Well, I think all Hi-Fi auditioning should be like Dave Rat does in his Mighty Headphone Quest.
What is your take on how to audition?
What is your take on how to audition?
Thompsonuxb said:Auditioning is difficult.
I listened to some CM8's and KEF rn500's the other day wired up to an Arcam receiver from a pioneer blu-ray via HDMI.
Considering the price of the speakers I was not impressed. Doubt it was a fair 'audition' though to these speakers.(it was not booked)
Detail, imaging front to back and texture was lacking to my ears with both speakers.
I actually listened to what the speakers did with the different parts of the music.
Compared to how it sounded at home..... Not good.
If I was in the market for New speakers I'd be lost.
scene said:Oh yes - never, ever try speakers fresh out of the box - they have to be run in, and even the best speaker can sound like a raucous fishwife when first connected...
Laurens_B said:scene said:Oh yes - never, ever try speakers fresh out of the box - they have to be run in, and even the best speaker can sound like a raucous fishwife when first connected...
Mine sound exactly the same as they did when I first connected them.
Laurens_B said:scene said:Oh yes - never, ever try speakers fresh out of the box - they have to be run in, and even the best speaker can sound like a raucous fishwife when first connected...
Mine sound exactly the same as they did when I first connected them.
MeanandGreen said:Best to audition at home if possible.
Every dem room I've been in never sounds as good as my system at home. No where near as good in fact.
In saying that when I bought my Tannoy Mercury V4 a year ago and my NAD C326BEE the year before that, I didn't even bother with auditions. If you are experienced enough to know what type of sound you do and don't like and if you can cut through the BS in reviews, I think it is possible to make an educated decision on what to buy.
If a product is praised for the particular strengths you are looking by several different sources including actual buyers and owners of the product, then it's pretty safe to say you know what you're going to get.
Happy_Listener said:I prefer to audition with a Lagavulin 16 year old whisky in one had, a cuban cigar in the other hand, and a hot blond on my lap. *good*
Happy_Listener said:I prefer to audition with a Lagavulin 16 year old whisky in one had, a cuban cigar in the other hand, and a hot blond on my lap. *good*
Vladimir said:Well, I think all Hi-Fi auditioning should be like Dave Rat does in his Mighty Headphone Quest.
What is your take on how to audition?
lindsayt said:Interesting that none of the headphones were really particularly neutral. They all had significant peaks / troughs / roll-offs in their frequency response. Which might just go to show how difficult it is to get a flat response from 20hz to 20khz from any single transducer or combination of transducers that can fit in a headphone.
mond said:Each to their own I guess, I ended up buying AudioNote AN-K