The active speakers club

[AlmaataKZ]

Mackie, pro only

http://www.mackie.com/products/studiomonitors/index.html#activemon

 

[CnoEvil]

Bang & Olufsen, domestic only

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/loudspeakers

expensive

Is it a Penlek (cross between a Dalek and a Penguin)? :?

 

[AlmaataKZ]

It's a spashtray - cross of a spacecraft with an ashtray.

 

[stuartybass]

hi everyone at Active speaker club,

have to say very good forum, my system is a full 5.1 b&o system, beolab 8000, 6000, 4000, and 2. farther bought the system in 1994, checked the reciept to see what he paid for them and to my astonishment it was £6000, that was alot of money in them days especially for home cinema stuff. well we still have the gorgeous speakers and they still sound absolutely awesome, for a system that old, to me thay outperform many speaker systems that i have heard, i have heard my fair share from b&w's, wilson audio, ADM's, bose (pure crap), in pure movie terms thay are astonishing you can crank the volume to +10Db and they still sound crisp without any hint of distortion, many of the other systems i have heard once you get to -5DB they start to distort and they sound as if they will blow, lolz.

imo to have a proper home cinema system you need to at least spend £5000-8000 for the amp, speakers ets, and still people slate b&o for being overpriced, more style over substance etc. To my ears they are brill and i will never replace these speakers until they die on me, these speakers are built to last.

btw i aint no B&O geek i just love quality products and people who slate b&o are just haters, go audition them you will be astonished. these speakers are still fetching £1200-1700 in the second hand market and brand new they cost £2500 in 1994 so very in the resale market whereas many speakers wouldnt even fetch £100.

Hi Haleem. I've found it difficult to find much comment on B&O in audio terms, which I think is probably because of their cost new, but as you say the second hand market makes them more reasonable.

I was interested that you had also listened to other active speakers. Could you expand a bit on your listening experiences with them compared with the B&Os? I mean in terms of audio, rather than home cinema.

 

[CnoEvil]

It's a spashtray - cross of a spacecraft with an ashtray.

It's always good to get these things right!

 

[alchemist 1]

As we can see from this thread... '' That Power does corrupt''.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

As we can see from this thread... '' That Power does corrupt''.

Hi FATS 2828 sorry :shhh: now alchemist 1

I see that your power is coming back

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Swan, pro and domestic

http://www.swanspeaker.com/default.aspx

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Yamaha, pro only

http://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/proaudio/speakers/

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Can't remember the make of these ones - ?

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Behringer, pro only

http://www.behringer.com/EN/Category/Loudspeakers-and-Studio-Monitors.aspx?s=B500

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Some other handy options to feed active speakers directly:

Sonons ZP90

www.sonos.com

Simple Audio Roomplayer II

http://simpleaudio.co.uk/products/roomplayers/roomplayer-ii

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Squeezebox Touch

http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/speakers-audio/wireless-music-systems/devices/squeezebox-touch

 

[kungula]

http://www.backesmueller.de/bm/en/line.htm

if money doesn´t matter !

 

[AlmaataKZ]

uh, never heard of these. thanks.

what sort of money?

 

[kungula]

Unafordable for most of us unfortunately

BM 50= 108 000 Euro

BM 35 = 56000 Euro

BM 14 = 15000 Euro

BM 2 = 5000 Euro and the cheapest

have a nice day

 

[Ajani]

I can't believe I forgot this remote controlled DAC/Pre:

DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core

While it can be used as just a remote controlled DAC/Pre, it also has digital-domain parametric equalization; digital room correction from 80 Hz to 500Hz; it can even be used as a two-way digital-domain crossover with fully adjustable slopes and crossover frequencies.

It costs 1,100 USD.

http://www.dspeaker.com/en/products/20-dual-core.shtml

 

[kungula]

to enjoy your active speakers, have a look at one of the best Dacs you can buy at the moment for less than 2000 Euro

the new DAC 8 from T&A

http://www.taelektroakustik.de/typo3temp/pics/29f020fb4c.png

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Some proper pics of the new adm40s have been published on the hdd forum - see the adm40 thread there.

 

[AlmaataKZ]

I can't believe I forgot this remote controlled DAC/Pre:

DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core

While it can be used as just a remote controlled DAC/Pre, it also has digital-domain parametric equalization; digital room correction from 80 Hz to 500Hz; it can even be used as a two-way digital-domain crossover with fully adjustable slopes and crossover frequencies.

It costs 1,100 USD.

http://www.dspeaker.com/en/products/20-dual-core.shtml

This is a very interesting product but I cannot figure out the connections options. Is it out now?

 

[tino]

I can't believe I forgot this remote controlled DAC/Pre:

DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core

While it can be used as just a remote controlled DAC/Pre, it also has digital-domain parametric equalization; digital room correction from 80 Hz to 500Hz; it can even be used as a two-way digital-domain crossover with fully adjustable slopes and crossover frequencies.

It costs 1,100 USD.

http://www.dspeaker.com/en/products/20-dual-core.shtml

This is a very interesting product but I cannot figure out the connections options. Is it out now?

I think it is ... and it will be reviewed hopefully soon ... here

 

[shooter]

Some proper pics of the new adm40s have been published on the hdd forum - see the adm40 thread there.

Pics missing AlmaataKZ...

 

[AlmaataKZ]

The pics are here

http://hddaudio.net/viewtopic.php?id=4270&p=9

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Here is a pic from the demo room at ATC factory.

 

[AlmaataKZ]

And from a demo of the flagship PMCs in active configuration (with external crossover and amps) at Unilet.