Nope, it will sound perfect and be worth 10x the price. Trust me. The two port differential thing is a design issue to compensate and remove the need for equalization.
What's wrong with you guys?
What's wrong with you guys?
If one can remove that terrible grille, and stuff sock in the port, it may be ok speaker.
How much does it cost? I am lazy to google it.
How much does it cost? I am lazy to google it.
So it comes with classD in it...likely only in one of the speakers, hence the port in one for cooling 🙂
Well, i actually went to amazon site...i was wrong, both speakers have port on the back. Seen more pictures. That may be hole for ir remote control on the front, as i expected, only one has amp in it.
Unless that decorate bit is REALLY squishy and absorbent one will get significant HF splash off the inner edges of that cavity the tweeter sits in.
dave
dave
ASR did a review of them - https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...on-basics-80w-review-bookshelf-speaker.29304/
he got the speakers for $50!
how can make someone money on selling pair of active bookshelfs for $50?
how can make someone money on selling pair of active bookshelfs for $50?
They can’t. It’s a tax write off to “promotional activities” to create buzz and have people listen to them to encourage sales at the actual sales price of $340 etc.
Seems to have worked. Funny how so many people who claimed to be “audiophiles” liked the sound of the speakers despite them measuring kind of rough in the mid range. Now their promotion has resulted in 100 or so glowing 4/5 star reviews and the price is then raised to a reasonable level. I can guarantee that if they had released it at $340, the number of 4/5 star reviews would not have been as many.
Plus, it seems for once, even Amir can overlook warts when the price is right! 🙂
Seems to have worked. Funny how so many people who claimed to be “audiophiles” liked the sound of the speakers despite them measuring kind of rough in the mid range. Now their promotion has resulted in 100 or so glowing 4/5 star reviews and the price is then raised to a reasonable level. I can guarantee that if they had released it at $340, the number of 4/5 star reviews would not have been as many.
Plus, it seems for once, even Amir can overlook warts when the price is right! 🙂
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well, my fix with the sock in the port was actually good suggestion
that rough midrange is caused by the port
amir has some controversial conclusions, like giving good review to tannoy which measures much worse than this amazon stuff
that rough midrange is caused by the port
amir has some controversial conclusions, like giving good review to tannoy which measures much worse than this amazon stuff
Amazon does not "make" anything. They contract out where their analysis says there is excessive profit to be made. Some of it pretty good. ( Batteries in bulk) WBC are very good products. A lot of it is absolute junk. In the market of the above speakers, I suspect the aesthetics that make it look high-tech are a larger selling point than their sound. Right or wrong, only the market will tell. I am not betting against them.
Amir has a very restrictive set of tests, very tenuous for speakers as they are all so bad, it is more of a personal choice. Some of his site followers have extreme bias that is getting old. The objective electronic measures as posted are excellent and tell at least half the story. Unfortunately, attempting to discuss what measures cause our preferences gets on their high horse making any progress impossible.
Just checked, all three Tannoy tests on ASR were horrible reviews.
Amir has a very restrictive set of tests, very tenuous for speakers as they are all so bad, it is more of a personal choice. Some of his site followers have extreme bias that is getting old. The objective electronic measures as posted are excellent and tell at least half the story. Unfortunately, attempting to discuss what measures cause our preferences gets on their high horse making any progress impossible.
Just checked, all three Tannoy tests on ASR were horrible reviews.
