SteveS57 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:49 pm
valvesRus wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:59 pm
I've seen speakers constructed by inexperienced DIYers and some are horrendous.
I started building speakers in the mid 90s, and found its easy to build speakers that do some things well, or even do some thing's exceptionally well, but building a speaker that does most things very well in every department is a bit of a challenge..
So, as a general line of rhetoric - not specifically for you Steve - all these speakers:
Dali Opticon 6 Mk II - low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £1500. 2 x 6.5" mid-woofers.
Dali Rubicon 6 - low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £3300. 2 x 6.5" mid-woofers.
Sonus Faber Sonetto V - low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £4300. 2 x 7" woofers.
Sonus Faber Lumina III - low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £2000. 2 x 5.5" woofers.
Dynaudio Emit 50 - very low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £1750. 2 x 7" woofers.
Dynaudio Evoke 50 - low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £4200. 2 x 7" woofers.
Focal Aria 926 - low efficiency 8 ohm dropping to 2.9 ohms slimline ported speakers retailing for £2400. 2 x 6.5" mid-woofers.
AudioVector QR5 - low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £2900. 2 x 6" mid-woofers.
Acoustic Energy AE520 - low efficiency 6 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £3650. 3 x 5" woofers.
Triangle Borea BR08 - low efficiency 8 ohm dropping to 3 ohms slimline ported speakers retailing for £1000. 2 x 6.5" mid-woofers.
Gato Audio FM-30 - low efficiency 4 ohm slimline ported speakers retailing for £4000. 2 x 5.5" woofers.
What do they do well?
Apart from the Triangle Borea's are any of them any good at helping to keep the customer's money in the customer's bank account?
Do any of them do bass well?
Do they preserve transients well? Especially midrange transients, such as a smartly hit snare drum?
Are they good at midrange detail?
Midrange clarity?
Are they good for sounding acceptable when placed right against a wall or corner?
Are they good for their longevity? Will they work without any repairs or maintenance for the next 50 years?
Are they good investments that will increase in value in real terms?
What are they good for then?
Looking fashionable for a decade or two before they will look unfashionable?
Having slim looking front baffles? Which comes back to fashion again.
Anything else?
How many commercially made modern speakers have you (as in anyone reading this) heard that do most things very well in every department?
Richard started this thread 3 years ago. Since then it appears that the world of mainstream commercially available speakers has become more entrenched in "me too" sonically bland products.
Is this like some loudspeaker dystopian world that we've fallen into? A 1984 / Brave New World?
Where the Overton Window is that all speakers under £1984 per channel should be dinky looking Delta or Epsilon clones of each other?