Has anyone heard TANNOY speakers?

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Meh... buying speakers that expensive is about as pointless as buying "high end" cables. In the end you paid way too much and in a blind test I'd bet a large sum of cash that most people couldn't tell distinguish them from a much cheaper set of speakers/cables.

I have done double blind tests with high end cables ( MIT's) and one can indeed tell a difference.

YOU may not be able to, but the subjects in our tests could and did indicate the MIT's from the El-Cheapo's.
Repeatedly.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Meh... buying speakers that expensive is about as pointless as buying "high end" cables. In the end you paid way too much and in a blind test I'd bet a large sum of cash that most people couldn't tell distinguish them from a much cheaper set of speakers/cables.

I have done double blind tests with high end cables ( MIT's) and one can indeed tell a difference.

YOU may not be able to, but the subjects in our tests could and did indicate the MIT's from the El-Cheapo's.
Repeatedly.

How many times?

 

[Meuge]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Meh... buying speakers that expensive is about as pointless as buying "high end" cables. In the end you paid way too much and in a blind test I'd bet a large sum of cash that most people couldn't tell distinguish them from a much cheaper set of speakers/cables.

I have done double blind tests with high end cables ( MIT's) and one can indeed tell a difference.

YOU may not be able to, but the subjects in our tests could and did indicate the MIT's from the El-Cheapo's.
Repeatedly.

BULLSHIT.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Meh... buying speakers that expensive is about as pointless as buying "high end" cables. In the end you paid way too much and in a blind test I'd bet a large sum of cash that most people couldn't tell distinguish them from a much cheaper set of speakers/cables.

I have done double blind tests with high end cables ( MIT's) and one can indeed tell a difference.

YOU may not be able to, but the subjects in our tests could and did indicate the MIT's from the El-Cheapo's.
Repeatedly.

How many times?

It can be done. Heck, I can build a cable where you can hear the difference too. You just need to make some super cr@ppy box right in the middle of the cable that disrupts most of the signal. Spend a bit more money and you can alter the signal however you want.

Is this beneficial? Heck no, if you want to hear the music/sound like it was meant to. However, can you hear the difference in a double blind test? 10 times out of 10.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Meh... buying speakers that expensive is about as pointless as buying "high end" cables. In the end you paid way too much and in a blind test I'd bet a large sum of cash that most people couldn't tell distinguish them from a much cheaper set of speakers/cables.

I have done double blind tests with high end cables ( MIT's) and one can indeed tell a difference.

YOU may not be able to, but the subjects in our tests could and did indicate the MIT's from the El-Cheapo's.
Repeatedly.

Thats a full crock of caca...
As much as I like and own highend equipment.
Cables are a whole different story.
As Meuge pointed out-- BS!!!

 

[pointdablame]

Wow, this thread is an interesting read. There's actually some good info and opinions in here amongst the pissing matches that are going on.

I don't consider myself an "audiophile" by any means. I also fall in the camp of "as long as it sounds good to me" I dont care. It is interesting, however, to see what brand names can do to people. Especially with Bose.

I have friends and family that swear Bose are the best speakers ever created simply because everyone has heard of them and they are expensive. Now in my opinion, and I know in the opinion of *most* you can easily hear that Bose is a mediocre speaker when faced with better competition. That doesn't mean much to some people though.. its all in the name. I think nostalgia plays a big part in audio as well. My father once heard some McIntosh mono block amps and he has wanted one every since. He swears they are the best amps he's ever heard... now are they really? or does he think they are because he's been dreaming about them for 20+ years? who knows.

I hope that one day I can own/listen to some really high end equipment... I'd just love the opportunity to really see what they can do, regardless of brand. I don't however, think I'll ever spend over $10k on a speaker regardless of 'quality' I'm just not convinced I could ever see that big a difference in quality from what I currently have.

