cestlavie
05-21-2005, 03:03 PM
I've been listening to them for some time now, they are very good, very even sound, and I've heard complaints about bass, it's good enough for me. It's midbass beats out my CDT's though CDT's aren't known for a midbass, but probably wouldn't beat out some other full tower speakers that are meant as standalones with no subs.
I do find the bass ample enough, for music, a sub would definitely help with it, as it's obvious the bass cuts off at the top end of the bass spectrum, but as Dave has stated, it was meant to go with a subwoofer, and one look at the chart would tell you that.
Awesome speaker, as said for most flat freq speakers, it sounds like nothing. None of that audiophille garbage like dark/light sounds, veils, refined, 3 dimensional (someone explain that to me?), holographic (what you collect comic books or something?), just plain flat sound. I'll admit it isn't for anyone, but it should be.
Here's who I would recommend it for:
1.) People who like to hear all parts of their music. You might say that's everyone, well that's not true, they probably just don't know what I'm talking about. Some people like more bass, some people like more highs, with this speaker I can hear the singer as clearly as the bass, and the highs that's a pretty huge range of the spectrum to be represented evenly. If you like bass or highs, it has them, but I would audition them first.
2.) People who like listening for extended periods of time. These speakers are not fatiguing, and won't burn you out, I feel that's how speakers should be, but there are people who disagree.
3.) People who love imaging. The imaging on these speakers are amazing, even though all 3 of my speakers is playing, I can easily pick out where the singer is.
4.) People on a budget, I have only used the 340s, but the 170s are the predecessors and supposed based on the same technology, I would find it hard to turn down a smaller version of this speaker at the price of the 170s.
That's just my 2,
C'est
I do find the bass ample enough, for music, a sub would definitely help with it, as it's obvious the bass cuts off at the top end of the bass spectrum, but as Dave has stated, it was meant to go with a subwoofer, and one look at the chart would tell you that.
Awesome speaker, as said for most flat freq speakers, it sounds like nothing. None of that audiophille garbage like dark/light sounds, veils, refined, 3 dimensional (someone explain that to me?), holographic (what you collect comic books or something?), just plain flat sound. I'll admit it isn't for anyone, but it should be.
Here's who I would recommend it for:
1.) People who like to hear all parts of their music. You might say that's everyone, well that's not true, they probably just don't know what I'm talking about. Some people like more bass, some people like more highs, with this speaker I can hear the singer as clearly as the bass, and the highs that's a pretty huge range of the spectrum to be represented evenly. If you like bass or highs, it has them, but I would audition them first.
2.) People who like listening for extended periods of time. These speakers are not fatiguing, and won't burn you out, I feel that's how speakers should be, but there are people who disagree.
3.) People who love imaging. The imaging on these speakers are amazing, even though all 3 of my speakers is playing, I can easily pick out where the singer is.
4.) People on a budget, I have only used the 340s, but the 170s are the predecessors and supposed based on the same technology, I would find it hard to turn down a smaller version of this speaker at the price of the 170s.
That's just my 2,
C'est