Re: M22 vs M5HP
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Maybe a completely different category of enjoyment in recognizing technical excellence. Dr. Toole has pointed out that music is emotion, audio equipment is science. He comments that "When emotions get transferred to hardware it can be problematic". That comment by Dr. Toole was in the comments to a very informative article by Brent Butterworh of SoundStage here . Among the valuable commenters to the article were Dr. Toole , Dr. Olive and our Ian.
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Re: M22 vs M5HP
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Thank you for the link Mike, that's just what I was looking for! I'm thinking the M5's are the way to go as I don't plan on adding a sub to the office. thanks again!
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Glad to see you're still around, John.
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"When emotions get transferred to hardware it can be problematic". Indeed!! Much simpler to remain Borg, perhaps....
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I look at sound & equipment as being separate ... I'm always on the prowl for best performance/$. In the 90's one of my hobbies was finding great speakers at a value. I trained on speakers which were beyond my price point (B&W 802's) and then went searching for ones which sounded similar at a fraction of the price ... less known brands usually fill that space.
When I bought my turntable, I knew I was buying cool tech for cool tech sake ... I didn't think it would make a bit of difference to the sound. Buying actives I was relying on trust of Axiom for the new tech. Big amps took me years to decide that they had a justifiable effect (as I always auditioned them at reasonable levels) ... Although I'll never justify an ADA1500/speaker. That was Axiom's doing in pricing the Active/ADA1500 intro package at a level I could not turn down.
Now, I think you and Floyd have a very good point ... Most High-End buyers are buyers of equipment not sound.
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Rereading that last line ... I should have said "IMO, a lot of High-End buyers are ..."
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to your comment rrLev: " The M60 is 37.5"H x 9.25"W x 15"D. I'm thinking this one could be the same height but say 37"H x 6.25W x 13"D with a grill going the full height to keep the visual tallness. Besides helping with offsetting the volume loss of making it thinner perhaps the extra volume in the cabinet could be used to extend the bass a bit or trade for another visually thinning element ..."
Well said, although I would like to go higher! Like T-Rex higher! lol, well maybe not quite that high, Middle-T? those active cabs are probably deep. Yeah, we need to stay in that 15" range. Makes you wonder, though, what does 2-3" inches of depth do to a cabinet? I guess Andrew would know.
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Tweeter should be around seated ear level + or - ... So 37 to 42 probably works. I’m sure there are acoustic issues involved with the cabinet dimensions. I’d be happy with an M22 with the lower half just being a stand ... it might be perceived as being different enough. But going the extra mile to lighten its look even further might help with Getting decor approval while also differentiatIng the product from Axioms other offerings.
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