For now, I'm extremely happy with the Ohm Acoustics Walsh 200 Mk-2's and Phase Linear amp and pre-amp I currently have. I know they aren't the "bestest evar!" but I don't care. They sound amazing (to me), and that's what it comes down to IMHO.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Meh... buying speakers that expensive is about as pointless as buying "high end" cables. In the end you paid way too much and in a blind test I'd bet a large sum of cash that most people couldn't tell distinguish them from a much cheaper set of speakers/cables.

I have done double blind tests with high end cables ( MIT's) and one can indeed tell a difference.

YOU may not be able to, but the subjects in our tests could and did indicate the MIT's from the El-Cheapo's.
Repeatedly.

When the volume is cranked up, anybody can tell the difference between these two, but it doesn't prove any brand superiority:

1. Long strands of low gauge corroded wire, so thin that it gets hot when running, bent so severely that it's about to break in parts... that somebody picked up out of the trash. (The extra resistance and inductance play a role here.)

2. Short strands of high gauge wire that somebody picked up at Wal-Mart.

Of course, if I was going for an audiophile sound myself, I'd probably just use Cat5: http://www.venhaus1.com/diycatfivecables.html

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

You obviously underestimate the power of a name. If I sold a speaker under using my own name, who the hell is going to trust me? But McIntosh, oh no, I'd trust them with my life. 😛

Fact is, there are those out there who know more about Audio/Electronics than I ever will, and they are also...wealthy.

Do they buy McIntosh speakers? No. They build their own. That is all I need to know.

Hey, I have no doubt that they sound good. Hell, they better considering much they cost. But I don't see what makes them special...I really don't.

All I see is a glorified three-way line array.

Which, I think, was invented by Roger Russell who designed speakers for McIntosh, right?
I do know they got several patents on speakers of this type, so it's not like you're just buying from anyone who is using this array...you're getting it from the people who invented it.

 

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: TheShiz
just like everything else, when you get into high end audio you pay a lot for each tiny improvement. you can get really good sounding speakers for a few grand.

make that a few hundred bux

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: DidlySquat

Originally posted by: TheShiz
just like everything else, when you get into high end audio you pay a lot for each tiny improvement. you can get really good sounding speakers for a few grand.

make that a few hundred bux

for speakers? only if you mean 700+.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: DidlySquat

Originally posted by: TheShiz
just like everything else, when you get into high end audio you pay a lot for each tiny improvement. you can get really good sounding speakers for a few grand.

make that a few hundred bux

for speakers? only if you mean 700+.

depends on where you want your money to go. You see, if it was me, I'd keep my $100 computer speakers and save money for other things. It's the law of diminishing returns (or law of increasing opportunity costs.)

Ok, let's break it down. What if someone gave you $10000 to spend? You could...

1. Spend $10000 on a nice set of speakers

or

2. Spend $1000 on a set of speakers that might be well over 90% as good and have $9000 to use on things like going out to eat, going to the movies, upgrading your car (my choice), going on a vacation, investing, starting a small business, upgrading your computer (oh noeess!!!!111), buying books or magazines, and maybe still have money left over to buy something nice for your wife, girlfriend, or mother.

It's your choice, I suppose, but anything over a couple grand for a set of speakers is just wasted money, no matter how much you like audio. Are you going to tell me that a $10000 set of speakers really sounds a full 10 times better than a $1000 set? I hardly think so... human ears are only so good.

(I've heard sets of speakers costing in the tens of thousands, and while I can say I nearly wet myself, it's still not worth it to me. I know that once I own them, I'll get used to the nice sound, and it won't be as impressive when the novelty wears off. Even more, I'll be disappointed every time I hear other people's speakers... why would I want to be jaded?)

Well, I must admit that I'm poor these days. If I found a dollar on the street I'd go buy myself some gas and Ramen right about now. (The gas MIGHT get me to the store to get it.)

 

[Blazin Trav]

I'm happy with my Klipsch 5.1 Ultras and my X-Fi audio, thank you very much.

 

[Rubycon]

Yes Tannoy is very common in the East so that it's often used like:

"We heard a message over the tannoy today that Mr. Neff was put off at Helsinki for smoking weed on the elevator." 😀