After listening to all these speakers, what have you learned so far, if I may ask?
that different speakers have a character of their own and that at the end of the day it all boils down to preference. There are laid back sounds, some produce very vivid sound others are just safe and fine, some produced too much tweeter sound and there was one that sounded terrible( as in transistor radio sounding
).
I brought a CD for sampling particularly a track of Stanley Clarke's "Together Again" for the low side, a track of Earl Klugh"s "Like a Lover" for the details, a track of Kevyn Lettau's "Sunlight" for the female voice and Earth Wind & Fire's "Miracles" for the male voice. And being a newbie, I was surprised that there were some parts of the songs that was there that I never heard before and some got lost too is several occasions. I was a case of "WOW"
or "that is just so normal"
. Auditioning speakers was somewhat eye opening experience for me, I knew that there were differences in sound but just not that diverse. I know it is just been at the tip of the iceberg and that there will be lots more to learn, but hey, it is such a nice ride so far.
Among them, I really like the Focals particularly the Chorus 806V like I mentioned earlier, the sound stands out in my ears. I love the tightness of the lows and the crispness of the mids without going overboard, the details is just so complete. there is another I like a lot but when I was not treated well in that particular store, I lost some interest(ganyan pag tumatanda yata talaga eh, nagiging tampuhin
) but is still in my list though.
Hmmh, that depends largely on the partnering equipment. Some gear sound better when matched with other items of certain characteristics.
Certainly, I agree with this. when the day comes and I decide on a purchase, I intend to bring the receiver or pre-amp that I will use.
Choosing a speaker for my needs is a long process though I want to have one home soon, I want to make sure that I would end with something that I would have for a very long time. These things are expensive and even more expensive if I end up selling them for an upgrade. I am a powertool nut and a woodworker(by hobby) and we have a saying when buying stuff, "cry once and be happy for a long time" pertaining to getting the best one can afford...