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Bri:
imho, Genelec and Tannoys prolly recreate the music with extreme precision and are ideal in a mastering or studio enviroment, but you may find other brands lend their own charactoristic to the source in your home. Also consider the room size: subwoofer size ratio, HF dispersion and physical hieght from the ground the speakers will be. Try to think of them as lighting fixtures, the HF (tweeters/horns) as spots and the lower freq stuff as floods. There are alot of considererations here, but it's a fun journey. Let us know how you do!

Bri

dmonterisi:
i actually think you should bring some live recordings to check out the speakers if that is what you are going to be using them for.  i think it's probably the case that live aud recordings do not bring out the full potential of a speaker, but i would want to know what is going to make the stuff i listen to the most sound best.  so i would bring one or two of the recordings you wear out at home and try out the speakers on those.  you know those recordings really well and you'll probably hear things in them you've never knew were there.  definitely do not buy the first day you go look.  take your time and have fun
-damon

jpschust:
d- bring that kimock show from my server with the soundfield as the source... great stereo panning, amazing recording.

hippies:
but you haven't even HEARD the SKB Madison yet!

Soundfield snobs ya...hehe...  ;)

Tim:

--- Quote from: dmonterisi on April 01, 2003, 04:46:29 PM ---i think it's probably the case that live aud recordings do not bring out the full potential of a speaker,

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yes and no. I took in a sampling of studio recordings with me but I also brought in a few liev tapes I have made. A good live tape will lack the (over)compression that you find on all studio recordings so you can give the speakers a real workout. I brought along some rather robust tapes with healthy bottom ends to see what the speakers sounded like when they had to extend way down and playback non-rolled-off/non-compressed bass frequencies.

I have a big ass music collection (don't we all) but at home I mostly listen to live tapes, I leave the studio stuff for the car and computer. If you listen to a lot of live stuff I suggest you see how the speakers handle them, same thing if you listen to a lot of classical or jazz or folk...

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