Recent content by nirvy111

I'd probably give the 3020's ago even though I own the concept 20's, 40's, Dali Zensor 1's. I wouldn't assume perforamce/appeal simply based on price. They're using a newly designed tweeter, woofer and cabinet and therefore could have a sound and presentation that one might find more appealing...

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I've had both Denon x4100 and Yamaha 3040 in my theatre room running 7.1 with 7 Kef ls50's. I prefered the Denon, I thought the Yamaha sounded overblown and unrealistic. The Yamaha's get the 5 star reviews but they're bloody awful sounding recievers in my opnion. Denon or Marantz is they way to...

I can vouch for the Q acoustic concept 20's, I thought they were a pretty big upgrade over my MA BX2's. They are a bit anemic in the bass because of their small size, the BX2's have a fair bit more bass but the 20's are more accurate. I wouldn't call them dull or lifeless at all, they're an...

Sounds to me like your friends keyed your speakers. No speaker covers and that nice tangerine coloured driver can be pretty tempting to some people, disfiguring that is. I have on occasion wanted to touch those drivers but had to tell myself to back down.

I'm listening to a pair of ls50's right now running on a cheap Yamaha 673 avr. They sound good, the bass is top notch, not particularly deep but enough. They don't seem fussed coupled with the receiver either. I was expecting them to sound harsh or something but not so. I'm no expert but the...

You should demo Denon as well if you can, x5200 or x7200 for example. I have the Denon x4100 and tested it with the Yamaha 3040 in my theatre room recently and really disliked the Yamaha, I didn't like the way it sounded at all. I thought it was unrealistic, with a shouty in your face kind of...

In my setup I've compared new speakers straight out of the box with another pair(same speaker) that's had heavy use for the past 6 months and I didn't hear any difference. In comparing them I made sure everything was exactly the same, same volume, speaker position, seating position, toe-in etc...

Did you hear the zensor 5's with the 684 s2's or separately?

I was going to say the same thing. Side by side is the only way to compare speakers. Hearing memory is not reliable and different equipment and listening enviorment changes things. Having said that the kef r500's are far superior. Actually I have no idea, never heard either

'Warm involving speakers' Q acoustics(cough)concept 40's(cough)

I've only ever bought bookshelf speakers for budget reasons and/or for limiting bass output for a given situation.

If value is the issue then the obvious choice for the o.p is the QA concept 40's. Not having to spend more money on amps is a plus.

If the concept 40's are new they will also improve quite a bit with break in including their bass performance and of course sound even better with a better amp so I suspect you will still prefer the them over the kef ls50's even after a long run in, maybe even more so. I've owned the concept...

I bought a velodyne subwoofer(cht12 I think it was) a couple of years ago based on a whathifi review, they gave it 5 stars and it was a heap of rubbish. Honestly I don't think whathifi knows what a good subwoofer is, anyway the svs and power sound audio subwoofers are excellent value in...