In Reply to: It amazes me posted by Jon L on July 6, 2007 at 08:41:41:
"how some people have so firmly and quickly decided that certain speakers are no good."Well, I come to accept that we all have our "thing" when it comes to the sonic trade-offs necessary in musical reproduction
Compression horn fans won't get the explosive dynamics they are used to out of any boxed speaker. Nor will they scale large passages as effortlessly, and that's a deal-breaker for many. So, I understand where they are coming from. I'm a bigger fan of tonality and richness.
But, I do know there is a sizable performance difference between my Fostex drivers at 400 hours compared to 800+.
Also, I've come to appreciate that room acoustics usually account for more than 60% of perceived sound in the vast majority of setups, so I often wonder what the room is like and affiliated equipment.
And oh, don't ever sell your IM-Ben's. If you do, drop me a line :)
A few months ago, I would have said that's never gonna be possible. But, i just sold my 4 bedroom house and so far have not been able to find a 2 bed apartment or house(in my price range) with a large enough living room. I'll give it 6 more months without music, and then I may have to rethink my speakers.
Edits: 07/06/07
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- It's a personal taste thing... - darkmoebius 11:50:02 07/06/07 (0)