Popular Post Superdad Posted August 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2018 @The Computer Audiophile If you are going to move a wall, then I urge you to turn everything around if needed and make that new wall the front wall—that is the wall behind the speakers—and to fill it with sand! It is a pain in the neck to do, but having a super-solid, near-inert wall behind your speakers will dramatically improve the “bass launch” and reduce coloration of bass. Short of that, build it with 2x6 studs, 12” on-center, with several staggered horizontal fire-blocks between every stud. Insulate with rock-wool and covers with two layers of 5/8” drywall (use dis-similar for each layer, say Type-X for one) and hang one layer vertical, the other horizontal. To really help your walls, buy large sheets of PolyDamp ADA viscoelasitc material (http://www.polytechinc.com/products/vibration-damping) cut into 4”x4” squares, sticking one every square foot—in between the layers of drywall. You could also put PolyDampADA on the face edges of the studs as I did: And extra points and the benefit of no boomy corners if you make the corners concave: In other words, skip the new speakers and invest in building a new room! Nowhere near as easy as picking up the phone and ordering a pair of speakers, but possibly far greater results... Just sayin’. Good luck. George Hincapie, look&listen, Hugo9000 and 4 others 5 1 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Superdad Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, rando said: Eschew but review... Very clever, as ever... rando 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted August 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2018 Okay, I'll throw out a brand that likely few her have heard: JM Reynaud. Family-owned French firm building speakers for just over 50 years. Have heard them many times at CES (and full disclosure, at Hovland we became friends with Jean-Marie and his son), and the last time I heard them was at the Munich show about 10 years ago. So why do I love and remember some of their speakers? Because they are the only speakers at a show that made me weep tears and truly lose myself in the music. Those who have attended a lot of audio shows know that that is really saying something. Maybe it is French thing. But JMR blends technical design experience with a feel for musical nuance and expressiveness. I have not heard any of their current designs, but since none of the models I heard in the past disappointed, I assume that they are still doing very fine work--at reasonable prices I might add. Here is a link to their current top-of-line model: https://jm-reynaud.com/orfeo-jubile.html Sadly, while well represented in France, I think JMR has but a couple of dealers in N. America these days (they had more before the large collapse of brick-and-mortar high-end here these past 15 years). But if you go to a European show and they are exhibiting, do check them out. rando and esldude 2 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted August 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2018 22 minutes ago, esldude said: I think you need a special event. ... Sort of a can-jam except with speakers. A Connaker Confab. rando, Hugo9000, esldude and 2 others 2 3 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted October 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2018 20 minutes ago, Sal1950 said: "I no longer love the speakers. They are fantastic." Kind of a strange statement for a guy trying to sell these speakers. LOL Sheesh Sal. That is not what he wrote. Your selective cutting of the sentence completely changed the meaning. Chris wrote: "I’m selling because it’s time for me to try something different, not because I no longer love the speakers. They are fantastic." Hugo9000, The Computer Audiophile and audiobomber 2 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted May 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2019 30 minutes ago, ShawnC said: Can you list your top 5? Or are you going to settle for a pair of Bose 901 😁 Maybe Chris is going to forsake speakers now and just go for headphones. Audiophile Style will be renamed Audiophile Hairstyle. blue2, esldude, Jud and 5 others 3 5 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted June 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said: I actually wired money to the manufacturer yesterday! What kind of wire did you use? Doak, Jud and 4est 1 2 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Superdad Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Only the finest hand-wound unobtainium with unicorn tear terminations. Hmm...my bank does not offer that. Must be a Minnesota thing. 😉 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Superdad Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 44 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Then there's the room in which they are placed. And some rooms are themselves like horns. 11 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: horn evangelism... That’s a juxtaposition which gives me pause. Who you callin’ honky? UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
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