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RE: Show me a current monitor







In 1982 when these speakers came out, they were talked about for many reasons and angled baffle for the bass drivers was not one of them. The fact Quad and KEF worked together to develop the speakers along with the fact the quad amps could push 1600 watts, and the speakers could hit 120dB were the main things people referenced when talking about these speakers.

Looking at them from a designer's point of view I can say I do not like the angled baffle. Bass is omni directional from 100 HZ down some say. I feel its 80 HZ and down. The KEF KM1 run the 4 bass drivers to 400 HZ so let's say under 100 HZ is omni directional so if the crossover point was 100 HZ that's fine but 400 HZ that is two octaves higher.

So, your fist 2 octaves of fundamental frequency's you're hearing off the driver's axis common sense says that's bad. But KEF obviously does not agree.

But to answer your question how many monitors use angled baffles who knows although not monitors Polk audio comes to mind so do (buy other sound equipment) aka Bose.

But I am sure with so many speaker manufacturers out there that there are more. It's a wacky world full of strange things




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