We went on a Sunday morning. There wasn't really a crowd at all. Half the time we were the only ones in the room. The other half there was maybe another couple people in a room. I heard it was a lot busier on Saturday.
If you're anywhere close it really is a fun thing to go see. Just back to back to back listening for a whole day.
I really cannot even guess as I know little about DSP designed speakers. I am very glad we went and listened to all of those designed as I have been considering going active for the last year or so. After that experience, I will be sticking to passives. I'm telling you though, it was dead clear which had dsp and which were passive.
Thats the type of winner I want to see.
I come from the world of race cars. Race cars and not pretty. They are loud, have crappy paint jobs, and held together with rivets and tie wraps, and the entire thing is basically a blemish. Run this against a gorgeous ferrari..... it will run circles around it. I'm all about performance, not looks.
Yeah, he was there. We told him how impressed we were. These were so incredible. I will be making a full range folded voiht. I will probably mess it all up but if I get anywhere close, I will be a happy man.
This makes a lot of sense. Designing a speaker to deliver the dynamics necessary for the sort of music car audio like is much harder than it is to play the "boring old man music" everyone else was playing. You really don't need that great of speakers to play one guy slowly strumming a guitar. We are into personal opinion here but I would have loved to hear what some of the speakers could do pumping out Mr Kitty, Hippie Sabotage, or RITUAL
I recently learned hornresp. I am going to rock out a design around the Alpairs. These units sold me on the folded horn design.
You want to collaborate?
He had all kinds of speakers there. The walls were literally lined with all sorts of different models. I do believe this guy has tried just about everything. This guy is definitely a master at his trade.
The forza. She liked the Forzas. They were very natural and dynamic. They had the show and the go. Full package. I'm sure the price would make me realize how poor I am (I am not poor but nor can I afford speakers at this price point)
Look up Mr Andrew Jones sometiime.
He has worked for ELAC, KEF, Pioneer/TAD, and now primarily for MoFi. He knows his stuff.
He has worked for ELAC, KEF, Pioneer/TAD, and now primarily for MoFi. He knows his stuff.
I'm pretty sure Javad has measurements of the speakers he designed for ScanSpeak in his Facebook group.
Also after reading @bikinpunk's post I realize I heard the Master Artist speakers lauded by the OP as "Endgame speakers. The BEST of the BEST." For about 2-3 seconds. I walked in, heard the dull treble one gets from standing and listening to ribbon tweeters mounted at seated height, and walked out. IMO a speaker should sound good when standing as well as when seated, so definitely not "endgame" for me. Others are fine with that restriction, of course.
I think that's three of us not including my buddy and my wife. I really did want to hear Magico but they had already packed up for the day. Seemed pretty big to me but I have nothing to relate it to.
@Porsche - That's good to hear. I was thinking to go and show off my Neurochrome wares, but didn't have a plan and didn't want to take the plunge without some sort of marketing strategy and materials available.
I went last year to show off my TCA wares, and found it pretty dead. The shared areas (I was in the Ear Gear) were also poorly organized. Part of the vendor next to me's display was spilling into my area and such.
Tom
I went last year to show off my TCA wares, and found it pretty dead. The shared areas (I was in the Ear Gear) were also poorly organized. Part of the vendor next to me's display was spilling into my area and such.
Tom
I got two pairs of Elacs he made... trust me, the man knows how to make commercial speakers that sound good and provide a lot of bang for the money.
Also, no discussion here of the actual DIY news from the show?
SB Acoustics is (usual lead times + tariffs permitting) launching 5" and 6" coaxes using their anodized aluminum cones with corrugated surrounds. Allegedly 4 month out. They were in the Madisound room. They also had an SB Acoustics 8" pro coax on display, though I don't know if that's a shipping product.
SB Acoustics is (usual lead times + tariffs permitting) launching 5" and 6" coaxes using their anodized aluminum cones with corrugated surrounds. Allegedly 4 month out. They were in the Madisound room. They also had an SB Acoustics 8" pro coax on display, though I don't know if that's a shipping product.
hmm, all quality speakers IMO have a sweet spot, the money spot IMO, to each there own but walking around and listening to music is not really critical listening or what a quality speaker should be based on, but again, to each there own, an not really fair to compare for a 2-3 sec demo, but again, just my opinion, thanks for the viewpoint
Oh, he makes the elacs? No wonder they are so highly regarded.
I would pay that man just for an hour of his time to look at my designs and tell me what I am doing wrong. I would pay good money for that.
I didn't, we moved on very quickly from the speakers that sounded bad.
Agree with a lot that was said. The Morels were outstanding. Every Dynaudio was great. Surprised the Linkwitz was blah. Lithuanian loudspeaker brand Audio Solutions was great, used all SB Acoustics drivers.
Really impressed with the Pearl Sibelius Alpair unit, made of solid French Oak. Scaled perfectly. Punched. A little weak in the treble., missed that sparkle. Surprising how dynamic they got, but need a smaller room.
Really impressed with the Pearl Sibelius Alpair unit, made of solid French Oak. Scaled perfectly. Punched. A little weak in the treble., missed that sparkle. Surprising how dynamic they got, but need a smaller room.