Crimes Against Sound Quality

[eduardo_b]

I can also remember playing Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love" LP on that system and having my titts blown off over how freeeaakin' orgasmic "Hello Earth" sounded through the Tannoy's.
Those where the day's.
Now it's Behringer Truth's for me :? .
Can't bitch really because they're damn good for the price.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm it sure brings back memories though.

The second half of that album, listed as The Ninth Wave, proved the advantage of having her own studio. I listen to this now on Boston Acoustic speakers, which carry on the tradition started by all those other Boston area speaker companies.

Everything I read says the computer-aided design speakers of the last 10 years are way better than the ones we're talking about, but I'm thinking that's mostly in being able to use smaller drivers to good effect. I chose the 10-inch Advents over the 12s because I thought it worthhwile trading a little bottom end for tighter bass overall. Of course, with all the compression on current recordings -- which started this thread -- probably doesn't matter, does it.

Behringer a UK firm?

[Sonic Assault]

Everything I read says the computer-aided design speakers of the last 10 years are way better than the ones we're talking about, but I'm thinking that's mostly in being able to use smaller drivers to good effect. I chose the 10-inch Advents over the 12s because I thought it worthhwile trading a little bottom end for tighter bass overall. Of course, with all the compression on current recordings -- which started this thread -- probably doesn't matter, does it.

I agree, speakers a notoriously difficult to get right - KEF fell into the 'designed by computers' trap when they first released their 'C' series designs back in the early 90's, they just seemed to have forgot its not a computer that has to live with with the finished product, they had an exemplary measured performance but they sounded awful! One company (who's name escapes me) came up with a cabinet design constructed from concrete resin, on the logical basis of neigh on 0% cabinet coloration, yet again perfect measured performance - lame sound.
speakers are a balance of compromises - the trick is to get the balance to appeal to the maximum number of people in the greatest number of domestic environments.

[eduardo_b]

I agree, speakers a notoriously difficult to get right...One company (who's name escapes me) came up with a cabinet design constructed from concrete resin, on the logical basis of neigh on 0% cabinet coloration, yet again perfect measured performance - lame sound.

Wasn't that Wharfdale that used concrete resin? Maybe they evaluated the speakers on the basis of compressed hip-hop with a dynamic range of 10dB. :-)

It seems to me that a lot of favorite albums from the 60s and 70s are not exactly examples of sonic excellence, so I'm not too judgemental about what is being released now. And the tracks on some early albums were amazingly uneven in audio quality, with individual tracks on some seemingly recorded in a closet and mixed during the cocktail hour.

[Sonic Assault]

Wasn't that Wharfdale that used concrete resin? Maybe they evaluated the speakers on the basis of compressed hip-hop with a dynamic range of 10dB.

No it wasn't Wharfdale - I remember a Wharfedale advert years back that claimed they only used women to quality test their speakers, as women had superior hearing to men - Although I've personally never been able to clarify whether this is true or not, I'd trust a woman over a bloody computer anyday.

I saw this programme a few years back where this guy had been experimenting with slate cabinets. I confess I only only watched it because it mentioned Alan Parsons.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/pr ... rog4.shtml

On the concrete front I did find this:

http://www.faradaysound.co.uk/science.html

I'm not sure this is the same company, but it seems they might have improved matters?

Although low density and rigidity is the exact same concept that Celestion claimed for the Aerolam aluminum honeycomb cabinets on the SL600's - hummm! What goes around, comes around.

[rbet]

pink floyd on any system? NO THANKYOU

You tell 'em, Chase!!