Monitor Gold 10
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Any hints and tips? I've not had these before!
Any hints and tips? I've not had these before!
Bought a pair of decent ones locally some 7 years ago just to try. My main speakers were gigantic ProAc Response Fours. A bigger contrast would be difficult to imagine. I liked them, but they didn't (couldn't ?) give me the room-filling scale I was used to. Four weeks later I bought 2905s; wow! All the transparency and delicacy of the 57s but massive scale (and more bass). Still have them, powered by 100 valved mono's
They were superb, only the fact that I felt the family deserved our large dining room back led me to pass them on. @chiily took them off me and I don't think he could have found a better pairNot much, other than to enjoy. Also, don't panic if they have any issues with them - they're easily repairable. I miss mine. Sold them to another PFMer who sold them on again. Wouldn't it be strange if you were buying that pair (in which case you can relax - mine were a very sorted pair )
Let them charge (plugged in) for 48 hours before playing them. I know, people say 24 hours but I think 48 is best.
They are very inefficient until they're fully charged and playing them with any volume before they're charged can cause problems in the panels.
Any hints and tips? I've not had these before!
These might be silly questions; I'll ask anyway; why do they need to be charged first and must they be plugged in at all times even when not in use?
These are a totally new type of loudspeaker!
The membrane, the bit that moves back and forth, only has limited excursion and to compensate requires a larger surface area than a conventional cone speaker. The 2905s are a fair bit larger than the 57s which means they can give more extended bass and at a higher volume. Of course they aren’t strictly comparable as the panels are of a different design but the principle still applies.I wonder why the 2905s have better bass. I mean, what’s going on, have there been compromisses to achieve it? Do they have better bass than the 63?
I’d always kind of assumed there were limits to bass response from electrostatic panels.