luvdunhill Posted September 3, 2016 Report Posted September 3, 2016 If it was balanced bridged, the balanced input impedance would be double the single ended. It's not and that is odd. The other numbers no one can really dispute until they measure them, the input impedance should be something one can rationalize. It's odd, that's why I brought it up. Glad you are enjoying them, very compact design. How many watts do you believe you are running them at? Any idea what the input voltage is to the amplifier at your usual listening volume? They specify distortion at a much lower power than they are rated, I would assume that is because at full tilt the numbers are (considerably?) higher. Quote
skullguise Posted September 3, 2016 Report Posted September 3, 2016 That's awesome.....I haven't heard any of the recent models, but got to hear the Kipod (v1 I think) in San Francisco some years back driven by Moon separates. You could tell something special was going on, and these weren't even run for 50 hours yet..... Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted September 4, 2016 Report Posted September 4, 2016 Tom -- I need to invite myself over. What's your music of choice? Format? 2 Quote
MexicanDragon Posted September 8, 2016 Report Posted September 8, 2016 Tom has a fantastic vinyl collection, and while he may have a DAC or a CDP laying around, he's almost all vinyl. I always enjoyed chilling in the listening room in Atlanta, and would love to make it up to VA. Perhaps one day. **BRENT** 2 Quote
purk Posted September 8, 2016 Report Posted September 8, 2016 Tom and his wife are super cool. You guys should really visit his listening room. I sure miss having both of them down here that's for sure. 4 Quote
dsavitsk Posted September 28, 2016 Report Posted September 28, 2016 Looks interesting: http://www.soundonsound.com/news/atc-reveal-compact-passive-nearfield-monitor 1 Quote
Craig Sawyers Posted September 29, 2016 Report Posted September 29, 2016 Aaw - that's not speaker porn. *This* is speaker porn (note the fire extinguisher..) "I've bought some new speakers, honey" (sound of door slamming) 9 Quote
skullguise Posted September 29, 2016 Report Posted September 29, 2016 I like the "resonance control devices" on top of the speaker boxes in the bottom pic! Quote
Grand Enigma Posted September 29, 2016 Report Posted September 29, 2016 4 hours ago, skullguise said: I like the "resonance control devices" on top of the speaker boxes in the bottom pic! I fail to see how potted-plant man would have a similar resonance to R2D2. Quote
swt61 Posted September 29, 2016 Report Posted September 29, 2016 Well if the plant is MaryJane, it could be highly "resinance". Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 I love Focal, but these are some ugly ass speakers: Much prefer the red ones, the black ones (of course) and even the white ones to these. Quote
Craig Sawyers Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 Love 'em or hate 'em, you sure as hell can't ignore them Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 The red ones are pretty visually loud as well, but for some reason, I'm alright with them. But the blue ones put me in mind of those bright LEDs that some audiophile equipment have, that just hurt my eyes. It's too vibrant. Quote
Craig Sawyers Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 The blue is a lot more shouty than the red for sure. Quote
CarlSeibert Posted October 12, 2016 Report Posted October 12, 2016 If nobody wants the blue ones, you could send them over to my house..... 3 Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted October 12, 2016 Report Posted October 12, 2016 That's a good point, I wouldn't exactly throw them out if I were "stuck" with them. Quote
swt61 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Posted October 12, 2016 As a gay man I'm given a secret packet that greatly expands my abilities on certain skill sets. One of those being interior design. While I'm not supposed to impart any of that knowledge to heterosexual America, I will go so far as to suggest that some strategically placed artwork could marry these sound transducers to your living room. 4 Quote
Grahame Posted October 13, 2016 Report Posted October 13, 2016 Possible speaker porn Wireless , Active, KEF LS50's, pre-order from tomorrow! http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/10/future-fi-now-kefs-ls50-wireless-active-loudspeaker/ 1 Quote
swt61 Posted October 13, 2016 Report Posted October 13, 2016 I would categorize those more as speaker soft core, not actual porn. Still interesting though. Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted October 14, 2016 Report Posted October 14, 2016 ...some fresh colour combinations might help separate this new active LS50 model from the passive version: Titanium Grey/Red; Gloss Black/Blue; Gloss White/Copper. Wait, those are new colour combinations? Oh, oh, oh, the passive ones were gloss black/copper and gloss white/blue, so the other way 'round. Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted October 15, 2016 Report Posted October 15, 2016 On 10/12/2016 at 0:59 PM, CarlSeibert said: If nobody wants the blue ones, you could send them over to my house..... Out of my league, but they're for sale. Also, "Audi Blue", so not just gay men should be attracted to them. Just manly men. Quote
swt61 Posted October 15, 2016 Report Posted October 15, 2016 Just to be clear, I don't find them attractive, but I know how to work them in. Use a slow night in a gay bar as an analogy. 1 Quote
bjarnetv Posted November 16, 2016 Report Posted November 16, 2016 LM audio LM-3 and some amp porn. LM Audio G-212 and G-2 5 Quote
Hopstretch Posted November 16, 2016 Author Report Posted November 16, 2016 Those tubes are almost $2,000 a pop I think I remember reading. Happy rolling. 2 Quote
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