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QS8's in factory outlet!
#21743 10/10/03 11:47 PM
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The greatest surround speaker I've ever heard is on sale! Anyone thinking about buying new surrounds should take advantage!

Though they've got the price wrong...I think the factory price is usually $423/pair.

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#21744 10/11/03 12:16 AM
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I think factory pricing depends either on how many they have, how damaged they are, or how much axiom made this month.

When i got my M80's they were $935

They havent been that low since.

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#21745 10/11/03 01:37 AM
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You know, the QS8's are the very first surround speakers that I ever owned or listened to in our own room. I agree that they sound terrific, but too bad I don't have any references as to how much better they sound compared to products from other brands... I feel I am kind of spoiled from the outset.

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#21746 10/11/03 01:46 AM
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I have listen to tonnes...and nothing I know disperses and give that surround feeling. I even listened to a Wilson surrounds ...ehem $2000USD plus ... dare I say they sound as good ...actually even better. It disperses but also has detail. I have not demoed any other quad polar like the Axioms so I can't compare apples to apples.
Mind you for surround music...direct firing is definitely better.

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#21747 10/11/03 01:59 AM
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Yes, but usually the price in the outlet isn't higher than the normal price...


I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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#21748 10/11/03 02:00 AM
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Just out of curiosity, what other brands make quadpolar surrounds like the QS series?

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#21749 10/14/03 02:20 AM
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*Sigh*. I knew somebody would catch on to the higher pricing thing!! Actually, just rushing out for the holiday weekend - thanks for the catch! Fixed now.

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#21750 10/14/03 04:48 AM
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Hey sushi;

Actually in my post above I did mention that I could NOT compare apples to apples since Axiom is the only quadpole speaker. Everything else was dipole/bipole. But some that came to mind when I demoed.

http://monitoraudiousa.com/products/silver/index.html - Monitor Audio FXi had somewhat the same tonal characteristics as the QS8. Not as dispersed though.

Another was http://revelspeakers.com/products/overview.asp?ID=11 Revel Performa S30

For dispersion like the QS8 is the Magnepan MGMC1
http://magnepan.com This is effectively a dipole.

Dipoles because the lower frequencies reproduced by the woofers are not particularly directional so it seems to radiate diffusely. A bipole speaker creates a wider soundfield by pushing air out of both sides at the same time. This means that it can be placed pretty much anywhere you wish. (Somebody check this. I might be wring)


Here are other interesting designs:
http://www.mksound.com/ss150.html



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#21751 10/14/03 05:04 AM
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Bipoles and dipoles are generally speakers with drivers on two opposite faces of the speaker box.

A bipole is wired internally such that all cones are moving outward and inward in sync with each other. The effect created here is a wide soundfield that retains qualities of directionality (i.e. you can still localize the source of the sounds).

A dipole is wired internally such that cones on one side are moving outward while cones on the other side are moving inward. The effect created here is a wide soundfield that does not really retain the qualities of directionality. Since the speakers on opposing faces are wired out of phase, the sound waves effectively cancel out when they meet in the middle and the only sound left comes from the periphery. Hence the widely dispersed, non-localized sound.

Then, or course, there are speakers that are hybrids, in which the woofers are wired in phase and the tweeters are wired out of phase.

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#21752 10/14/03 11:56 AM
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See I told you I was wring....wrong..


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