On 2/25/2016 8:53 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/25/16 8:08 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/25/2016 6:58 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/25/16 6:32 PM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:59:15 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

He must've been getting warm. The name-calling has crescendoed.

It's that damn fake set of Klipschorns that's got him ****ed. Damn, if
the label
isn't even spelled correctly, you'd think they'd be able to recognize
some
not-so-genuine Klipschorns.
--


This from a moron who believe expensive little speakers deliver more
lifelike sound than expensive big speakers. Are there no limits to your
ignorance, JohnnyTrash?


It really depends on what kind of music you typically listen to. For
example, the speakers you like and listen to have an "airy" sound to
them that are ideal for classical music and for lifelike reproduction of
acoustic instruments (guitar, etc.) along with vocals. However, they
are not that great for the lifelike reproduction of hard rock with loud
electric guitars running through distortion pedals and piercing vocals.
For that, any cheap system works just fine. Trash in = Trash out,
faithfully reproduced, of course.

Back in the late 50's and early 60's as "hi-fi" became a big deal,
speakers became generally categorized as being a "West Coast Sound" or a
"East Coast Sound". West coast speakers were brighter sounding, some
using horns instead of a paper mid-range driver whereas East coast
speakers were softer sounding in the mids, producing a more "lush"
sound. I suppose the reason was the growing popularity of rock and roll
and "surf" music that originated on the west coast.

In those days JBL was probably the leader in the "west coast" speaker
sound. East coast speakers included Jensen, Electro-voice, Advent and
eventually Bose in 1968.






Never been a fan of most of what is called "hard rock" music. Plus, I
don't listen to the music I like at really loud levels.

Hmmm. You might be wasting your time and space in your living room with
those big maggies then. They have to be driven fairly hard to
accurately produce a "lifelike" sound. Maybe you'd be better off with
a good set of bookshelf speakers. Bowers & Wilkins 600 series come
immediately to mind.