mmeysarosh
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| Focal Kanta No.2 The NRC is a Canadian measurements lab for speakers with NRC standing National Research Council. It was developed by Dr. Floyd Toole, who even JA would refer to as one of the people who defined loudspeaker measurements for modern speakers and curr... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 You can also look at the NRC measurements for the Sopra 2 and see that Focal's figures don't correlate at all with Focal specified frequency response for the Sopra 2. That test is in the NRC chamber and you can see crossed response the steps into ... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 The measurements are from German magazine Stereoplay and I would expect a -6db @ 29hz and that specification from Focal is likely specified for the average room. They also tested the Sopra 3 and came up with -6db @ 29hz for the larger twin 8.25", ... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 The bass begins to roll off sharply around 40hz and is down -3db at 38hz and -6db at 34hz. In an appropriately sized room (which mine actually isn't for the Kanta 2), it could very well have enough gain to get down to 29hz, but it wouldn't be able... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 Measurements are a tool and just like any other, you are free to use them as you like. With them, you can certainly gain inference on how you might set up a pair in your room.The exmaple of the B&W 802D2 isn't know to have linear dispersion ac... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 Focal unfortunately decided to price the Kanta 2 quite a bit higher for the US market in comparison to the European market. It sells around $8,500 in Europe sans VAT, which I would expect a $9,000 USD price, but not more. It does have a certain st... | |
| ELAC - Adante... what’s the verdict? The R300 does measure decently well, but the article linked below is very extensive test of the R300 coax driver.http://medleysmusings.com/kef-r300-midrange-drive-unit-testing/In the testing, it was noted the speaker demonstrating a flare at 5-6kh... | |
| PS Audio PWD II vs. NAD M51 The M51 would have an advantage in two areas. The first being is digital volume implementation being more advanced in the M51 offering 35bit as compared to 32bit in the PS Audio. This allows the NAD to attenuate the signal a bit more before trunca... | |
| ELAC - Adante... what’s the verdict? The design lends a lot of interest as the approach is unique. Using a closed couple cavity with a band pass design to create an acoustic crossover of 12db per octave, which in turn lent to a simpler crossover design between the woofer and mid driv... | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range There have been some long standing expectations for Revel to eventually rework the Ultima2 series, and they had displayed he very first change to them since their introduction. Two new finishes, one called Aston Martin Silver and the other rich ch... | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range The Kef Ref 3 is one of the more balanced and neutral speakers in your audition and provides that soundstage performance over a nice wide seated spot with well drawn out performances. It's been something a standout for Kef over the past couple of ... | |
| Usability Issues with Tidal Yes, Meraki was purchased by Cisco and its part of its SDN portfolio and is not a core Cisco product. It doesn't even have any of Cisco specific developed protocols that make them unique and has somewhat independent development. I wouldn't discoun... | |
| Usability Issues with Tidal If the router in is an actual Cisco router running some iteration of IOS, its not likely and ideal router for home use. The cost of those devices are far beyond throughput and the ability to support a vast range of protocol and service and an endl... | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? Using toe in on most speakers will have very notable changes on upper treble response for wide range of speaker designs, primarily because of greater degree of output fall off at the side is greater in the upper treble range over others. That said... | |
| Magico A3 Some pretty interesting details from the A3 design and build came out recently and most of the cost reduction come from the cabinet construction being outsourced to a larger shop instead of their own in house tools and using flat walled cabinets o... |