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- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895
We had a nice sampling of speakers, and with the exception of the Dali's we had at least one pair that was price-matched to another. Given the arrangement we paired them off into 3 categories: $200-250/pair, $400/pair and $800-$1800/pair. We also recognized that the Dali's were priced too far out of the competition, but since they were on hand we wanted to see if they were a significant step up and thus included them in our later rounds of listening tests. The speakers we had on hand included the following:
- Polk Audio Monitor 30s - $200/pair
- AV123 x-ls - $249/pair
- Hsu Research HB-1 - $250/pair
- RBH Sound TK-5C - $400/pair
- Usher S-520 - $400/pair
- Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1 - $798/pair
- RBH Sound MC-6C - $850/pair
- Dali Mentor 1 - $1800/pair
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Some other configuration notes:
- We switched seats quite frequently to gain different perspectives on the speakers
- We level-matched the speakers by measuring each of them driven at 1 watt/meter and compensating for the level differences via the master volume controls of each zon We also attempted to spot check to 82dB at 1kHz* prior to each comparison but later found this not to be accurate realizing the more accurate method was via pink noise comparisons.
- Only two speakers were ever compared at a time with a 5-10 minute interval (minimum) between listening sessions during which we set up a new test
- Loudspeakers were being fed signal from Zones 3 and 4 (level-matched) off of a Denon AVR-5805 MKII AV receiver. Each channel was muted and unmated to enable us to switch signals
- Speakers were positioned on stands such that they were in a "1L / 2L - 1R / 2R" configuration. This ensured that the distance between the speakers was identical per pair and one had only to move their head 12-inches right or left to achieve a centered listening position for either pair.
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