatile they are if you heard them... my statements are on a relative scale, it's not like they completely fall apart when playing loud rock music.
I'll admit that the monkeys and Shakespeare reference was over the top just for giggles and grins, but we were talking about making a great speaker. It actually pretty easy to make a darned good amateur speaker, but I put "great" in an elite company. And although they aren't constrained by creating a successful business model, the knowledge, ear, experience of 99% of the amateurs just isn't up to the task of creating the absolute tip top SOTA speaker.
Also loudspeakers with woofers, tweeters and crossovers become obsolete in short time,
.......keep drinking that Koolaid !
