Julf
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None that I am aware of. Of course, given his plans for DIY are ubiquitous, why would they?
Kind of my point. Commercial manufacturers employ designers who design good-looking, not good-sounding, speakers.
None that I am aware of. Of course, given his plans for DIY are ubiquitous, why would they?
Kind of my point. Commercial manufacturers employ designers who design good-looking, not good-sounding, speakers.
istm that may be true for some, but obviously not all.
Would you include the speakers Kieth of Purite promotes?
Care to name a few of these awful sounding great looking comercial speakers.Kind of my point. Commercial manufacturers employ designers who design good-looking, not good-sounding, speakers.
Care to name a few of these awful sounding great looking comercial speakers.
Why notNo. I don't care to name them.
Surely if you make such a sweeping statement, you need to give examples of models you have either owned or listened to which fit into this category.
the speakers were camouflaged somewhat with tacky sellotape. I think the speakers are not the point here, as they are unobtainable. It is the fact that we could have a speaker with cheap ancillaries and get the best sound I have ever heard IMHO and blame the Hifi Industry for not trying hard enough to advance speaker design. Money Money Money, time time time, care care care!!! I have after years of trying AVantgarde Duo's , Harbeths, Devore orangutans,Obelisks, KUdos, Naim Ovators , Tannoy Prestige Canterburys etc etc etc , ended up listening to 1970's Tannoys as my preferred speakers!
So are we saying that .. source first..no longer applies as electronics have progressed?
If you're looking at any system performance it should never have been source first. It far better to address any potential bottlenecks first. This source first business was just another example of clever marketing.
For example, with a personal computer performance you would identify and address any CPU/RAM/GPU/internet speed/software bottleneck first etc. Or if it was car performance you would look at the engine/ transmission/ tyres/ fuel/ suspension/ driver etc.
Back in the 1970s turntables were holding things back. Nobody now talks about great record players of the 50s and the 60s, because in comparison to what followed there weren't any.
It is generally accepted that CD players, amplifiers, cables etc do sound much alike whereas no one could make the same claim for loudspeakers.
The biggest bottleneck in domestic audio today is loudspeaker performance.
Still haven't heard a set of Tannoys properly.
I was once at Jethro Tulls house and there was an enormous pair of Tannoy corner boxes that I was gagging to hear.
Then I once delivered a Garrard turntable to a restorer (guru?!) in Farnham and he sat me down in his converted garage and played me a pair of 15" jobs on the end of home built valves, but I was to naive to know what I was meant to be listening to back then... I'd love to go back and have another listen... he must be on here I'm sure ... hi!
Did he also have a 100 MPG carburetor?