Some measurements of commercial speakers

JohnR · « **on:** 21 Dec 2003, 11:03 pm »

This link was posted on the Madisound board. It may be old news to some... anyway I thought it rather interesting to browse through them

http://www.soundstagemagazine.com/speakermeasurements/

scottpretti · « **Reply #1 on:** 22 Dec 2003, 12:30 am »

Check out the zu cable,druid. I need to listen to this one, or maybe not

Jason1 · « **Reply #2 on:** 22 Dec 2003, 03:03 am »

I love this comment from SoundStage reviewer Grant Samuelsen about the Talon Khorus's bass.

"no other speaker I know of can re-create what the Khoruses accomplish in the nether regions."

IanATC · « **Reply #3 on:** 22 Dec 2003, 05:42 am »

Some speakers of the less expensive variety have a hump/spike at 80hz. This is that faking low bass midfi effect.

However:
Note the wilson sophia and watt/puppy 6: a massive spike starting from about 16khz and up. This provides the ILLUSION this speaker is more revealing. In reality, it's just a response spike or resonance.

IanATC · « **Reply #4 on:** 22 Dec 2003, 05:46 am »

Quote from: Jason1

I love this comment from SoundStage reviewer Grant Samuelsen about the Talon Khorus's bass.

"no other speaker I know of can re-create what the Khoruses accomplish in the nether regions."

Rememeber when the Talon line first came out? The ads boldly stated "30-100 times faster than an electrostat." Wheather or not they sound good is moot at this point. They lost my interest the moment they came out with such a flooby-dust foo-foo high end gullibility statement. I was waiting for Joe Isuzu to pop out and say "HE's LYING!"