Yet Another Newbie First OB Build

jazbo8 · 28th August 2011, 04:24 AM

The details are available on here. Your comments are welcomed. The speakers are not yet fully broken-in, but the typical characteristics of the OB design are already clearly evident, the sound is open and dynamic without the box-iness (duh!)

Thanks to DIYaudio's wonderful threads and Martin King's software, I am a happy camper!

Jaz

jerome69 · 28th August 2011, 04:57 AM

Nice design.

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Not so good with electronic though

Why ?

jazbo8 · 28th August 2011, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jerome69

Nice design.

Why ?

Thanks, I don't quite know, a few of the recordings I tried just sounded very "lifeless", usually these recordings have sizzling highs and booming low end, so I just felt something were missing... Anyway, I have been enjoying my blues and rock collection too much to care for now, that's a good thing

Jaz

jazbo8 · 07:34 AM

When I wrote my review wrt to electronic music on my blog, I only listened to a few tracks from Cabaret Voltaire, and they all sounded rather compressed and lifeless, so I said the speakers did not like electronic music. Well...

So I spent the last 30 minutes playing various electronic music from my collection, just to see why I did not like the sound when I first heard them. Yup, Cabaret Voltaire still sounded bad... But it turned out that it all had to do with the source material - these speakers exposed poorly recorded or mixed tracks mercilessly. So it is not the genre of the music that mattered, it made no sense now that I think about it. So simple story of garbage in, garbage out...

Back to listening

Jaz

jerome69 · 28th August 2011, 09:05 AM

Your speakers are not very tolerant

28th August 2011, 04:24 AM	#1
jazbo8 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2011	Yet Another Newbie First OB Build The details are available on here. Your comments are welcomed. The speakers are not yet fully broken-in, but the typical characteristics of the OB design are already clearly evident, the sound is open and dynamic without the box-iness (duh!) Thanks to DIYaudio's wonderful threads and Martin King's software, I am a happy camper! Jaz

28th August 2011, 07:30 AM	#4
jazbo8 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2011	Quick Update When I wrote my review wrt to electronic music on my blog, I only listened to a few tracks from Cabaret Voltaire, and they all sounded rather compressed and lifeless, so I said the speakers did not like electronic music. Well... So I spent the last 30 minutes playing various electronic music from my collection, just to see why I did not like the sound when I first heard them. Yup, Cabaret Voltaire still sounded bad... But it turned out that it all had to do with the source material - these speakers exposed poorly recorded or mixed tracks mercilessly. So it is not the genre of the music that mattered, it made no sense now that I think about it. So simple story of garbage in, garbage out... Back to listening Jaz Last edited by jazbo8; 28th August 2011 at 07:34 AM.

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jerome69 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon	Your speakers are not very tolerant

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