KERR Acoustic
Kerr Acoustic
national audio show birmingham 2017 !
I've mixed reports on Kerr.
The conversation goes likes this:
Jes: 'I remember you from the 2017 show, held in Birmingham'
Me: 'Yes, we played 'stir it up' then and it sounded a bit harsh'
Jes: 'Track has a harsh sound to it - enacts sound'
Me: 'It sounds less harsh now what have you done'
Jes: 'Shows me his new tweaked, simpler crossover'
Me: (feeling frustrated) 'but why don't your speakers image?' - front row is really bad, still a little harsh, but minimal integration to the sound.
Jes: 'They do image, try sitting on the back row'
Me: (now sitting on the back row) 'yes that's better', mmm, listen for a while 'speakers aren't quite toed in evenly?'
Jes: 'We set it all up earlier, and measured it, its correct'
Me: Thinking now - ok so you've set up a room, where the whole of the front row sounds appalling, yet the back row actually sounds potentially very good.
5 years ago I heard Jes Kerr's speakers and they were highly anticipated, Jes being a younger designer/builder with a good university audio pedigree. He was unhappy back then at not getting the levels of bass he wanted, I felt the speakers upper mid was a little harsh. I think we both didn't agree with each other, i.e. I felt they had enough bass and he felt they weren't harsh. Be that as it may.
5 years later Jes has the bass he needs, and speakers are less harsh - he needs to back himself more - forget having a small room. Believe in yourself and spend top money on a big(er) room - your speakers 'potentially' deserve it.
Do NOT have any seats that cause your speakers to sound bad (i.e. front row). It's clear these transmission lines can sound great, but equally can be fussy (front row V. back row experience)- respect this and limit the seating you have.
If you have issues filling a bigger room - bring loads of ready-made speakers and line them up down the side, or even part built - so we can see inside the transmission labyrinth.
Have a crazy good show price and see if any are sold on the weekend...
Kerr Acoustic
national audio show birmingham 2017 !
I've mixed reports on Kerr.
The conversation goes likes this:
Jes: 'I remember you from the 2017 show, held in Birmingham'
Me: 'Yes, we played 'stir it up' then and it sounded a bit harsh'
Jes: 'Track has a harsh sound to it - enacts sound'
Me: 'It sounds less harsh now what have you done'
Jes: 'Shows me his new tweaked, simpler crossover'
Me: (feeling frustrated) 'but why don't your speakers image?' - front row is really bad, still a little harsh, but minimal integration to the sound.
Jes: 'They do image, try sitting on the back row'
Me: (now sitting on the back row) 'yes that's better', mmm, listen for a while 'speakers aren't quite toed in evenly?'
Jes: 'We set it all up earlier, and measured it, its correct'
Me: Thinking now - ok so you've set up a room, where the whole of the front row sounds appalling, yet the back row actually sounds potentially very good.
5 years ago I heard Jes Kerr's speakers and they were highly anticipated, Jes being a younger designer/builder with a good university audio pedigree. He was unhappy back then at not getting the levels of bass he wanted, I felt the speakers upper mid was a little harsh. I think we both didn't agree with each other, i.e. I felt they had enough bass and he felt they weren't harsh. Be that as it may.
5 years later Jes has the bass he needs, and speakers are less harsh - he needs to back himself more - forget having a small room. Believe in yourself and spend top money on a big(er) room - your speakers 'potentially' deserve it.
Do NOT have any seats that cause your speakers to sound bad (i.e. front row). It's clear these transmission lines can sound great, but equally can be fussy (front row V. back row experience)- respect this and limit the seating you have.
If you have issues filling a bigger room - bring loads of ready-made speakers and line them up down the side, or even part built - so we can see inside the transmission labyrinth.
Have a crazy good show price and see if any are sold on the weekend...
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