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I was crushed

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Originally posted by: DeMeo
You were crushed?

Dude, you need to get a life.
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lol... i agree.

but then again I'm not an audiophile.. give me some AM radio speakers and I'm good.
 
Something I've always wondered - when does a speaker become a monitor? Is that just what audiosnobs like to call speakers to make them sound more sophisticated?
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
Something I've always wondered - when does a speaker become a monitor? Is that just what audiosnobs like to call speakers to make them sound more sophisticated?
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A good question.
 
Originally posted by: CVSiN
Originally posted by: MeanMeosh
awesome speakers. if i ever had the money to burn, my choice of speakers would be the b&w nautilus

http://www.duban.sk/HighEnd2004/B&W%20Nautilus%202.jpg
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k I think anyone that has these in thier living room should be arrested for having the worst taste known to man...

thats the ugliest thing I have ever seen.. I dont care how good it sounds...
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someone else makes ones that look even worse, the cost something like 100K as well and weigh like 1000 lbs
 
My wife's uncle has a pair of Older B&W's in their living room. 1st went over there and saw them and I was like, yeah nice. Actually didn't notice they were B&K's for te 1st few times, just noticed they sounded good, then looked.

I would luv to get a pair of Jim Salk's myself. They are SCHWEEET!
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
Something I've always wondered - when does a speaker become a monitor? Is that just what audiosnobs like to call speakers to make them sound more sophisticated?
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I think of a monitor as something you use to "monitor" what you're editing, recording, or whatever. What kind of monitor you'd want would depend on how you're going to use it--obviously a stage monitor is going to be a lot different from a studio monitor, and some monitors are not even supposed to sound particularly good. There are some popular monitors made by Yamaha that people tend to use because they sound like cheap speakers: when you're doing the final mix on an album or a movie soundtrack, you need to make sure it still sounds acceptable on a crappy TV or a boom box. Many (probably most) monitors have built-in amplifiers, are reasonably luggable, and fairly forgiving when it comes to placement and listening position.

But I think some marketing people think it sounds really cool, so for consumer speakers I don't think it means anything at all, except that you probably wouldn't call a big, floor-standing speaker a 'monitor' unless you were selling it out of the back of a white van.
 
Originally posted by: Trygve
Originally posted by: Jzero
Something I've always wondered - when does a speaker become a monitor? Is that just what audiosnobs like to call speakers to make them sound more sophisticated?
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I think of a monitor as something you use to "monitor" what you're editing, recording, or whatever. What kind of monitor you'd want would depend on how you're going to use it--obviously a stage monitor is going to be a lot different from a studio monitor, and some monitors are not even supposed to sound particularly good. There are some popular monitors made by Yamaha that people tend to use because they sound like cheap speakers: when you're doing the final mix on an album or a movie soundtrack, you need to make sure it still sounds acceptable on a crappy TV or a boom box. Many (probably most) monitors have built-in amplifiers, are reasonably luggable, and fairly forgiving when it comes to placement and listening position.

But I think some marketing people think it sounds really cool, so for consumer speakers I don't think it means anything at all, except that you probably wouldn't call a big, floor-standing speaker a 'monitor' unless you were selling it out of the back of a white van.
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:thumbsup: Thank you.
 
I would *never* diss my B&W's......heresy!!!

They are an in-wall speaker setup I purchased at the request of my wife, who made it clear that my M&K Sound LCR-750 THX (times 5) setup I had already had were not allowed in the great room of our new home--thusly relegated to the upstairs "man room" that she so graciously let me have.

My home theater setup includes a set of CWM800's up front with an LCR6 S2 center located on top of the TV, not in-wall (the current version of this speaker is LCR600 S3). I chose a "bookshelf" center speaker because the armoire the TV is housed in is quite tall and an in-wall above that cabinet would not have sounded natural. Thankfully they use the same tweeter and are thus timbre matched. I've got a pair of CWM650's bringing up the rear. The lows are handled by a Velodyne VA1512 (12" active sub with a 15" passive radiator--it's a beast) that I've had for several years.

At first I was quite apprehensive at the thought of in-walls, especially given the dimensions of the great room at 25x22 with a 2 story cathedrial ceiling and my affinity for loud music and movies. I can't say enough how impressed I've been with them for the past 4 years. They sound better than my M&K's in cabinets--that says alot--and they don't just sound beautiful, but they are bulletproof as well.

B&W rocks......the Nautilis system makes me drool, their cabines make me gag....
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
and he had B&W monitors.

Needless to say, I was as giddy as a school girl to see them...and oh my, he had them plugged into a a Mitsubishi Reciever playing FM radio, and ONLY FM radio...no CD or anything🙁

I complemented him on his choice of monitors and he scoffed "bah, these old things?"


Needless to say, I was crushed🙁


<--hugs his el-cheapo (in comparison) Mirage speakers and cries....


That is like dising your Ferrari in front of a large crowd....it prompts sever sobbing by many🙁
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/me sobs too:brokenheart:
 
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