Yep, the Raidho is a tough load, brought the Nuprime Evolution 2 mono amps down to their knees. I find that a major issue with many so-called high end speakers, they are ridiculously hard to drive. From my perspective it just boils down to bad engineering.
Horizontal response
Vertical response
With the dispersion pattern in combination with the measured frequency response, I think it is fair to say that an objectively more neutral engineered speaker, will sound quite different.
gleeds, pls watch the video, it's all in there. Measurement from Stereophile correlates pretty well with the measurements taken by Morten in his EBU certified listening room. As to exciting bass room modes, it is an ever returning problem, when you place a (big) speaker in a room. As such, I...
Jägerst.
You are asking some relevant questions, but we can only speculate on Raidho's behavior of being afraid of a little negative criticism, when the critique from the majority of the review team is overly positive. I can reveal that Morten pretty much agreed with my critique.
And yes, a...
Zeotrope, did you watch the video? ;) The measurement shown is from Stereophile and here is the in-room response that Morten took.
The listening room and the Gryphon Diablo amp. The Nuprime Evolution Two mono amps clipped, because of the speakers very difficult load.
A new review is up. This time it is another danish speaker Raidho 3.8. They can be yours for around 100.000 $ grand :D I must admit that I was not overly impressed with the sound, especially the price considered, so most of my review/opinion had to be uhm, how to put it, be diminished or toned...
Fortunately I'm not the only one who thinks that Dali Epikore 11 is something quite special. The other guys at the review team, pretty much agree.
Just for clarification, none of us has any affiliation with the products under review.
New weekend audio escapades. My friend got the opportunity to get a quick listening session with the Dali Epikore 11. General same impression as I had, reference holographic soundstage, imaging and "speaker disappearing" act. Dynamics and clarity top notch, nice bass even without EQ, but he felt...
I will add to my impressions of the Epikore, that the speakers totally mastered the "disappearing act". At no time did I have any sense of sound, emanating from the speakers itself. For me, that counts as a strong argument of good and solid speaker engineering.
Thanks for your reply Bjorn! Hopefully the Epikore will be measured by somebody, I would also like to see some polars on these. In the meantime have a read a the "white paper". Some of your objections will be explained...
There is a little side story to my Dali session. As mentioned we are a team of 8-9 people, who independently, are gonna listen to different speakers, in the near future. A fellow named Lars, who had been listening to the Dali's a couple of days before me, had had some trouble of getting a...
In the forthcoming months there will be a series of speakers, that I'm going to audition. A guy called Morten Stjernholm, has assembled a team of 8 or 9 hifi enthusiast (audiophiles?). We are going to listen to the speakers one by one, as not to bias each other and then Morten is going to sum up...
Sure, 40.000 euro is a lot of money so it's all relative, but compared to the general "high end" jewelry, I think Dali Epikore 11 really delivers at this price point. The research and development that went into this speaker, will surely trickle down, just like we see it from other brands like...
Bjorn, the 35 mm tweeter will start to be more directional in its upper passband, so the ribbon tweeter is coming in above 10 KHz, but of course this will only work in the horizontal domain.
Another listening experience and very fresh in my mind, as it is from yesterday. I got to hear the brand new Dali Epikore 11 speaker, costing 40.000 euro or 60.000 $, so a much steeper price if you pay in dollars. A ton of RD went into the making of the Dali speakers. New motor structures, easy...
I agree Rob, it looks a bit strange, but my overall point here is the classic BBC dip in the 2-3 KHz, that some seem to prefer. At least 2 persons attending the hifi meeting preferred the non-eq version (#246). Probably of no surprise, I did not.
No, the measurements were taken properly, only one speaker was measured, I myself moved the mic, but the analysis in the software might have gone wrong. Hopefully we will get to the bottom of this, there is enough misinformation in this hobby as it is :D
Bjorn, I have talked to my friend who did the measurements, he will have a look at it. He mentioned something about the impulse response perhaps not being aligned properly. He uses Groundsound software, so it's a bit different than REW that I'm used to.
Rob, those measurements are taken from Stereophiles webpage.
"Fig.2 Focal-JMlab Nova Utopia Be, quasi-anechoic response on tweeter axis at 36", averaged across 30 degrees horizontal window and corrected for microphone response, with the nearfield responses of the midrange unit (blue), woofer...
Hopkins it was 48 inches (120 cm) from the speakers and it was the non eq version that some preferred. In general we hear the direct and reflected sound as a lumped total sound (soundpower), so the dip would be there in all horizontal off axis directions and be prominent in the listening...
Do audiophiles actually prefer a linear frequency response? I'm not so sure! The reason I ask is because I had a recent experience, where I was invited to a hifi meeting, where DSP would be demonstrated. The system was Focal Alto Utopia BE speakers, McIntosh C2300 Tube preamplifier, McIntosh...
Sure Rob, I'm just generalizing to make a point (and maybe be a bit polemic;)), the subject of "just using your ears" vs "measurements" is of course a bit more nuanced. But I will say that it is quite uninteresting from an objective point of view, what a random person thinks about an amplifier...
I think the reality is that audiophiles in general, seldom "trust their ears". When it's suggested that they do ears only auditions (blind test), they find countless excuses for not doing so. That has always been a conundrum to me.
Bjorn, in the scheme of the "High End Audiophile" world, we "know" that price and quality are linked together, so 30.000 grand probably won't make it. Some people (audiophiles) love to belong to a "special" group and in their mind, purchasing a top dollar system elevates them to a position above...
Attending to different hifi shows, through the years, have given me a pretty good insight into "The Audiophile World". Especially all the tweaking auxiliary equipment, that is said to improve the sound quality. One of the more bizarre example would be a showroom with small wood boxes with a bell...
Another private setup with Usher D2 "upgraded" with 2 x diamond tweeters. Pass Lab amps, DIY subs. Playing in a big room of a total of +150 m2 (+1600 ft2). With a very uneven frequency response, I did not enjoy this system at all.
In the other end of the room there was a second system. Dutch...