[BC] The actual quality

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

Not only the room !
Back in the mid 70s, we did a comparative listening test on two candidates
for control room monitors: Klipsch Heresey vs, JBL (whatever the popular
"professional" model was that was a tad smaller than an AR-3A; maybe the pro
version of the L-100). At a low to modest listening level, they sounded
about the same. As the level was increased, the Heresey kept sounding like
more of the same up to pain threshold, while the JBL at first changed
character then became _really_ grundgy.  Didn't even need to play the
efficiency card (the Heresey is probably the most efficient acoustic
suspension speaker ever made, what with the woofer being back loaded with
that magical stuff: air!, so it worked great with the 8 to 10 watt monitors
of the day.)
M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neal Newman" <groucho at skyweb.net>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] The actual quality


> It really does not make a difference about which speaker is Being used
> hence AR3's
>  you can take the same pair Of speakers and place them in different
> rooms  and with each Room they will sound different...
> when I buy speakers... sometimes I bring  an Eq, generator and RTA with
> Me... once the guy thought I was nuts  when I asked him to make sure the
> Room I was listening In was  referenced. he had no Idea I what I was
> talking about.  I made arrangements with him  to listen after hours...
> we went into his so called  Speaker/stereo display room with  a sliding
> glass door.
>  I picked a set of speakers. then Referenced the Room with the
> pink/white noise generator./rta.
>  after the room  was referenced... we then tested other speakers...
> Before the reference.some sounded better than others...  after the
> Reference we determined some speakers that  resonated  at freqs  that we
> really didnt like. people  Buy stereos with Eq's  but have No Idea what
> the Eq is really for.
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