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How bout a subjective spin, where you tell us, 6moons style, about its PRAT for each 10 degree increment?
That's what we depend on the Central Scrutinizer for.Ok, but we expect comparative measurements.
The stakes are still at the butches , sal spent his wad on the JBLs .The stakes are high. View attachment 59855
WHO?is it like Justin Timberlake is in the room now ?
How bout a subjective spin, where you tell us, 6moons style, about its PRAT for each 10 degree increment?
Here's my attempt and a subjective description (having never listened to the HDIs).
"Where the JBL falters, though of no fault of its own given its price point, is my inability to determine whether Ms. Mutter is using her '1703 Emiliani Stradivarius or her 1710 Lord Dunn-Raven. For those unfamiliar with those instruments, the Emiliani has single-piece back while the Lord Dunn-Raven has a two piece back. On a very high-performance system it is possible to hear the slight variation between the left and right side of the wood from the Lord Dunn-Raven. That is Ms. Mutter's preferred instrument and what I assume to be used in Rey's Theme. For that reason, the Harman's instruments from JBL Synthesis HDI line won't be held in the same reverence as Mr. Stradivari's instruments some 300 years from now."
...transcends space and time.
As a thought experiment, if I were able to get Harman products at employee pricing, and was in the market for a high end bookshelf, should I be going Revel over these?
It's a hard decision, at competing price levels the differences will be extremely small.As a thought experiment, if I were able to get Harman products at employee pricing, and was in the market for a high end bookshelf, should I be going Revel over these?
That should make a outstanding stereo rig as long as you room isn't too large or you play super loudly.I’ll be pairing them with a Martin Logan Dynamo 10”, so Im not overly concerned about low end drive, I’ll probably cross them over around 60hz.
thank you for the thoughtful response Sal
That should make a outstanding stereo rig as long as you room isn't too large or you play super loudly.
I'd recommend at least a 100 wpc, I was driving them with 100 wpc Adcoms and really had to get to ear bleed levels before my clipping lights would blink.
Best of luck,
Sal
That should work out perfectly!Front end is PC —> SMSL SU-8 v2 —> Balanced XLR —> Classe CAP-151 Integrated
As a thought experiment, if I were able to get Harman products at employee pricing, and was in the market for a high end bookshelf, should I be going Revel over these?
Still speaking hypothetically, if you are not the employee or a parent, sibling or child of the employee you could get someone in trouble.
That being said, at employee price, a single Gem2 costs about the same a pair of HDI-3600 or five HDI-1600 (or a pair of M126Be + stands). The HDI-1600s are about the same price as the M106s and both of them are on impulse-buy territory (you could pay more for high-end cables).
At those prices, if you only have space for bookshelves I'd go for the pair of 126s but if the budget is tighter the 1600 and the 106 measure similar, the JBLs could probably go louder but it is a coin-flip.
I ended up getting the 3600s and 4500 center.
The more I listen to the system, the more incredible it sounds to me.
Maybe it's breaking in? LOL
I could lay out all the positive attributes I hear but then I'd just sound like another TAS writer.
What has impressed me most was the increase in inner detail over the old system, also a big improvement in bass reproduction.
Even though I still use the same 2 subwoofers I really should have expected the bass improvement from these floor standers.