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@westermac PM-3 has been my current daily can for 3 years. NDH 20 is less neutral uncalibrated, but outresolves the Oppo.

I did not make the connection before (been distracted). Didn't you ask us to drop the MOT title because you were no longer with SW. And now this? WTF dude! Did I miss the memo where you tell all admins that you are back with SW?

@ultrabike I’ve been back at SW since December. I guess I forgot to ping the admins and someone just changed my title. Go figure...

Thanks for the heads up. I bought it but had to remove the restrictions to read it with google translate. Macke HR824 version 3 is a "well-done monitor" but only 1/3 for sound :) I heard that one a few weeks ago: 0/10 sound in the next room being heard through the wall level bad.

I agree with the two-way editorial recommendations I've heard for their sizes. It's pretty much impossible for the hyped monitors to beat them as normalish sounding tracking, mixing, and listening speakers in their respective sizes and prices regardless of the later review scores.

They show the HR824 MK2, which doesn't look too good to me measurement wise. Mids are ridden with resonant trails and directivity doesn't seem too controlled. MR824 looks a tad better.

That tweeter! 2300hz 1st order like a boss! Those danish engineers behind the Satori line are truly awesome at what they do.

I would put L2 on a different orientation. But looks good. Nice drivers.

Sweet

Is the Empyrian a closed can?

@m17xr2b Nope, it's fully open. The bass, however is crazy good. Need to see if the THD holds up at higher SPL's.

Crazy good is a bit much, but I agree it's a very satisfying bass. From my short audition I remember not finding any faults with it except price but prefer it over the verite.

Also the soft dome tweeter doesn’t have any AMT weirdness or off-timbre either.

How is the KH310's compared to 8050's ?
Could you live with them wihtout subs?

@Jokko The biggest improvement is in mids and treble, when listened loud. I guess I could live without my subs, but I'd prefer not to.

@Taverius I used the same ones. For anything less than the insane 10AWG screw terminals are plenty good.

shit, no crimping?

@Cspirou NL2FX use screws for sane wire gauges. They sort of mention that crazies can tear the screws out and just solder the 10AWG.

"They also let you enter the world of active speakers at reasonable prices: their cheapest model, the Xeo 2, costs only $1299/pair" yeah ok fuck you

Hey now @spwath, high MSRPs keep flippers in business

I'm a bottom of the barrel flipper though. I never spend more than 200-300$

Steeper slopes meant that none of the drivers struggle and lin-phase changed timing around the crossover zone. Overall the result is a cleaner and punchier bass without the 100 - 170Hz hole.

How are you doing the filters and crossovers? MiniDSP?

Used to own a 2x4HD, but my Mac mini for 300eur can do much more. It runs a Reaper DAW which routs X-over, timing and room correction via plug-ins. Also Roon runs on it.

Only the ported ones. Sealed ones do more of a humming thing. I try not to watch.

Svs are brilliant at subs. Now my sb-2000 sits at Sonarworks lab. If I hadn’t built my insane big subs, I’d prolly had 4 sb-2000ies.

I finally bit the bullet and bought Ref 4 Speaker Edition (couldn't resist the Black Friday sale); given my experience with SW headphone correction I'm excited to see what my system will sound like corrected. Just need all my coworkers to leave so I can blast some sweeps. Glad you're back at SW!

Well that was a short vacation xD

I'm really happy to be back. Might post a really interesting blog post in the following days.

So pleased! Glad to have you back on the inside.

The noise cancelling was impressive but I didnt think sq was competitive to wired offerings

To be fair - If you were expecting wireless ANC headphones to sound as good as wired headphones, you were setting yourself up for failure from the start.

I'm not expecting them to outsing a PM3. I expect them to not suck schlanger.

You know he parted ways with them, right?

I see HD800/800S support for Reference 4, and for TruFi listed on their website.

Cool. I used to read SoS when I was more into studio audio. Thanks!

Cool, do you have a link to the whole article? For the non subscribers?

@JK47 unfortunately no link, it’s paywalled for now (a grand 1GBP wall), but will become available after a few months.

If I had boiled the old pads from my HD800, it would have been liking eating @Koth Ganesh.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I have my limits.

And the new ones are quite a lot firmer, which equals being slightly less comfortable. But yes, new pads, new head band: just like new phones.

But... no dancing frequency display! :)

ADI-2 DAC isn't listed on the German site anymore. Discontinued?

Edit: Nevermind. It's still listed under 'converters' but is missing on some parts of the site.

Sad loss, RIP.

He contributed a lot with his designs and his website, definitely will be missed. While I didn't have the opportunity to meet him, he seemed to be a nice person.

Not just his DIY builds, but the Linkwitz-Riley filter and other fundamental contributions are huge.